1901 All England Badminton Championships

The 1901 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Scottish Drill Hall, the headquarters of the London Scottish Rifles at Buckingham Gate, Westminster, London, England from 10–11 April 1901.[1][2][3]

1901 All England Championships
Tournament details
Dates10 April 1901 (1901-04-10)
11 April 1901 (1901-04-11)
Edition3rd
VenueScottish Drill Hall
LocationBuckingham Gate, Westminster, London
Official websiteAll England Championships
1900 1902

The men's and women's singles was first to 11 points (for a game) except the final which was first to 15 points. The holder Sydney Smith was defeated in his first match against the eventual winner H. W. Davies. The 1900 runner-up D. W. Oakes missed the event because he serving with his military regiment in India.

Final results

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Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles   H. W. Davies   Ralph Watling 15-9, 15-4
Women's singles   Ethel Thomson   Mina Schreiber 15-12, 15-7
Men's doubles   Herbert Mellersh & F.S.Collier   C. H. Martin & Stewart Massey 17-16, 9-15, 15-5
Women's doubles   Daisy St. John & E. M. Moseley   Meriel Lucas & Mary Graeme 15-0, 15-5
Mixed doubles   F.S.Collier & Ellen Stawell-Brown   Stewart Massey & Mrs Cammell 15-8, 5-15, 18-17
Mixed doubles handicap   E. Young & Mrs Triscott   Stewart Massey & Miss Muriel Bateman 21-15

Men's singles

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First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  H. W. Davies (Teignmouth) 11 11
  Ormond (Wantage) 3 0   Davies 11 6 11
  Sydney Smith (Stroud)   Smith 3 11 5
bye   Davies 11 11
  George Thomas (Southsea) 11 9 w/o   Thomas 2 6
  Percy Buckley (Guildford) 5 11 ret   Thomas 11 11
  C. J. Wiltshire (Great Yarmouth) 10 11 11   Wiltshire 6 6
  Leonard Ransford (Crystal Palace) 13 3 6   Davies 11 11
  Herbert Mellersh (Guildford) 11 w/o   Mellersh 2 0
  Hart (Crystal Palace) 0 ret   Mellersh 11 11
  Hutton (Whaley Bridge) 11 11   Hutton 0 2
  Toker (Bedford) 1 3   Mellersh 11 8 11
  A. V. Cowley (Ealing) 11 8 11   Cowley 1 11 9
  Campbell (Southport) 8 11 8   Cowley 11 11
  Hamer (Southport) w/o   Hamer 2 2
  Peake (Llangollen) scr   Davies 15 15
  Ralph Watling (Great Yarmouth) 11 11   Watling 9 4
  Robert Ransford (Crystal Palace) 9 2   Watling 11 11
  Hale (Crystal Palace) 11 7 11   Hale 1 1
  A. B. Clifton (Chelsea) 6 11 4   Watling 11 11
  Pedder (Ealing) 11 11   Pedder 5 0
  Loveday (Wantage) 7 3   Pedder 11 11
  Richard Stukeley St.John (Ealing) 11 11   St.John 4 7
  Lannowe (Ealing) 3 2   Watling 11 w/o
  F. S. Collier (Guildford) 11 11   Collier 5 ret
  G. O. Robinson (Hersham) 2 6   Collier 11 11
  C. C. Robinson (Hersham) 11 11   C Robinson 3 7
  W. Wheelwright (Chelsea) 6 1   Collier 11 11
  Hillier (Stowmarket) 3 11 11   Hillier 5 1
  E. Young (Blackheath) 11 1 9   Hillier 11 11
  F. Rowley (Whaley Bridge) 11 11   Rowley 0 5
  Taylor (Ealing) 4 5

