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- 1 2 Sporting Chronicle, Mon 5 Jul 1880 p. 3
- ↑ Daily Telegraph & Courier (London), Mon 5 Jul 1880 p. 3
- ↑ Birmingham Mail, Mon 5 Jul 1880 p. 2
- 1 2 3 4 5 The Sportsman, Mon 5 Jul 1880 p. 4
- ↑ Peter Lovesey and Keith Morbey "British Athletics 1866-1880". National Union of Track Statisticians (2016)
- ↑ Ian Buchanan "AAA Championships 1880-1939" National Union of Track Statisticians (2003)