1902 All England Badminton Championships

1902 All England Championships
Tournament details
Dates	18 March 1902–; 20 March 1902
Edition	4th
Venue	Central Transept, The Crystal Palace
Location	Sydenham, London
Official website	All England Championships
← 1901	1903 →

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]

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

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

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Ralph Watling (Great Yarmouth)

Watling

11

15

Thomas Good (Sandford)

Good

15

8

2

Good

Watling

15

E. Young (Blackheath)

Young

5

7

Young

15

17

Norman Wood (Brinscall)

Wood

6

15

Wood

Women's singles

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

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

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

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

^ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Archived 2017-01-18 at the Wayback Machine ^{[full citation needed]}
^ ^a ^b "Badminton Association Open Tournament". Field. 22 March 1902. Retrieved 24 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Badminton Association Open Tournament, results page 39". Field. 22 March 1902. Retrieved 24 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "The Annual Badminton Association Tournament". London Evening Standard. 19 March 1902. Retrieved 24 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[1] ttp://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Archived 2017-01-18 at the Wayback Machine ^{[full citation needed]}

[BA-2] "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.

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