1955 All England Badminton Championships

      1955 All England Championships
      Tournament details
      Dates 23 March 1955 (1955-03-23)
      26 March 1955 (1955-03-26)
      Edition 45th
      Venue Empress Hall, Earls Court
      Location London
      Timeline

      The 1955 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Empress Hall, Earls Court, London, England from 23–26 March 1955.[1]

      Final results

      Category Winners Runners-up Score
      Men's singles Malaysia Wong Peng Soon Malaysia Eddy Choong 15–7, 14–17, 15-10
      Women's singles United States Margaret Varner United States Judy Devlin 9-11, 11–5, 11–1
      Men's doubles Denmark Finn Kobbero & Jorgen Hammegaard-Hansen Malaysia Eddy Choong & David Ewe Choong 15-9, 15–17, 15–11
      Women's doubles England Iris Cooley & June White United States Judy Devlin & Sue Devlin 18–15, 10–15, 15-9
      Mixed doubles Denmark Finn Kobbero & Kirsten Thonrdahl Malaysia David Ewe Choong & England June White 15–7, 15-13
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      Men's Singles

      Section 1

      Round of 32   Round of 16   Quarter Finals   Semi Finals
       Malaysia Wong Peng Soon 15 15  
       England B C Richards 1 2      Malaysia Peng Soon 15 15  
       England John Timperley 15 15    England Timperley 2 2  
       Pakistan Saeed Malik 16 10        Malaysia Peng Soon 17 15  
       Denmark Jorgen Hammegaard-Hansen 15 8 15        Denmark Hammegaard-H 14 1  
       England K C Carpenter 6 15 2      Denmark Hammegaard-H 15 15
       England Dick Hashman 15 10 18    England Hashman 7 10  
       England Michael Rawlings 12 15 16        Malaysia Peng Soon 15 18
       Sweden Bertil Glans 15 15 15        Sweden Glans 6 13
       England G R Oehlers 0 3 0      Sweden Glans 15 15  
       England W Goode 15 15    England Goode 4 2  
       England M Robinson 12 3        Sweden Glans 15 9 15
       Malaysia Johnny Heah 15 15        Malaysia Heah 0 15 10  
       England D V Dickinson 2 2      Malaysia Heah 15 15
       India Vikram Bhat 15 15    India Bhat 10 6  
       England R McNeil 4 3  

      Section 2

      Round of 32   Round of 16   Quarter Finals   Semi Finals
       Malaysia Eddy Choong w/o  
       France Henry Pellizza      Malaysia Choong E 15 15  
       England Tony Jordan 8 15 15    England Jordan 7 7  
       Republic of Ireland James'Chick'Doyle 15 6 13        Malaysia Choong E 15 15  
       England J A Broadhurst 15 15        England Broadhurst 5 3  
       Norway Hans Gustav Myrhe 10 13      England Broadhurst w/o
       Sweden Palle Granlund 15 1 15    Sweden Granlund  
       England Hugh Findlay 5 15 12        Malaysia Choong E 17 15
       Denmark Finn Kobbero 15 15        Denmark Kobbero 14 1
       Thailand Y Limpa Amara 4 1      Denmark Kobbero 15 15  
       Malaysia Oon Chong Teik 15 15    Malaysia Teik 2 5  
       England R Quiddington 12 7        Denmark Kobbero 15 15
       Malaysia David Ewe Choong 15 15        Malaysia Choong D 5 8  
       Wales G E Rowlands 10 8      Malaysia Choong D 12 15 15
       Sweden Berndt Dahlberg 15 15    Sweden Dahlberg 15 6 4  
       England D P Hepworth 1 8  
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      Women's Singles

      Round of 16   Quarter Finals   Semi Finals   Final
         United States Margaret Varner 11 11  
         England Audrey Stone 0 1        United States Varner 12 11  
         Denmark Tonny Ahm 11 11      Denmark Ahm 10 4  
         England H C Parfitt 0 0          United States Varner 11 11  
         England Iris Cooley 12 11 11          England Cooley 7 8  
         England Heather Ward 10 12 6        England Cooley 7 11 11
         England J Waring 9 12 11      England Waring 11 4 4  
         England P Warner 12 10 5          United States Varner 9 11 11
         United States Judy Devlin 11 11          United States Devlin 11 5 1
         Scotland Nancy Horner 0 1        United States Devlin J 11 11  
         England June White 11 11      England White 4 1  
         England S M Spreadborough 2 4          United States Devlin 11 11
         Canada Marjorie Shedd 11 11          Canada Shedd 1 0  
         England Ruth Page 4 3        Canada Shedd 11 11
         United States Sue Devlin 11 9 11      United States Devlin S 8 4  
         England A N J Marshall 6 11 1  
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