1906 All England Badminton Championships

The 1906 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the London Rifle Brigade Drill Hall, London, England, from February 28 to March 3, 1906.[1] [2]

1906 All England Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates28 February 1906 (1906-02-28)
3 March 1906 (1906-03-03)
Edition8th
VenueLondon Rifle Brigade Drill Hall
Location130 Bunhill Row, Islington, London
Official websiteAll England Championships
1905 1907

Ethel Thomson and Meriel Lucas won a fourth women's doubles crown and third consecutive after retaining their title. There were two mixed doubles handicap events due to the excessive number of entries.[3]

Final results

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Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles   Norman Wood   Frank Chesterton 15–8, 18-13
Women's singles   Ethel Thompson   M. E. Brown walkover
Men's doubles   Sir George Thomas & Henry Marrett   Albert Prebble & Norman Wood 15–5, 5–15, 15-11
Women's doubles   Meriel Lucas & Ethel Thomson   Muriel Bateman & Hazel Hogarth 15-10, 15-5
Mixed doubles   Sir George Thomas & Ethel Thomson   Norman Wood & G. L. Murray 17-16, 15-3
Men's doubles handicap   G. L. Chamberlin & C. J. Greenwood (+6)   E. Young & R. Young (-5) 15–8, 15-12
Women's doubles Handicap   Muriel Bateman & Hazel Hogarth (-10)   Ethel Thomson & M. E. Brown (-12) 15-1, 15-1
Mixed doubles handicap (class A)   Norman Wood & Hazel Hogarth (10)   Henry Marrett & N. Stevens (Scr) 15-9, 15-12
Mixed doubles handicap (class B)   L. W. Jameson & Morris (6)   E. A. Short & Dorothea Douglass (5) 14-15, 15–1, 15-1
Veterans' doubles   George Vidal & C. A. Turner   Albert Cowley & Richard Abbatt 15-4. 15-6

Men's singles

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First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                    
  Norman Wood 7 15 15
  Henry Marrett 15 2 10
  Wood 15 11 15
  Comyn 4 4 5
  Hugh Comyn 15 15
  G. S. Wheatley 1 7
  Wood 7 15 17
  Thomas 15 8 14
  George Thomas 15 15
  T. H. E. Bird 5 7
  Thomas 7 15 15
  Cave 15 13 12
  Arthur Cave 17 15
  H. S. Venables 1 3
  Wood 15 18
  Chesterton 8 13
  Frank Chesterton 15 15
  Henry Cave 9 5
  Chesterton 12 15 15
  Watling 15 4 11
  Ralph Watling 17 15
  William Cave 15 13
  Chesterton 15 15
  Inglis 6 7
  H. J. H. Inglis 15 9 15
  E. P. Gilman 9 15 6
  Inglis 15 13 15
  Harrison 5 8
  E. P. Harrison 15 14 15
  R. D. Orr 11 17 7

Women's singles

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First round Semi-finals Final
  Ethel Thomson 15 15
  Meriel Lucas 4 6   Thomson 15 15
  Dorothea Douglass 15 15   Douglass 2 4
  Dorothy Cundall 2 3   Thomson w/o
  Miss M. E. Brown w/o   Brown scr
  Ellen Stawell-Brown ret   Brown 15 15
  Muriel Bateman 15 15   Bateman 4 10
  Miss G. L. Murray 13 6

Men's doubles

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First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                    
  Henry Marrett
& George Thomas
w/o
  C. J. Wiltshire
& partner
ret
  Marrett & Thomas 15 11 15
  Massey & Barnes 12 15 5
  Stewart Massey
& C. T. J. Barnes
15 15
  G. W. Harrison
& E. P. Gilman
4 10
  Marrett & Thomas 17 15
  Chesterton & Abbatt 14 8
  Frank Chesterton
& Frank Abbatt
15 15
  T. H. E. Bird
& J Sillen
4 7
  Chesterton & Abbatt 15 15
  Boyd & Hawthorn 3 8
  P. Boyd
& Edward Hawthorn
17 15
  H. S. Venables
& Leonard Ransford
15 4
  Marrett & Thomas 15 5 15
  Prebble & Wood 5 15 11
  Albert Prebble
& Norman Wood
15 15
  E. P. Harrison
& Hugh Comyn
9 12
  Prebble & Wood 15 18
  Fletcher & Pilkington 11 9
  T. R. Fletcher
& F. P. Pilkington
bye
  Prebble & Wood 15 16 15
  Cave & Cave 6 17 5
  Arthur Cave
& Henry Cave
15 17
  Ralph Watling
&   H. J. H. Inglis
6 15
  Cave & Cave 15 13 15
  Orr & Cave 2 1
  R. D. Orr
& William Cave
w/o
  Percy Buckley
& G. S. Wheatley
ret

