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1903 All England Badminton Championships

The 1903 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the London Rifle Brigade Drill Hall in Islington, London, England from 26–28 March 1903.[1]

1903 All England Championships
Tournament details
Dates26 March 1903 (1903-03-26)–
28 March 1903 (1903-03-28)
Edition5th
VenueLondon Rifle Brigade Drill Hall
Location130 Bunhill Row, Islington, London
Official websiteAll England Championships
← 1902 1904 →

In the men's singles Ralph Watling of Great Yarmouth successfully defended his title.[2]

Meriel Lucas was unable to defend her singles and doubles titles due to a family illness. The women's singles and doubles consisted of only three rounds following a small number of entries. The women's singles only had five entries and this was attributed to the increase in younger players causing the older women not to enter.[1][3]

Final results edit

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles   Ralph Watling   Henry Marrett 1-15, 18-17, 15-8
Women's singles   Ethel Thomson   Dorothea Douglass 18-15, 15-9
Men's doubles   Stewart Massey & Edward Huson   Sir George Thomas & Ralph Watling 15-10, 15-3
Women's doubles   Mabel Hardy & Dorothea Douglas   Ethel Thomson & Muriel Bateman 15-4, 15-9
Mixed doubles   Sir George Thomas & Ethel Thomson   Stewart Massey & Mrs Cammell
Men's doubles handicap   Percy Buckley & Herbert Mellersh (owe 6)   George Vidal & Leonard Ransford (owe 6) 18-15, 6-15, 15-8
Women's doubles handicap   E. M. Moseley & Dorothea Douglas (owe 15)   Hazel Hogarth & M. Drake (scratch) 15-6, 8-15, 15-12
Mixed doubles handicap   H. S. Venables & Dorothea Douglas   S. R. Arthur & Edith Johnson

Men's singles edit

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  Ralph Watling (Great Yarmouth 15 15
  A. B. Clifton (Chelsea) 1 6   Watling 15 15
  Hamer (Southport) 15 15   Hamer 12 12
  Browne 2 3   Watling 15 15
  S. R. Arthur (Guildford)   Arthur 4 4
bye   Arthur 15 15
  Birdie (Guildford)   Birdie 10 3
bye   Watling 15 18
  E. Young (Blackheath)   Young 7 13
bye   Young 15 15
  Snell (Blackheath)   Snell 9 7
bye   Young 15 15
  W. Redshaw (Willesden)   Redshaw 10 7
bye   Redshaw 15 15
  Edward Hawthorn (Willesden)   Hawthorn 8 12
bye   Watling 1 18 15
  Henry Marrett (Crystal Palace) 11 15 15   Marrett 15 17 8
  Leonard Ransford (Crystal Palace) 15 7 11   Marrett 15 15
  Edward Huson (Ealing) 15 15   Huson 9 5
  Triscott (Blackheath) 1 6   Marrett 15 15
  J. H. Colin Prior (Guildford)   Prior 3 2
bye   Prior 3 15 15
  E. A. Short (Guildford)   Short 15 11 5
bye   Marrett 15 9 15
  Norman Wood (Brinscall)   Wood 6 15 7
bye   Wood 15 11 15
  F. S. Collier (Guildford)   Collier 2 15 8
bye   Wood 15 6 15
  George Thomas (Southsea)   Thomas 6 15 11
bye   Thomas 15 15
  R. Franck   Franck 3 4
bye

Women's singles edit

First round Semi-finals Final
  Miss Ethel Thomson (Budleigh Salterton)
bye   Thomson 15 15
  Miss Mabel Hardy (Crystal Palace) 15 15   Hardy 9 3
  Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown (Surbiton) 6 9   Thomson 18 15
  Miss Dorothea Douglass (Ealing)   Douglass 15 9
bye   Douglass 15 15
  Miss Edith Johnson (Surbiton)   Johnson 4 6
bye

Men's doubles edit

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                    
  Stewart Massey
& Edward Huson (Ealing) 		9 15 15
  Robert Ransford
& Leonard Ransford (Crystal Palace) 		15 10 6
  Massey & Huson 15 15
  Atkinson & Ward 8 7
  Atkinson
& Ward (Ravenscourt)
bye
  Massey & Huson 15 18
  Buckley & Collier 5 17
  Percy Buckley
& F. S. Collier (Guildford) 		15 15
  C. P. R. James (Dundrum)
&   Snell (Blackheath) 		6 2
  Buckley & Collier 15 15
  Hanson & Campbell 8 10
  L. Hanson
& Col. Ian Campbell (Crystal Palace)
bye
  Massey & Huson 15 15
  Watling & Thomas 10 3
  Ralph Watling (Crystal Palace)
& Georg Thomas (Southsea) 		15 15
  Saunders
& Raoul du Roveray 		4 7
  Watling & Thomas 17 15
  Young & Arthur 14 9
  E. Young (Blackheath)
& S. R. Arthur (Guildford) 		15 15
  D. H. MacDougall
& Frank Abbatt 		2 12
  Watling & Thomas 17 15
  St. John & Harrison 14 9
  Edward St.John
& E. P. Harrison (Ealing) 		15 15
  A. B. Clifton (Chelsea)
& Thomas Denny-Cooke Richmond) 		7 6
  St. John & Harrison 15 15
  Turner & Prebble 11 8
  C. A. Turner (Cheltenham)
& Albert Prebble (Crystal Palace) 		15 15
  Hamer (Southport)
& Brown 		6 8

Women's doubles edit

First round Semi-finals Final
  Miss Mabel Hardy (Crystal Palace)
& Miss Dorothea Douglass (Ealing) 		15 9 15
  Miss E. M. Moseley
& Miss Daisy St. John (Ealing) 		5 15 11   Hardy & Douglass 15 15
  Miss Hazel Hogarth (Cheltenham)
& Miss Drake (Bognor) 		  Hogarth & Drake 13 10
bye   Hardy & Douglass 15 15
  Miss Ethel Thomson (Budleigh Salterton)
& Miss Muriel Bateman (Ealing) 		8 15 15   Thomson & Bateman 4 9
  Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown
& Miss Edith Johnson (Surbiton) 		15 11 7   Thomson & Bateman 15 17 15
  Miss Margaret Larminie (Teddington)
& Miss Bradford (Ealing) 		15 15   Larminie & Bradford 5 18 6
  Miss Freeland
& Mrs Turner (Camberley) 		11 4

Mixed doubles edit

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                    
  George Thomas (Southsea)
& Ethel Thomson (Budleigh Salterton)
 
  Thomas & Thomson
 
 
 
  Thomas & Thomson
  Ransford & Moseley
  Leonard Ransford (Crystal Palace)
& E. M. Moseley (Ealing)
 
  Ransford & Moseley
 
 
 
  Thomas & Thomson
  Massey & Cammell
  Stewart Massey
& Mrs Cammell (Ealing)
 
  Massey & Cammell
 
 
 
  Massey & Cammell
  Turner & Hogarth
  C. A. Turner
& Hazel Hogarth (Cheltenham)
 
  Turner & Hogarth
 
 
 

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Badminton Association Open Tournament". Field. 28 March 1903. Retrieved 25 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Badminton Association Open Tournament". Norwich Mercury. 1 April 1903. Retrieved 26 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Badminton Association Open Tournament". Field. 4 April 1903. Retrieved 26 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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