1902 All England Badminton Championships

The 1902 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Central Transept, The Crystal Palace in Sydenham, London, England, from 18–20 March 1902.[1][2][3][4]

1902 All England Championships
Tournament details
Dates18 March 1902 (1902-03-18)
20 March 1902 (1902-03-20)
Edition4th
VenueCentral Transept, The Crystal Palace
LocationSydenham, London
Official websiteAll England Championships
1901 1903

Scoring in the singles went back to the first to 15 (for a game) following the previous year when it was 11. There were five rounds in the men's singles but the other events consisted of four rounds. The 1901 edition has been such a success that the Badminton Association put on extra events of a handicap nature. There were 47 entries for men and 49 for women and it was the first time that players from Scotland and Ireland entered.[2] John Stokes & Thomas Good became the first non-English winners of an event although it was not considered one of the five 'Championship events'.

However there were only 9 entries for the women's doubles.

Final results

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Ralph Watling E. Young 15-5, 15-7
Women's singles Meriel Lucas Ethel Thomson 15-11, 16-18, 15-2
Men's doubles Herbert Mellersh & F.S.Collier C. H. Martin & Stewart Massey 5-15, 15-11, 15-9
Women's doubles Meriel Lucas & Ethel Thomson Daisy St. John & E. M Moseley 18-17, 9-15, 15-9
Mixed doubles Leonard Ransford & E. M. Moseley Herbert Mellersh & Ethel Thomson 15-8, 15-11
Men's doubles handicap John Stokes & Thomas Good (+5) Percy Buckley & George Thomas (+5) 15-9, 17-14
Women's doubles handicap Meriel Lucas & Mabel Hardy (-8) Daisy St. John & Dorothea Douglass (-3) 15-5, 15-11
Mixed doubles handicap Albert Prebble & Mabel Hardy (-6) Percy Buckley & O'Callaghan (+3) 15-13, 15-5

Men's singles

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Ralph Watling (Great Yarmouth)
  Watling
   
  Watling
   
   
   
  Watling 11 15 15
Thomas Good (Sandford) Good 15 8 2
  Good
   
  Good
   
   
   
  Watling 15 15
E. Young (Blackheath) Young 5 7
  Young
   
  Young
   
   
   
  Young 15 17
Norman Wood (Brinscall) Wood 6 15
  Wood
   
  Wood
   
   
   
 

Women's singles

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                    
Meriel Lucas (Teignmouth)
 
Lucas
 
 
 
Lucas 15 15
Hardy 5 8
Miss Mabel Hardy (Crystal Palace)
 
Hardy
Johnson
Miss Edith Johnson (East Molesey)
 
Lucas 15 16 15
Thomson 11 18 2
Miss Ethel Thomson (Budleigh Salterton)
 
Thomson
 
 
 
Thomson 15 15
Schreiber 9 2
Mina Schreiber (Bognor)
 
Schreiber
 
 
 

Men's doubles

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                    
Herbert Mellersh
& F. S. Collier (Guildford)
Ralph Watling
& C. J. Wiltshire (Great Yarmouth)
Mellersh & Collier
 
 
 
Mellersh & Collier 15 17
Turner & Prebble 8 14
C. A. Turner (Cheltenham)
& Albert Prebble (Crystal Palace)
 
Turner & Prebble
 
 
 
Mellersh & Collier 5 15 15
Massey & Martin 15 11 9
Stewart Massey
& C. H. Martin (Ealing)
 
Massey & Martin
 
 
 
Massey & Martin 10 15 15
Ransford & Ransford 15 10 4
Robert Ransford
& Leonard Ransford (Crystal Palace)
 
Ransford & Ransford
 
 
 

Women's doubles

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                    
Meriel Lucas (Teignmouth)
& Ethel Thomson (B Salterton)
 
Lucas & Thomson
 
 
 
Lucas & Thomson 15 15
Moseley & Douglass 5 3
Miss Moseley
& Miss Douglass (Ealing)
 
Moseley & Douglass
 
 
 
Lucas & Thomson 18 9 15
Moseley & St.John 17 15 9
Miss Daisy St. John
& Miss E. M. Moseley (Ealing)
 
Moseley & St.John
 
 
 
Moseley & St.John 15 15
Stawell-Brown & Hardy 9 11
Miss Mabel Hardy (Crystal Palace)
& Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown (Guildford)
 
Hardy & Stawell-Brown
 
 
 

Mixed doubles

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                    
Leonard Ransford (Crystal Palace)
& Miss E. M. Moseley (Ealing)
D. Oakes
& Miss Daisy St. John (Ealing)
L Ransford & Moseley
 
 
 
L Ransford & Moseley 10 15 18
R Ransford & Hardy 15 4 15
Robert Ransford
& Miss Mabel Hardy (Crystal Palace)
 
R Ransford & Hardy
 
 
 
Ransford & Moseley 15 15
Mellersh & Thomson 8 11
Herbert Mellersh (Guildford)
& Miss Ethel Thomson (B Salterton)
 
Mellersh & Thomson
 
 
 
Mellersh & Thomson 11 15 15
Thomas & Schreiber 15 11 10
George Thomas (Southsea)
& Mina Schreiber (Bognor)
 
Thomas & Schreiber
 
 
 

References

  1. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Archived 2017-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Badminton Association Open Tournament". Field. 22 March 1902. Retrieved 24 March 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Badminton Association Open Tournament, results page 39". Field. 22 March 1902. Retrieved 24 March 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "The Annual Badminton Association Tournament". London Evening Standard. 19 March 1902. Retrieved 24 March 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.
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