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- ↑ "History". cultc.soc.srcf.net/. Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ↑ Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club
- ↑ "Lawn Tennis Tournament at Cambridge: A lawn tennis tournament, open to all amateurs resident in the city borough and County of Cambridge. The inaugral [sic?] Cambridgeshire tourney of the University town was recently held" . Newmarket Journal. Suffolk, England: British Newspaper Archive. 6 September 1884. p. 5. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ↑ "CAMBRIDGESHIRE LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. The most important day, in connection with this tournament, was Saturday, when the finals were played off" . Cambridge Independent Press. Cambridgeshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 13 July 1888. p. 8. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ↑ "CAMBRIDGESHIRE LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT AT SHELFORD" . Cambridge Independent Press. Cambridgeshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 6 September 1890. p. 5. Retrieved 18 May 2023.