1957 All England Badminton Championships

1957 All England Championships
Tournament details
Dates20 March 1957 (1957-03-20)–
25 March 1957 (1957-03-25)
Edition47th
VenueWembley
LocationLondon
← < 1956 1958 > →

The 1957 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley, London, England, from 20–25 March 1957.[1]

This was the first year in which the competition switched to Wembley from Earls Court. Kirsten Thorndahl married and played under the name Kirsten Granlund.

Final results

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Eddy Choong Erland Kops 15-9, 15-3
Women's singles Judy Devlin Margaret Varner 11-2, 11-7
Men's doubles Joe Alston & Johnny Heah Eddy Choong & David Ewe Choong 15-10, 16-17, 15-5
Women's doubles Anni Hammergaard Hansen & Kirsten Granlund Iris Rogers & June Timperley 7-15, 15-11, 15-10
Mixed doubles Finn Kobberø & Kirsten Granlund Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen & Anni Hammergaard Hansen 15-3, 15-6

Results

Men's singles

Section 1

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Eddy Choong 15 15
A Leagas 2 5 1 Choong 15 15
K C Carpenter 12 15 15 Carpenter 3 2
F C Jones 15 8 13 1 Choong 15 15
Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen 15 12 18 H-Hansen 12 4
Tony Jordan 11 15 13 H-Hansen 15 16 15
R Mulvaney 15 15 Mulvaney 2 18 11
J A Broadhurst 12 9 1 Choong 15 9 18
Joe Alston 15 15 Alston 11 15 16
R Quiddington 6 4 Alston 15 15
Peter Ferguson 15 15 Ferguson 11 3
C E Lawrence 7 3 Alston 18 14 15
Palle Granlund 6 15 15 Granlund 16 17 4
Bjorn Holst-Christensen 15 8 6 Granlund 15 15
John Timperley 2 15 15 Timperley 10 13
W Goode 15 1 5

Section 2

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Erland Kops 5 15 15
Ferry Sonneville 15 11 11 Kops 15 15
Dick Hashman 15 Hashman 4 5
Noel Radford 3 ret Kops 15 15
Oon Chong Teik 15 15 Teik 12 12
Knud Aage Nielsen 12 5 Teik 15 15
Harry Parmar 15 9 15 Parmar 7 5
J H King 9 15 7 Kops 11 15 15
2 Finn Kobberø 15 18 2 Kobberø 15 10 13
Jack McColl 12 16 2 Kobberø 15 15
Ciro Ciniglio 15 0 15 Ciniglio 0 7
R J Southwell 9 15 9 2 Kobberø 15 15
Dave McTaggart 15 15 McTaggart 13 8
M Tranter 1 3 McTaggart 15 15
Ole Mertz 15 15 Mertz 4 10
Ken Stott 2 8

Women's singles

Section 1

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Judy Devlin
Devlin 11 11
Sylvia Ripley Ripley 3 7
Devlin 11 11
Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen Jacobsen 0 0
Jacobsen 11 11
Prem Prasher Prasher 2 1
Devlin
Lois Alston Alston
Alston 8 11 12
Heather Ward Ward 11 9 10
Alston 11 12 11
Tonny Petersen Petersen 12 11 8
Petersen 11 11
Eileen Pattison Pattison 5 7

Section 2

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Margaret Varner
Varner 11 11
June Wheating Wheating 2 0
Varner 5 11 11
Iris Rogers Rogers 11 3 2
Rogers 11 11
Sushila Kapadia Kapadia 1 7
Varner
Marjory Shedd Shedd
Shedd 9 11 11
Sheila Ryder Ryder 11 6 3
Shedd 11 11
Tonny Ahm Ahm 1 6
Ahm 12 11
June Timperley Timperley 10 8

References

  1. ^ "The Times & the Sunday Times". Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.