1914 All England Badminton Championships

1914 All England Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates	3 March 1914–; 8 March 1914
Edition	16th
Venue	Royal Horticultural Hall
Location	Elverton Street, Westminster, London
Official website	All England Championships
← 1913	1920 →

The 1914 All England Open Badminton Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, England from 3 March to 8 March 1914.^[1]

It would be the last Championship before being suspended for the duration of World War I. Defending champion Guy Sautter continued to play under the alias of U N Lappin and successfully defended his title. Lavinia Radeglia emulated Sautter by retaining her women's singles title.^[2]^[3]^[4]

In the Men's doubles Frank Chesterton & George Thomas retained the title. The instances of an alias being used continued, in addition to Sautter playing as Lappin, Archibald Engelbach played as A. Fee.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Final results edit

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	U. N. Lappin (Guy Sautter)	Frank Chesterton	15–4, 15–10
Women's singles	Lavinia Radeglia	Mrs Bottomley	11–3, 11-5
Men's doubles	Frank Chesterton & Sir George Thomas	U. N. Lappin (Guy Sautter) & Edward Hawthorn	17–16, 15–7
Women's doubles	Margaret Tragett & Eveline Peterson	Alice Gowenlock & Lavinia Radeglia	15-4, 16–18, 17–15
Mixed doubles	Sir George Thomas & Hazel Hogarth	Frank Chesterton & Margaret Tragett	15-10, 15-12

Men's singles edit

There were four first round matches - Sautter bt R. M. McCallum 15–3, 15–12, Chesterton bt Henry Hosken 15–12, 15–8, Smith bt William Hockin 15–12, 15-5 and Hawthorn bt G. M. Hill 15–9, 15–9.

Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

	U. N. Lappin (Guy Sautter)	15	15

	H. Smith	7	5
						Sautter	15	15

						Crombie	4	4
	Dr. James Crombie	15	15

	Johnnie McCallum	1	9
											Sautter	w/o

											Warden	scr
	P. W. Warden	6	15	15

	A. T. Butler	15	12	5
						Warden	15	10	15

						Roper	6	15	12
	W. H. S. Roper	15	18

	J. Hamilton	4	13
																Sautter	15	15

																Chesterton	4	10
	Frank Chesterton	17	15

	Edward Hawthorn	16	12
						Chesterton

						Davidson
	C. J. Davidson	7	15	15

	Charles Pierson	15	5	10
											Chesterton	5	15	15

											Thomas	15	10	7
	George Thomas	15	15

	William Swinden	12	8
						Thomas	15	15

						Prior	12	8
	J. H. Colin Prior	15	15

	A. K. Jones	10	8

Women's singles edit

First round				Semifinals			Final

Lavinia Radeglia	15	15
Kitty McKane	4	5		Radeglia	11	14
Margaret Tragett	11	11		Tragett	2	9
Marjory East	6	9					Radeglia	11	11
Mrs Bottomley	11	14					Bottomley	3	5
Catherine Trench	1	12		Bottomley	15	15
Miss M. MacKenzie	11	9		MacKenzie	4	0
Lydia Swete	2	2	ret

