1904 All England Badminton Championships

The 1904 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the at the London Rifle Brigade Drill Hall in Islington, London, England from 16–19 March 1904.[1][2]

1904 All England Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates16 March 1904 (1904-03-16)–
19 March 1904 (1904-03-19)
Edition6th
VenueLondon Rifle Brigade Drill Hall
Location130 Bunhill Row, Islington, London
Official websiteAll England Championships
← 1903 1905 →

Henry Norman Marrett made a clean sweep of victories by winning the men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles. Ethel Thomson retained her women's singles title and teamed up again with Meriel Lucas to win the women's doubles. Lucas had missed the 1903 competition.[3][4]

The venue made six courts available and the event was extended to four days in order to include an England v Ireland international match.[3]

Final results
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Henry Marrett Sir George Thomas 15-8, 15-10
Women's singles Ethel Thomson Dorothea Douglass 15-2, 15-8
Men's doubles Albert Prebble & Henry Marrett S. H. Dillon & John Stokes 15-8, 15-7
Women's doubles Ethel Thomson & Meriel Lucas Hazel Hogarth & M. Drake 15-2, 15-5
Mixed doubles Henry Marrett & Dorothea Douglass Albert Prebble & Meriel Lucas 15-6, 15-12
Men's doubles handicap E. A. Short & R. Franck (+7) Percy Buckley & Herbert Mellersh (-12) 15-1, 15-3
Women's doubles handicap Muriel Bateman & Margaret Larminie (-14) Hazel Hogarth & M. Drake (-8) 15-2, 10-15, 15-12
Mixed doubles handicap Leonard Ransford & Mabel Hardy (-20) Henry Marrett & Dorothea Douglass (-15) w/o

Men's singles
First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Henry Marrett
bye Marrett 15 15
Albert Cowley Cowley 2 2
bye Marrett w/o
H. S. Venables Venables scr
bye Venables 12 15 15
H. R. Mayo Mayo 15 6 6
bye Marrett 15 15
Ralph Watling 15 15 Watling 8 10
Arthur Cave 9 5 Watling 15 15
John Stokes 11 15 15 Stokes 6 8
H. C. Fanshawe 15 4 5 Watling w/o
C. J. Wiltshire w/o Wiltshire scr
C. Rivett-Carmac scr Wiltshire 15 17
S. R. Arthur Arthur 2 16
bye Marrett 15 15
George Thomas 15 15 Thomas 8 10
Norman Wood 5 10 Thomas 15 15
E. Young 15 15 Young 0 11
H. O. Wood 10 3 Thomas 15 15
Frank Abbatt 15 15 15 Abbatt 5 6
Edward Hawthorn 18 11 3 Abbatt 17 18
T. H. E. Bird Bird 15 16
bye Thomas 15 15
S. H. Dillon Dillon 6 11
bye Dillon 15 15
W. Redshaw Redshaw 4 5
bye Dillon 15 15
E. P. Harrison Harrison 4 8
bye Harrison 15 6 15
J.H. Colin Prior Prior 12 15 6
bye

Women's singles
First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                    
Ethel Thomson 15 15
Miss E. C. Pemberton 0 0
Thomson 15 15
Brown 2 8
Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown
bye
Thomson 15 18
Gray 0 1
Mrs C. Gray
bye
Gray 15 15
Tatham 5 8
Miss E. B. M. Tatham
bye
Thomson 15 15
Douglas 2 8
Dorothea Douglass 15 15
Meriel Lucas 2 12
Douglass 17 15
Wilson 2 12
Miss C. M. Wilson
bye
Douglass 16 15 15
Hardy 17 5 3
Mabel Hardy
bye
Hardy 15 15
Brownrigg 1 4
Mrs E. Brownrigg
bye