Women's singles

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First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  Miss Ethel Thomson (Budleigh Salterton) w/o
  Miss Meriel Lucas (Teignmouth) scr   Thomson 11 11
  Miss Hamer (Southport)   Hamer 2 1
bye   Thomson 11 11
  Miss Ormond (Wantage)   Ormond 0 0
bye   Ormond w/o
  Miss I. Theobald (Budleigh Salterton)   Theobald scr
bye   Thomson 11 13
  Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown (Guildford)   Stawell-Brown 4 11
bye   Stawell-Brown 11 11
  Miss O. Martin (Ealing)   Martin 9 4
bye   Stawell-Brown 4 11 11
  Miss Mabel Hardy (Crystal Palace)   Hardy 11 6 9
bye   Hardy 11 11
  Miss H-Wooler (North Somerset)   Wooler 0 0
bye   Thomson 15 15
  Mina Schreiber (Bognor)   Schreiber 12 7
bye   Schreiber w/o
  Mrs Bowley (Whaley Bridge)   Bowley scr
bye   Schreiber 11 11
  Miss Deare (Wantage)   Deare 0 0
bye   Deare w/o
  Miss Maidment (Newcastle)   Maidment scr
bye   Schreiber 11 11
  Miss Daisy St. John (Ealing)   St.John 6 4
bye   St.John 11 6 11
  Mary Schreiber (Bognor)   Schreiber 3 11 5
bye   St.John 11 11
  Miss E. M. Moseley (Ealing)   E Moseley 1 7
bye   E Moseley 11 11
  Miss Florence Lannowe (Ealing)   Lannowe 3 8
bye

Men's doubles

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First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                    
  Herbert Mellersh
& F. S. Collier (Guildford)
15 15
  Loveday
& Ormond (Wantage)
0 0
  Mellersh & Collier 15 15
  Hanson & Ransford 2 3
  L. Hanson
& Robert Ransford (Crystal Palace)
15 15
  Campbell
& Hamer (Southport)
4 5
  Mellersh & Collier 17 15
  E. Young & R. Young 14 4
  E. Young
& R. Young (Blackheath)
15 15
  F. Rowley
& Hall (Whaley Bridge)
6 5
  E. Young & R. Young 17 15
  Buckley & Hillier 15 10
  Buckley (Guildford)
& Hillier (Stowmarket)
15 9 15
  C. C. Robinson
& G. V. Robinson (Hersham)
9 15 8
  Mellersh & Collier 17 9 15
  Massey & Martin 16 15 5
  Stewart Massey
& C. H. Martin (Ealing)
15 15
  A. V. Cowley & Pedder (Ealing) 3 1
  Massey & Martin 15 15
  Thomas & Taylor 7 3
  George Thomas (Southsea)
& Taylor (Ealing)
15 15
  Dobree
& Abbatt (Ealing)
10 2
  Massey & Martin 15 15
  Watling & Wiltshire 10 6
  Ralph Watling
& C.J Wiltshire (Great Yarmouth)
15 17
  Sydney Smith (Stroud)
& Richard St.John (Ealing)
6 15
  Watling & Wiltshire 15 15
  Hart & Vidal 10 6
  J. E. Hart &
George Vidal (Norwood)
15 15
  Thomas Orme Colles
& Hutton (Whaley Bridge)
5 6

Women's doubles

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First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  Miss Daisy St. John
Miss E. M. Moseley (Ealing)
bye   St.John & Moseley 15 15
  Mrs MacMillan
& Miss Smythe (North Kensington)
  MacMillan & Smythe 0 1
bye   St.John & Moseley 15 15
  Mrs Ruth Watling (Great Yarmouth)
& Miss Burroughs (Southsea)
15 15   Watling & Burroughs 6 6
  Miss C.Brooks
& Miss H. Brooks (Hersham)
5 2   Watling & Burroughs 18 15
  Mary Schreiber
& Miss Florence Lannowe (Bognor)
  Schreiber & Lannowe 15 7
  bye   St.John & Moseley 15 15
  Mina Schreiber
& Drake (Bognor)
  Schreiber & Drake 10 0
bye   Schreiber & Drake 15 15
  Miss Deare
& Miss Ormond (Wantage)
  Deare & Ormond 0 2
bye   Schreiber & Drake 15 15
  Mrs C. Turner
& Miss Quentin (Camberley)
  Turner & Quentin 2 1
bye   Turner & Quentin 15 15
  Agnes Maude Colles
& Mrs F. Rowley (Whaley Bridge)
  Rowley & Colles 4 1
bye   St.John & Moseley 15 15
  Miss Meriel Lucas
& Miss Mary Graeme (Teignmouth)
  Lucas & Graeme 0 5
bye   Lucas & Graeme 15 15
  Mrs Collier
& Miss M. Bayly (Crystal Palace)
  Collier & Bayly 10 7
bye   Lucas & Graeme 15 15
  Mrs Murray
& Miss Clarke (Cheltenham)
  Murray & Clarke 7 2
bye   Murray & Clarke 15 15
  Mrs Campbell
& Miss Hamer (Southport)
  Campbell & Hamer 7 2
bye   Lucas & Graeme 11 15 15
  Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown
& Miss Mabel Hardy (Crystal Palace)
  Hardy & Stawell-Brown 15 7 12
bye   Hardy & Stawell-Brown 15 18
  Miss Moseley
& Miss O. Martin (Ealing)
  Moseley & Martin 10 14
bye   Hardy & Stawell-Brown 15 7 15
  Miss I. Theobald
& Miss Ethel Thomson (Budleigh Salterton)
  Thomson & Theobald 10 15 5
bye   Thomson & Theobald 15 15
  Mrs Thorn
& Mrs Morris (Chelsea)
  Thorn & Morris 1 2
bye

