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- ↑ "TENNIS RESULTS: HENLEY LAWN TENNIS CLUB ANNUAL TOURNAMENT, 1899. Results of today's matches, Ladies' Singles. lst round Mrs. F. Cook bt Miss M. L. Maw 4-6, 6-0, 6-1, 6-0. Miss. Lisa Elsie Larnaison. byes. Mrs. Jacks bt Mrs. Coles 3-6, 6-8, 8-6, 8-6". Croydon Chronicle and East Surrey Advertiser. Croydon, Surrey, England: British Newspaper Archives. 22 July 1899. p. 2.
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