1899 All England Badminton Championships

The 1899 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held in the Scottish Drill Hall at the London Scottish Rifles Headquarters in Buckingham Gate, Westminster, London, England on 4 April 1899.[1][2] There were no singles events staged.

1899 All England Open Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates4 April 1899 (1899-04-04)
4 April 1899 (1899-04-04)
Edition1st
VenueScottish Drill Hall
LocationBuckingham Gate, Westminster, London
Official websiteAll England Championships
1900

Origins

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Following the first known open badminton tournament at the Guildford Drill Hall during 1898 the Badminton Association (BA) decided to stage the first All England Championships on 4 April 1899. The one day tournament was at the Drill Hall at the London Scottish Rifles Headquarters in Buckingham Gate and consisted of four courts with the two end courts having balconies over hanging them. The courts were basic very with nets only 16 feet wide, posts with extended canes and chalked lines. The principal event organisers were Mr Richard Fleming St Andrew St John (Honorary Secretary of the BA) and Mr Percy Buckley (Secretary of the Guildford Badminton Association and President of the BA). The winners received two guineas and runner up received one guinea.[1]

Final results

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Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's doubles   D. W. Oakes & Stewart Marsden Massey   Col. Ian M. Campbell & L. Hanson 15-5 15-7
Women's doubles   Meriel Lucas & Mary Graeme   Ethel Thomson & I. Theobald 18–17, 15-5
Mixed doubles   D. W. Oakes & Daisy St. John   W. L. Lincoln & Collins 15-8 15-3

Men's doubles

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Fourteen pairs entered.[3] There were two byes and two walk overs in the first round, the latter two because Buckell & Hillier and Mellersh & Collier scratched.[1]

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                    
  Stewart Massey (Ealing)
& D. W. Oakes (Ealing)
15 15
  C. E. Shepherd (Ealing)
& Ireland (Ealing)
2 2
  Massey & Oakes 15 14 15
  Hay & Saunders 1 17 6
  Hay (Southampton)
& Saunders (Southampton)
15 15
  Edward St.John (Ealing)
& Emerson (Ealing)
3 6
  Massey & Oakes 15 15
  Buckley & Lincoln 12 8
  Percy Buckley (Guildford)
& H. P. Lincoln (Guildford)
bye
  Buckley & Lincoln 15 15
  Eddowes & Rathbone 3 10
  Thomas Eddowes (Sutton Coldfield)
& Frederick Rathbone (Sutton Coldfield)
w/o
  Herbert Mellersh (Guildford)
& F. S. Collier (Guildford)
scr
  Massey & Oakes 15 15
  Campbell & Hanson 5 7
  Col. Ian Campbell (Norwood)
& L. Hanson (Norwood)
15 18
  Lock
& Ward
10 17
  Campbell & Hanson 15 15
  Brookes & Robinson 0 5
  Brookes (Hersham)
& Robinson (Hersham)
w/o
  Buckell
& Hillier
scr
  Campbell & Hanson 14 15 15
  Hart & Vidal 17 3 8
  J. H. E. Hart (Norwood)
George Vidal (Norwood)
15 15
  Frere (Ealing)
& Bowley (Unicorn)
7 6
  Hart & Vidal 18 9 15
  Pett-Triscott & Young 16 15 7
  C Pett-Triscott (Sheen House)
& Young (Sheen House)
bye

Women's doubles

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Thirteen pairs entered.[3] There were three byes in the first round.[1]

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                    
  Miss Meriel Lucas (Wordsworth)
& Miss Mary Graeme (Wordsworth)
bye
  Lucas & Graeme 15 15
  Straghan & Collins 3 6
  Miss Straghan (Guildford)
& Miss Collins (Guildford)
bye
  Lucas & Graeme 15 15
  Hardy & Stawell-Brown 6 12
  Mabel Hardy (Guildford)
& Ellen Stawell-Brown (Guildford)
15 15
  Miss Agnes Spankie (Ealing)
& Miss E. M. Moseley (Ealing)
5 7
  Hardy & Stawell-Brown 15 15
  Cammell & St.John 11 12
  Mrs Cammell (Ealing)
& Daisy St. John (Ealing)
15 15
  Miss Roberts (Sutton Coldfield)
& Miss Hepburn (Sutton Coldfield)
1 4
  Lucas & Graeme 18 15
  Thomson & Theobald 17 5
  Miss Ethel Thomson (Budleigh Salterton)
& Miss I. Theobald (Budleigh Salterton)
15 15
  Miss Owen (East Molesey)
& Miss Edith Johnson (East Molesey)
2 4
  Thomson & Theobald 15 18
  Schreiber & Schreiber 8 17
  Mary Schreiber (Bognor)
& Mina Schreiber (Bognor)
15 15
  Miss Sykes (Ealing)
& Miss Florence Lannowe (Ealing)
11 6
  Thomson & Theobald 15 15
  Brown & Martin 1 6
  Miss A. Brown (Ealing)
& Miss A. Martin (Ealing)
bye
  Brown & Martin 15 6 15
  Brooks & Brooks 12 15 11
  Miss C. Brooks (Hersham)
& Miss H. Brooks (Hersham)
15 3 15
  Miss Hawks (Guildford)
& Miss M. Hawks (Guildford)
10 15 4

