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- ↑ "The Amateur Championship Meeting" . Field. 29 March 1879. Retrieved 17 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Amateur Athletic Championships" . Field. 21 June 1879. Retrieved 17 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "he Championship meeting at the L.A.C grounds this day" . London Evening Standard. 14 June 1879. Retrieved 17 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "The Athletic Championships" . Sporting Life. 14 June 1879. Retrieved 17 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 3 July 2024.