Men's doubles
First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Albert Prebble
& Henry Marrett
bye Prebble & Marrett 15 15
Herbert Mellersh
& J. H. Colin Prior 		Mellersh & Prior 10 4
bye Prebble & Marrett 15 15
Percy Buckley
& E. Young 		15 15 Buckley & Young 11 8
Col. Ian Campbell
& S. R. Arthur 		8 8 Buckley & Young 15 15
C. C. Robinson
& T. H. E. Bird 		Robinson & Bird 9 6
bye Prebble & Marrett 15 5 15
Leonard Ransford
& Robert Ransford 		Ransford & Ransford 5 15 2
bye Ransford & Ransford 15 15
W. Wheelwright
& A. B. Clifton 		Wheelwright & Clifton 7 11
bye Ransford & Ransford 18 15
Frank Abbatt
& D. H. MacDougall 		Abbatt & MacDougall 14 4
bye Abbatt & MacDougall 15 15
E. Browne
& Norman Wood 		Browne & Wood 12 8
bye Prebble & Marrett 15 15
S. H. Dillon
& John Stokes 		Dillon & Stokes 8 7
bye Dillon & Stokes 15 15
C. Rivett-Carmac
& Shield 		Rivett-Carmac & Shield 3 8
bye Dillon & Stokes 15 15
C. T. J. Barnes
& Edward St.John 		Barnes & St.John 11 7
bye Barnes & St.John w/o
George Vidal
& Piers 		Vidal & Piers ret
bye Dillon & Stokes 15 15
George Thomas
& C. J. Wiltshire 		Thomas & Wiltshire 5 7
bye Thomas & Wiltshire 15 15
Stewart Massey
& E. P. Harrison 		Massey & Harrison 10 6
bye Thomas & Wiltshire 15 15
H. O. Wood
& Arthur Cave 		Wood & Cave 4 7
bye Wood & Cave 15 12 15
Albert Cowley
& J. C. Llewellyn 		Cowley & Llewellyn 11 15 10
bye

Women's doubles
First round Semi-finals Final
Ethel Thomson
& Meriel Lucas
Dorothea Douglass
& Mabel Hardy 		Lucas & Thomson 15 15
Mrs Ruth Watling
& Muriel Bateman 		15 15 Watling & Bateman 2 7
Mrs C. Gray
& Mrs E. Brownrigg 		7 7 Lucas & Thomson 15 15
Hazel Hogarth
& Miss M. Drake 		13 15 15 Hogarth & Drake 2 5
Miss C. M. Wilson
& Miss H. Lane 		15 8 11 Hogarth & Drake 18 6 15
Mrs Binyon
& Ellen Stawell-Brown 		15 15 Binyon & Stawell-Brown 13 15 10
Miss E. C. Pemberton
& Miss E. B. M. Tatham 		0 3

Mixed doubles
First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Henry Marrett
& Miss Dorothea Douglass 		15 15
Frank Abbatt
& Mrs Binyon 		8 9 Marrett & Douglass w/o
C. A. Turner
& Miss Hazel Hogarth 		Turner & Hogarth scr
bye Marrett & Douglass 15 15
S. R. Arthur
& Miss M. Drake 		Arthur & Drake 4 3
bye Arthur & Drake 15 15
Col. Ian Campbell
& Miss I. F. Stone 		Campbell & Stone 12 9
bye Marrett & Douglass 15 17
Stewart Massey
& Mrs Cammell 		Massey & Cammell 10 14
bye Massey & Cammell 15 15
T. H. E. Bird
& Miss Brooks 		Bird & Brooks 11 5
bye Massey & Cammell 15 15
J. H. Colin Prior
& Miss Mary Obré 		Prior & Obre 2 2
bye Prior & Obre 15 15
H. R. Mayo
& Mrs Ruth Watling 		Mayo & Watling 7 9
bye Marrett & Douglass 15 15
Albert Prebble
& Miss Meriel Lucas 		Prebble & Lucas 8 7
bye Prebble & Lucas 15 15
A. B Clifton
& Miss C. Orr 		Clifton & Orr 4 9
bye Prebble & Lucas 8 15 15
Leonard Ransford
& Mabel Hardy 		Ransford & Hardy 15 4 7
bye Ransford & Hardy 7 17 15
George Thomas
& Ethel Thomson 		Thomas & Thomson 15 15 8
bye Prebble & Lucas 15 15
E. P. Harrison
& Muriel Bateman 		w/o Harrison & Bateman 4 3
J. C. Llewellyn
& partner 		scr Harrison & Bateman 15 15
Norman Wood
& Miss E. C. Davenport 		15 18 Wood & Davenport 5 10
W. L. G. Heelas
& Miss C. M. Wilson 		7 16 Harrison & Bateman 15 16 15
E. Young
& Margaret Larminie 		Young & Larminie 12 18 13
bye Young & Larminie 11 15 15
Herbert Mellersh
& Ellen Stawell-Brown 		Mellersh & Stawell-Brown 15 9 5
bye

References
  1. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Archived 2017-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Sporting Notes". Nottingham Evening Post. 21 March 1904. Retrieved 26 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Badminton, The All England Championship". Sporting Life. 21 March 1904. Retrieved 26 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Badminton". Field. 19 March 1904. Retrieved 26 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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