Mixed doubles

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Twenty five mixed pairs entered.[3][1]

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  D. W. Oakes (Ealing)
& Miss Daisy St. John (Ealing)
bye   Oakes & St.John 15 15
  L. Hanson (Norwood)
& Mrs Hetley (Blackheath)
15 15   Hanson & Hetley 8 1
  C. Pett-Triscott (Sheen House)
& Mrs Triscott (Sheen House)
4 0   Oakes & St.John 15 15
  Hay (Southampton)
& Ethel Thomson(Budleigh Salterton)
  Hay & Thomson 9 10
bye   Hay & Thomson 15 15
  J. H. E. Hart (Norwood)
& Miss I. Theobald (Budleigh Salterton)
  Hart & Theobald 11 5
bye   Oakes & St.John 7 18 15
  Col. Ian Campbell (Norwood)
& Miss Mabel Hardy (Norwood)
15 15   Campbell & Hardy 15 17 9
  Lukin (Hersham)
& Miss Vigers (Hersham)
0 0   Campbell & Hardy 15 15
  George Vidal (Norwood)
& Miss Straghan (Norwood)
15 17   Vidal & Straghan 6 8
  Bowley (Unicorn)
& Miss Edith Johnson (East Molesey)
14 15   Campbell & Hardy 15 15
  Saunders (Guildford)
& Miss M. Hawks (Guildford)
15 15   Saunders & Hawks 11 9
  E. Young (Blackheath)
& Miss Turnbull (Blackheath)
9 6   Saunders & Hawks 15 15
  C. H. Shepherd (Ealing)
& Miss O Martin (Ealing)
15 15   Shepherd & Martin 10 12
  Thomas Eddowes (Sutton Coldfield)
& Miss Hepburn (Sutton Coldfield)
1 5   Oakes & St. John 15 15
  Lincoln (Guildford)
& Miss Collins (Guildford)
  Lincoln & Collins 8 3
bye   Lincoln & Collins 15 15
  Shannon (Ealing)
& Miss Agnes Spankie (Ealing)
  Shannon & Spankie 6 3
bye   Lincoln & Collins 15 15
  Lock
& Miss E. M. Moseley (Ealing)
  Lock & Moseley 7 6
bye   Lock & Moseley 15 15
  Frederick Rathbone (Sutton Coldfield)
& Miss Roberts (Sutton Coldfield)
  Rathbone & Roberts 7 6
bye   Lincoln & Collins 15 9 15
  Stewart Massey (Ealing)
& Mrs Cammell (Ealing)
15 15   Massey & Cammell 11 15 5
  Hughes (Guildford)
& Miss Mary Graeme (Teighmouth)
4 8   Massey & Cammell 15 11 15
  Edward St John (Ealing)
& Miss Meriel Lucas (Teighnmouth)
15 15   St John & Lucas 12 15 5
  Percy Buckley (Guildford)
& Miss Hawks (Guildford) 15-10 15-8
10 8   Massey & Cammell 15 15
  Ireland (Ealing)
& Ellen Stawell Brown (Guildford)
15 15   Ireland & Stawell-Brown 5 6
  Frere (Ealing)
& Miss A. Brown (Ealing)
6 4   Ireland & Stawell-Brown 11 15 15
  Robinson (Hersham)
& Brooks (Hersham)
15 15   Robinson & Brooks 15 9 5
  Emerson (Ealing)
& Miss Florence Lannowe (Ealing)
9 7

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Badminton Association Open Tournament". Field. 8 April 1899. Retrieved 20 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Archived 18 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine [full citation needed]
  3. ^ a b c "Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships: How did it all start?". All England Badminton.