Men's doubles edit

First round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

	Frank Chesterton & George Thomas	15	15

	P. W. Warden & E. Phillips	5	8
						Chesterton & Thomas	15	15

						Goodfellow & McCallum	11	6
	R. M. McCallum & A. W. Goodfellow	15	11	17

	R Franck & H. Smith	11	15	14
										Chesterton & Thomas	15	17

										Bisgood & Massey	9	15
	Bert Bisgood & Stewart Massey	15	15

	E. S. Dashwood & C. J.Davidson	2	5
						Bisgood & Massey	15	15

						Hill & Abbatt	9	7
	G. M. Hill & Frank Abbatt	15	18

	Charles Pierson & Johnnie McCallum	5	16
														Chesterton & Thomas	17	15

														Sautter & Hawthorn	16	7
	U. N. Lappin (Guy Sautter) & Edward Hawthorn	12	15	15

	A. Fee+ & F. P. Pilkington	15	6	11
						Sautter & Hawthorn	15	15

						du Roveray & Hosken	5	13
	Raoul du Roveray & Henry Hosken	15	15

	W. H. Roper & G. E. Mills	8	13
										Sautter & Hawthorn	15	15

										Crombie & Inglis	8	7
	Dr. James Crombie & H. J. I. Inglis	17	15

	Robert Prust & William Swinden	15	10
						Crombie & Inglis	15	15

						Hockiss & Shadwell	3	5
	W R Hockiss & L C Shadwell

+ alias

Women's doubles edit

First round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Final

	Margaret Tragett & Eveline Peterson	12	15	15

	Catherine Trench & Violet Elton	15	9	10
						Tragett & Peterson	18	15

						Marriott & Drinkwater	15	9
	Mrs Marriott & Miss D. Drinkwater	11	15	15

	Lydia Swete & Miss MacKenzie	15	3	5
										Tragett & Peterson	10	15	15

										Mayston & East	15	10	12
	Miss M. E. Mayston & Marjory East

	bye
						Mayston & East	15	15

						Denison & Woodcock	7	1
	Miss Denison & Mrs Woodcock

	bye
															Tragett & Peterson	15	16	17

															Gowenlock & Radeglia	4	18	15
	Lavinia Radeglia & Alice Gowenlock

	bye
						Gowenlock & Radeglia	15	15

						Hogarth & Bateman	11	13
	Hazel Hogarth & Muriel Bateman

	bye
										Gowenlock & Radeglia	15	15

										Douglass & Howard	10	10
	Christina Douglass & Miss Howard

	bye
						Douglass & Howard	15	15

						Bottomley & Pierson	8	7
	Mrs Bottomley & Constance Pierson (née Ireland)	15	15

	Frances Drake & Constance Peterson	8	7

Mixed doubles edit

There were three first round matches - McCallum & Drake bt Charles Pierson & Lydia Swete 15–5, 15–9, Bisgood & Gowenlock bt Inglis & Constance Pierson 18-13 15-9 and Uber & Hetley bt F. C. Lohden & Miss Drinkwater 15–9, 15–8.

Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

	George Thomas & Hazel Hogarth	15	15

	E. S Dashwood & Dorothy Harvey	11	8
						Thomas & Hogarth	15	15

						Prior & Peterson	8	12
	J. H. Colin Prior & Eveline Peterson	15	15

	G. M. Hill & Miss Denison	6	8
										Thomas & Hogarth	18	15

										Engelbach & East	17	5
	A Fee+ & Marjory East	15	15

	Stewart Massey & Muriel Bateman	8	9
						Engelbach & East

						Uber & Hetley
	Herbert Uber & Miss Hetley	15	18

	R. M. McCallum & Frances Drake	8	12
														Thomas & Hogarth	15	15

														Chesterton & Tragett	10	12
	Frank Chesterton & Margaret Tragett	15	10	15

	Dr. James Crombie & Miss MacKenzie	10	15	7
						Chesterton & Tragett	15	15

						Sautter & Mayston	9	8
	U. N. Lappin (Guy Sautter) & Miss M. E. Mayston	15	15

	Bert Bisgood & Alice Gowenlock	5	7
										Chesterton & Tragett	w/o

										Hawthorn & Peterson	scr
	Edward Hawthorn & Constance Peterson	15	15

	William Swinden & Christina Douglass	11	7
						Hawthorn & Peterson	15	15

						du Roveray & Radeglia	11	7
	Raoul du Roveray & Lavinia Radeglia	15	15

	Johnnie McCallum & Catherine Trench	10	5

References edit

^ "Login". www.thetimes.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
^ "BADMINTON". Pall Mall Gazette. 3 March 1914. Retrieved 1 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "BADMINTON RESULTS". Sporting Life. 4 March 1914. Retrieved 2 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "BADMINTON RESULTS". Pall Mall Gazette. 4 March 1914. Retrieved 2 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "BADMINTON RESULTS". Westminster Gazette. 5 March 1914. Retrieved 2 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "BADMINTON". Sporting Life. 5 March 1914. Retrieved 2 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "England defeat Ireland at Westminster". Sporting Life. 6 March 1914. Retrieved 2 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Badminton results". Sporting Life. 9 March 1914. Retrieved 2 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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[2] "BADMINTON". Pall Mall Gazette. 3 March 1914. Retrieved 1 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "BADMINTON RESULTS". Sporting Life. 4 March 1914. Retrieved 2 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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[5] "BADMINTON RESULTS". Westminster Gazette. 5 March 1914. Retrieved 2 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[6] "BADMINTON". Sporting Life. 5 March 1914. Retrieved 2 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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