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- ↑ "The Amateur Athletic Club meeting" . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 7 April 1873. Retrieved 21 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Amateur Athletics at Lillie Bridge" . Morning Post. 9 April 1873. Retrieved 21 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Amateur Athletics Championship Meeting" . London Evening Standard. 7 April 1873. Retrieved 21 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 20 July 2024.