1901 All England Badminton Championships

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 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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  1. ^ The Times
  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.