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

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. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/
  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.
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