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- ↑ "LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT: We reported briefly last week the opening of a Truro Lawn Tennis Club Open Tournament under the auspices of the Truro Lawn Tennis Club, and which took place at the Cricket Ground". Royal Cornwall Gazette. Truro, Cornwall, England: British Newspaper Archives. 1 October 1880. p. 6.
- ↑ "TRURO LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT: This open tournament, under the auspices of the Truro Lawn Tennis Club, was concluded on last Friday evening". Royal Cornwall Gazette. Truro, Cornwall, England: British Newspaper Archives. 16 August 1888. p. 6.
- ↑ Royal Cornwall Gazette
- ↑ Nieuwland, Alex. "Edition – Truro 1880". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ↑ Archives, The National; and Cornish Studies Service, Archives (1900–1957). "Truro Lawn Tennis Club". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. The Discovery Service. AD474
- ↑ Archives, The National; and Cornish Studies Service, Archives
- ↑ "Truro LTC". clubspark.lta.org.uk. LTA. Retrieved 11 December 2022.