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- ↑ "Leading players win easily at Tally Ho ! Hard Courts tournament". Birmingham Daily Gazette. Birmingham, England: British Newspaper Archives. 7 April 1947. p. 5.
- ↑ "TALLY HO! TENNIS: CAPITAL ENTRY F0R FIFTH ANNUAL TOURNAMENT. There is a capital entry for the fifth annual hard court tennis tournament at Tally Ho! which opens on Good Friday". Birmingham Daily Gazette. British Newspaper Archives. 8 April 1927. p. 10.
- ↑ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Tally Ho!". www.tennisarchives.com. Netherlands: Tennis Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Gazette, (8 April 1927). p. 10.
- ↑ "TALLY HO LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. Keen Contests In Semi-final Stages. H. K. LESTER DOING WELL. The semi-final stages in the open hard court tournament promoted by the Tally-Ho! Lawn Tennis Club were reached today". Birmingham Daily Gazette. Birmingham, England: British Newspaper Archives. 23 April 1924. p. 9.
- ↑ Tennis Archives
- ↑ Daily Mirror, 31 March 1932, p.23
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