1901 All England Badminton Championships

Badminton tournament

1901 All England ChampionshipsTournament details

Dates| 10 April 1901 (1901-04-10)–
11 April 1901 (1901-04-11)
Edition| 3rd
Venue| Scottish Drill Hall
Location| Buckingham Gate, Westminster, London
Official website| All England Championships
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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]

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

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Category  | Winners  | Runners-up  | Score

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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

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|  |  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

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|  |  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

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|  |  Herbert Mellersh
& F. S. Collier (Guildford) | 15 | 15 |  | | | |
|  |  Loveday
& Ormond (Wantage) | 0 | 0 |  |
| |  |  Mellersh & Collier | 15 | 15 |  |
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|  |  L. Hanson
& Robert Ransford (Crystal Palace) | 15 | 15 |  |

|  |  Campbell
& Hamer (Southport) | 4 | 5 |  |
| |  |  Mellersh & Collier | 17 | 15 |  |
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|  |  E. Young
& R. Young (Blackheath) | 15 | 15 |  | |

|  |  F. Rowley
& Hall (Whaley Bridge) | 6 | 5 |  |
| |  |  E. Young & R. Young | 17 | 15 |  |
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| | |  |  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 |
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|  |  Stewart Massey
& C. H. Martin (Ealing) | 15 | 15 |  | | |

|  |  A. V. Cowley & Pedder (Ealing) | 3 | 1 |  |
| |  |  Massey & Martin | 15 | 15 |  |
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| | |  |  Thomas & Taylor | 7 | 3 |  |
|  |  George Thomas (Southsea)
& Taylor (Ealing) | 15 | 15 |  |

|  |  Dobree
& Abbatt (Ealing) | 10 | 2 |  |
| |  |  Massey & Martin | 15 | 15 |  |
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| | |  |  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 |  |
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| | |  |  Hart & Vidal | 10 | 6 |  |
|  |  J. E. Hart &
George Vidal (Norwood) | 15 | 15 |  |

|  |  Thomas Orme Colles
& Hutton (Whaley Bridge) | 5 | 6 |  |

## Women's doubles

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|  |  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

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|  |  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

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1. ^ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Archived 18 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine [full citation needed]
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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