1920 All England Badminton Championships

The 1920 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, England from 2 March to 7 March 1920.[1] It was the first All England Championships since 1914 following a six year break because of World War I.

1920 All England Open Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates2 March 1920 (1920-03-02)
7 March 1920 (1920-03-07)
Edition17th
VenueRoyal Horticultural Hall
LocationElverton Street, Westminster, London
Official websiteAll England Championships
1914 1921

George Thomas played under the alias George Allen and finally won his first men's singles title after many years of trying, his best previous singles result was as a losing finalist 16 years earlier in 1904. Another player Archibald Engelbach played under the alias Archibald Fee and won the doubles with Raoul du Roveray.[2][3][4]

K. S. Tann was listed as representing China in the first round of the men's singles and was beaten by the defending champion Guy Sautter 15-1, 15-3. It was the first instance of a Chinese player appearing at the Championships. Tann partnered by Mackinnon also made it to the semi finals of the men's doubles.[1][5]

Final results

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles George Allen (Sir George Thomas) William Swinden 15–9, 14-17, 15-5
Women's singles Kitty McKane Margaret Tragett 11–6, 11-5
Men's doubles Archibald Fee (Archibald Engelbach) & Raoul du Roveray J. H. Colin Prior & Herbert Uber 15–13, 15–8
Women's doubles Violet Elton & Lavinia Radeglia D. Harvey & Mrs Reynolds+ 17-15, 5–15, 15–10
Mixed doubles George Allen (Sir George Thomas) & Hazel Hogarth Guy Sautter & D. Harvey 15-12, 15-12

+ alias

Men's singles

Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                    
George Allen 15 15
Herbert Uber 11 4
Allen 15 3 15
Sautter 12 15 12
Guy Sautter 15 15
J. H. Colin Prior 3 5
Allen 15 15
Millar 8 8
Jackson W. Millar 15 15
A. Mackinnon 6 6
Millar w/o
Devlin scr
Frank Devlin 15 12 17
A. K. Jones 8 15 14
Allen 15 14 15
Swinden 9 17 5
W. T. Henderson 15 15
R. G. P. Hunter 12 12
Henderson 15 15
Parsloe 0 6
Douglas Parsloe 15 15
C. W. Hordern 5 5
Henderson 1 15 3
Swinden 15 12 15
A. G. Macdonnell 15 15
J. K. James 6 6
Macdonnell 11 9
Swinden 15 15
William Swinden 15 15
Bertrand Peek 0 10

Women's singles

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                    
Kitty McKane 11 11
Violet Baddeley 2 5
McKane 11 11
Wheelwright 1 0
A. Wheelwright
McKane 11 11
Radeglia 4 1
Lavinia Radeglia
Radeglia
McKane 11 11
Tragett 6 5
Margaret Tragett
Tragett 11 13
Snaith 0 11
Marguerite Snaith
Tragett 11 11
Aitken 2 2
D. M. Aitken
Aitken 11 6 11
Hogg 2 11 4
Miss A. M. Hogg

Men's doubles

Semifinals Final
          
Archibald Engelbach
Raoul du Roveray
15 17
Frank Chesterton
Sir George Thomas
6 15
Archibald Engelbach
Raoul du Roveray
15 15
Herbert Uber
J. H. Colin Prior
13 8
Herbert Uber
J. H. Colin Prior
15 15
A. Mackinnon
K. S. Tann
2 10

Women's doubles

Semifinals Final
          
Violet Elton
Lavinia Radeglia
13 15 15
Kitty McKane
Hazel Hogarth
18 3 11
Violet Elton
Lavinia Radeglia
17 5 15
Miss D. Harvey
Mrs Reynolds+
15 15 10
Miss D. Harvey
Mrs Reynolds+
15 15
Violet Baddeley
E. M. Stewart
3 12

+ alias

Mixed doubles

Semifinals Final
          
Sir George Thomas
Hazel Hogarth
w/o
Frank Chesterton
Margaret Tragett
scr
Sir George Thomas
Hazel Hogarth
15 15
Guy Sautter
Miss D. Harvey
12 12
Guy Sautter
Miss D. Harvey
15 15
Raoul du Roveray
Christina Douglass
1 3

References

  1. "Badminton". The Times. 3 March 1920. Retrieved 3 April 2021 via Gale Primary Sources.
  2. "The Championships and its prospects". Pall Mall Gazette. 1 March 1920. Retrieved 3 April 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Badminton Championships". Pall Mall Gazette. 3 March 1920. Retrieved 3 April 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Badminton The All England Championships". Pall Mall Gazette. 4 March 1920. Retrieved 3 April 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Badminton". The Times. 6 March 1920. Retrieved 3 April 2021 via Gale Primary Sources.
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