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- ↑ "Illustrated sports, with which is incorporated Goy's calendar of sports". Illustrated sports. London. 1: 29. 1884.
- ↑ "TOURNAMENT AT WEST HOE. The fourth annual tournament of the West Hoe Lawn Tennis Club at Plymouth was concluded on Saturday" . Western Morning News. 10 August 1885: British Newspaper Archive. 10 August 1885. p. 6. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - 1 2 3 "Tournaments:West Hoe: Plymouth Open" . The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ↑ Western Morning News
- ↑ Illustrated sports
- ↑ "LAWN TENNIS. WEST HOE TOURNAMENT" . Western Morning News. Devon, England: British Newspaper Archive. 8 August 1894. p. 5. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ↑ "West Hoe Park". West Hoe Park. LTA. Retrieved 15 August 2023.