Mixed doubles

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First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown (C Palace)
& F. S. Collier (Guildford)
15 15
  Miss Deare
& Loveday (Wantage)
3 9   Stawell-Brown & Collier 15 18
  Miss E. M. Moseley
& Pedder (Ealing)
15 15   Moseley & Pedder 4 9
  Miss H. Brooks
& G. V. Robinson (Hersham)
3 9   Stawell-Brown & Collier 15 15
  Miss Daisy St. John (Ealing)
& Sydney Smith (Stroud)
10 15 15   St.John & Smith 10 11
  Mrs Ruth Watling
& C. J. Wiltshire (Great Yarmouth)
15 3 8   St.John & Smith 15 15
  Mrs H. Wooler (N Somerset)
& Hillier (Stowmarket)
15 8 18   Wooler & Hiller 3 4
  Miss Clarke (Cheltenham)
& Robert Ransford (Crystal Palace)
7 15 17   Stawell-Brown & Collier 15 5 18
  Miss Meriel Lucas
& H. W. Davies (Teignmouth)
  Lucas & Davies 3 15 17
bye   Lucas & Davies 15 15
  Miss Hamer
& Campbell (Southport)
  Hamer & Campbell 4 1
bye   Lucas & Davies 15 15
  Miss Hogarth
& C. A. Turner (Cheltenham)
15 15   Hogarth & Turner 4 10
  Mrs Campbell
& Hamer (Southport)
5 3   Hogarth & Turner 15 15
  Mrs S. Murray (Cheltenham)
& L. Hanson (Crystal Palace)
15 15   Murray & Hanson 8 13
  Agnes Colles
&Thomas Colles (Whaley Bridge)
5 4   Stawell-Brown & Collier 15 5 18
  Mrs Cammell
& Stewart Massey (Ealing)
15 15   Cammell & Massey 8 15 17
  Miss Ormond
& Ormond (Wantage)
2 3   Cammell & Massey 15 15
  Miss E.M. Moseley
& Richard St.John (Ealing)
w/o   Moseley & St.John 10 3
  Miss Maidment
& Nord (Newcastle)
scr   Cammell & Massey 15 15
  Mina Schreiber (Bognor)
& Herbert Mellersh (Guildford)
15 15   Schreiber & Mellersh 12 8
  Mary Schreiber
& Percy Buckley (Guildford)
5 8   Schreiber & Mellersh 15 15
  Miss C. Brooks
& C.C. Robinson (Hersham)
9 15 15   Brooks & Robinson 0 4
  Mrs Triscott
& E. Young (Blackheath)
15 4 12   Cammell & Massey 2 15 18
  Miss O. Martin
& C. H. Martin (Ealing)
8 15 15   Martin & Martin 15 12 16
  Miss Drake (Bognor)
& George Thomas (Southsea)
15 12 9   Martin & Martin 15 15
  Miss Burroughs (Southsea)
& Ralph Watling (Great Yarmouth)
18 15   Burroughs & Watling 5 10
  Miss Florence Lannowe
& Lannowe (Ealing)
13 8   Martin & Martin 15 15
  Miss Mabel Hardy (Crystal Palace)
& George Vidal (Norwood)
  Hardy & Vidal 4 12
bye   Hardy & Vidal 15 15
  Mrs F. Bowley
& F. Bowley (Whaley Bridge)
  Bowley & Bowley 6 3
bye

References

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  1. ^ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Archived 18 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine [full citation needed]
  2. ^ "Badminton Association Open Tournament". Field. 13 April 1901. Retrieved 23 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Ladies' Outdoor Amusements". The Queen. 20 April 1901. Retrieved 23 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.