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- ↑ "LAWN TENNIS TOURNEY AT KIRKCALDY. The Fifeshire Championship tournament of the Kirkcaldy Lawn Tennis Club was commenced on the Raith Courts yesterday afternoon.,". Dundee Evening Telegraph. Angus, Scotland. 12 June 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ↑ "FIFESHIRE LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION. The second annual tournament of this Association was begun yesterday in the College Grounds, St Andrews, and will continue for the next two days" . Dundee Courier. Angus, Scotland: British Newspaper Archive. 10 August 1885. p. 4. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- 1 2 3 "Tournaments: Fifeshire Championship" . The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- 1 2 Dundee Courier (1885) p.4.
- ↑ "FIFESHIRE TENNIS ASSOCIATION FORMED. A Fifeshire Lawn Tennis Association has been officially formed with a view to promoting the game in the county" . Dundee Evening Telegraph. Angus, Scotland: British Newspaper Archive. 3 May 1922. p. 11. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ↑ "FIFESHIRE LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT: Owing to the very bad weather the final the Fifeshire Association Lawn tennis tournament, which was to have been played today at Cupar, has been postponed till next week" . Dundee Evening Telegraph. Angus, Scotland: British Newspaper Archive. 26 July 1902. p. 4. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ↑ Dundee Evening Telegraph (12 June 1914) p.3.