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151:. That event was initially held at Litchfield, Staffordshire. From the mid-1880s to 1890s the tournament was known as the Staffordshire Lawn Tennis Tournament. In 1893 the Staffordshire Lawn tennis Association was formed. By the early 1920s it had become a county level event that ran until 1984.
267:"LAWN TENNIS: STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB TOURNAMENT. Fine weather favoured the tennis tournament on Friday last 26th July, when there was a large and most influential attendance. The original programme was somewhat curtailed, inasmuch as two matches were withdrawn".
351:"Staffordshire Championships. Arrangements have again been made between the Staffordshire Lawn Tennis Association and the Wolverhampton Club for the joint promotion and management of the Staffordshire Lawn Tennis Championships to be held at the Wolverhampton Club".
366:"Title No. 5 for Benson local players figured strongly in the 64th annual Staffordshire Tennis Championships at Bilston, this as a fifth championship secured by Burton Manor's number one Benson Greatres".
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336:"STAFFORDSHIRE LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. The second annual County Tennis Tonmament commenced on Thursday morning on the splendid grounds the Coton Hill Asylum, Stafford".
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383:"Staffordshire Championships: A Big Success"
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