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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Archived 2017-01-18 at the Wayback Machine [full citation needed]
  2. ^ a b "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.