Women's doubles

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First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                    
  Meriel Lucas
& Ethel Thomson
15 15
  Dorothea Douglass
& M. E. Brown
4 6
  Thomson & Lucas 15 15
  Hunt & Nicholl 2 4
  W. Hunt
& M. C. Nicholl
bye
  Thomson & Lucas 15 15
  Binyon & Larminie 3 7
  Binyon
& Margaret Larminie
bye
  Binyon & Larminie w/o
  A.N. Other & Body ret
  A. N. Other
& S. Body
bye
  Thomson & Lucas 15 15
  Bateman & Hogarth 10 5
  Muriel Bateman
& Hazel Hogarth
 
  Bateman & Hogarth 15 12 15
  Boothby & Stawell-Brown 13 15 2
  Dora Boothby
& Ellen Stawell-Brown
bye
  Bateman & Hogarth 15 18
  Cundall & Gowenlock 1 17
  Dorothy Cundall
& Alice Gowenlock
bye
  Cundall & Gowenlock 15 15
  Davenport & Lannowe 10 11
  E. C. Davenport
& Florence Lannowe
w/o
  S. A. Graham
& Stone
scr

Mixed doubles

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First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  Sir George Thomas
& Ethel Thomson
bye   Thomas & Thomson 15 15
  Frank Chesterton
& Margaret Larminie
  Chesterton & Larminie 11 13
bye   Thomas & Thomson 12 15 15
  Albert Prebble
& Dora Boothby
  Prebble & Boothby 15 6 10
bye   Prebble & Boothby 15 15
  Ralph Watling
& M. Drake
11 15 15   Watling & Drake 9 13
  R. D. Orr
&   M. E. Brown
15 8 11   Thomas & Thomson 10 15 15
  Henry Marrett
& Hazel Hogarth
  Marrett & Hogarth 15 12 6
bye   Marrett & Hogarth w/o
  A. N. Other
& Bickford
  A.N.Other & Bickford scr
bye   Marrett & Hogarth 15 15
  Hugh Comyn
& Alice Gowenlock
  Comyn & Gowenlock 4 11
bye   Comyn & Gowenlock 15 15
  G. S. Wheatley
& M. F. Blakiston
  Wheatley & Blakiston 1 0
bye   Thomas & Thomson 17 15
  Norman Wood
& G. L. Murray
  Wood & Murray 16 3
bye   Wood & Murray 15 15
  Arthur Cave
&  Dorothea Douglass
w/o   Cave &   Douglass 10 4
  T. H. E. Bird
& A. N. Other
scr   Wood & Murray 15 15
  E. Young
& Dorothy Cundall
  Young & Cundall 6 2
bye   Young & Cundall w/o
  Franck
&   Royse
  Franck &   Royse ret
bye   Wood & Murray 10 15 15
  Stewart Massey
& Meriel Lucas
  Massey & Lucas 15 12 9
bye   Massey & Lucas 15 15
  E. P. Gilman
& S. A. Graham
  Gilman & Graham 0 0
bye   Massey & Lucas 15 15
  Leonard Ransford
& Muriel Bateman
  Ransford & Bateman 2 12
bye   Ransford & Bateman 15 15 15
  E. P. Harrison
& Florence Lannowe
  Harrison & Lannowe 7 11
bye

References

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  1. ^ "The Times & the Sunday Times". Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  2. ^ "All England Championships". Sporting Life. 5 March 1906. Retrieved 28 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "All-England Championships". Field. 10 March 1906. Retrieved 28 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.