1909 All England Badminton Championships

The 1909 All England Badminton Championships was a badminton tournament held at the London Rifle Brigade Drill Hall, Islington, London, England, from March 3 to March 6, 1909.[1]

1909 All England Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates3 March 1909 (1909-03-03)
6 March 1909 (1909-03-06)
Edition11th
VenueLondon Rifle Brigade Drill Hall
Location130 Bunhill Row, Islington, London
Official websiteAll England Championships
1908 1910

Meriel Lucas won a fifth Championship women's singles title and a ninth women's doubles title to take her total to 15 Championship titles. Frank Chesterton won the men's singles and doubles.[2][3]

Final results

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Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles   Frank Chesterton   Henry Marrett 15-8 8-15 15-10
Women's singles   Meriel Lucas   Lavinia Radeglia 11-3 11-5
Men's doubles   Frank Chesterton & Albert Prebble   Sir George Thomas & Henry Marrett 15-6 3-15 15-7
Women's doubles   Meriel Lucas & G. L. Murray   Alice Gowenlock & Dorothy Cundall 15-3 9-15 15-6
Mixed doubles   Albert Prebble & Dora Boothby   Frank Chesterton & Meriel Lucas 15-9 18-17

Men's singles

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There was only one first round match between G. T. Crombie & S. Ziffo in which Crombie received a walkover.

Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                    
  Frank Chesterton 15 15
  H. J. H. Inglis 6 0
  Chesterton 15 15
  Andrews 3 11
  A. W. Andrews 15 15
  G. T. Crombie 3 3
  Chesterton 15 15
  Sautter 10 8
  Guy Sautter 15 15
  J. H. Coutts 11 11
  Sautter 15 15
  Crombie 11 5
  James Crombie 15 15
  J. D. Orr 9 7
  Chesterton 15 8 15
  Marrett 8 15 10
  George Thomas 15 15
  W. B. Bayne 2 1
  Thomas 15 15
  Hawthorn 8 9
  Edward Hawthorn 15 15 15
  E. Young 18 9 6
  Thomas 8 5
  Marrett 15 15
  J. H. Colin Prior 15 15
  Thomas L. Adam 7 8
  Prior
  Marrett 15 15
  Henry Marrett 15 15
  Maj. H. C. Fanshawe 6 3

Women's singles

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The first round consisted of just one match in which Lavinia Radeglia defeated Alice Gowenlock 11-9 13-12

Second round Semifinals Final
  Meriel Lucas 11 11
  Margaret Larminie 1 3   Lucas 11 11
  Mary Bateman 9 11 11   Bateman 3 2
  G. L. Murray 11 3 5   Lucas 11 11
  Lavinia Radeglia 11 11   Radeglia 3 5
  Dorothy Cundall 6 1   Radeglia 13 7 11
  Mabel Smith 11 11   Smith 10 11 4
  V. A. Lamb 6 5

Men's doubles

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                    
  Frank Chesterton
& Albert Prebble
15 15
  Thomas L. Adam
& G. T. Crombie
9 9
  Chesterton & Prebble 15 15
  Hetley & Kerr 4 9
  Henry Hetley
& R. Kerr
13 17 15
  Edward Hawthorn
& T. R. Fraser
15 15 7
  Chesterton & Prebble 15 15
  Abbatt & Young 3 5
  Frank Abbatt
& E. Young
bye
  Abbatt & Young 5 15 18
  Comyn & Sautter 15 9 17
  Hugh Comyn
& Guy Sautter
bye
  Chesterton & Prebble 15 6 3
  Thomas & Marrett 15 15 7
  George Thomas
& Henry Marrett
11 15 15
  James Crombie
& H. J. H. Inglis
15 1 4
  Thomas & Marrett 15 15
  Fanshaw & de la Condamine 0 5
  Maj. H. C. Fanshawe
& Henri de la Condamine
bye
  Thomas & Marrett 15 9
  Franck & Harrison 15 11
  R. Franck
& E. P. Harrison
bye
  Franck & Harrison 15 18
  Coutts &   Bayne 10 17
  J. H. Coutts
&   W. B. Bayne
bye

Women's doubles

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First round Semifinals Final
  Meriel Lucas
& G. L. Murray
15 15
  M. Drake
& Florence Lannowe
5 5   Lucas & Murray 15 17
  Mary Bateman
& Hazel Hogarth
  Bateman & Hogarth 10 15
bye   Lucas & Murray 15 9 15
  Dorothy Cundall
& Alice Gowenlock
15 6 15   Gowenlock & Cundall 3 15 6
  Mabel Smith
& Dora Boothby
12 15 9   Gowenlock & Cundall 15 14 18
  Lavinia Radeglia
& V. A. Lamb
15 7 15   Lamb & Radeglia 1 17 14
  Margaret Larminie
& Hodson
8 15 2

Mixed doubles

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The first round consisted of just one match in which Edward Hawthorn & C. K. Petersen defeated W. D. Bayne & Miss Radley 15-7, 15-13.

Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                    
  Albert Prebble
& Dora Boothby
w/o
  Maj. H. C. Fanshawe
& C. Orr
scr
  Prebble & Boothby 15 15
  Comyn & Bateman 11 12
  Hugh Comyn
& Muriel Bateman
15 11 15
  F. L. Shelton
Margaret Larminie
8 15 4
  Prebble & Boothby 15 18
  Sautter & Cundall 4 15
  Guy Sautter
& Dorothy Cundall
15 15
  Henry Hetley
& Mabel Smith
9 4
  Sautter & Cundall 15 15
  Prior & Peterson 4 9
  J. H. Colin Prior
& Eveline Peterson
15 3 15
  R. Kerr
& Florence Lannowe
14 15 6
  Prebble & Boothby 15 18
  Chesterton & Lucas 9 17
  Frank Chesterton
& Meriel Lucas
15 15
  E. Young
& Alice Gowenlock
12 5
  Chesterton & Lucas 11 15 15
  Thomas & Murray 15 11 8
  George Thomas
& G. L. Murray
18 4 15
  Henry Marrett
& Hazel Hogarth
17 15 9
  Chesterton & Lucas 15 15
  Hawthorn & Petersen 6 9
  Edward Hawthorn
& Constance Peterson
15 15
  James Crombie
& Dorothea Douglass
7 6
  Hawthorn & Petersen 15 15
  Crombie &   Lamb 7 6
  G. T. Crombie
&   V. A. Lamb
w/o
  Percy Fitton
& Lavinia Radeglia
scr

References

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  1. ^ "The Times & the Sunday Times". Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  2. ^ "The Championships". Field. 13 March 1909. Retrieved 29 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "The Championships". Field. 6 March 1909. Retrieved 29 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.