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- ↑ "LAWN TENNIS. NEW CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEME. The Cheshire County Association have decided to inaugurate a new annual county lawn tennis championships on similar lines to those run by Lancashire, to start in July". Alderley & Wilmslow Advertiser. Cheshire, England: British Newspaper Archives. 16 March 1923. p. 8.
- ↑ Lake, Robert J. (3 October 2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain. Oxford: Routledge. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-134-44557-8.
- ↑ "Obituaries: Darrell Shaw". The Daily Telegraph. London. 26 July 2012. p. 12.
- ↑ "Save the Dates for 2023: Cheshire County Championship Tournaments". Cheshire County Tennis. Lawn Tennis Association. Retrieved 5 January 2023.