1904 All England Badminton Championships

The 1904 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the London Rifle Brigade Drill Hall in Islington, London, England from 16 to 19 March 1904.[1][2]

1904 All England Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates16 March 1904 (1904-03-16)
19 March 1904 (1904-03-19)
Edition6th
VenueLondon Rifle Brigade Drill Hall
Location130 Bunhill Row, Islington, London
Official websiteAll England Championships
1903 1905

Henry Norman Marrett made a clean sweep of victories by winning the men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles. Ethel Thomson retained her women's singles title and teamed up again with Meriel Lucas to win the women's doubles. Lucas had missed the 1903 competition.[3][4]

The venue made six courts available and the event was extended to four days in order to include an England v Ireland international match.[3]

Final results edit

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles   Henry Marrett   Sir George Thomas 15-8, 15-10
Women's singles   Ethel Thomson   Dorothea Douglass 15-2, 15-8
Men's doubles   Albert Prebble & Henry Marrett   S. H. Dillon & John Stokes 15-8, 15-7
Women's doubles   Ethel Thomson & Meriel Lucas   Hazel Hogarth & M. Drake 15-2, 15-5
Mixed doubles   Henry Marrett & Dorothea Douglass   Albert Prebble & Meriel Lucas 15-6, 15-12
Men's doubles handicap   E. A. Short & R. Franck (+7)   Percy Buckley & Herbert Mellersh (-12) 15-1, 15-3
Women's doubles handicap   Muriel Bateman & Margaret Larminie (-14)   Hazel Hogarth & M. Drake (-8) 15-2, 10–15, 15-12
Mixed doubles handicap   Leonard Ransford & Mabel Hardy (-20)   Henry Marrett & Dorothea Douglass (-15) w/o

Men's singles edit

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  Henry Marrett
bye   Marrett 15 15
  Albert Cowley   Cowley 2 2
bye   Marrett w/o
  H. S. Venables   Venables scr
bye   Venables 12 15 15
  H. R. Mayo   Mayo 15 6 6
bye   Marrett 15 15
  Ralph Watling 15 15   Watling 8 10
  Arthur Cave 9 5   Watling 15 15
  John Stokes 11 15 15   Stokes 6 8
  H. C. Fanshawe 15 4 5   Watling w/o
  C. J. Wiltshire w/o   Wiltshire scr
  C. Rivett-Carmac scr   Wiltshire 15 17
  S. R. Arthur   Arthur 2 16
bye   Marrett 15 15
  George Thomas 15 15   Thomas 8 10
  Norman Wood 5 10   Thomas 15 15
  E. Young 15 15   Young 0 11
  H. O. Wood 10 3   Thomas 15 15
  Frank Abbatt 15 15 15   Abbatt 5 6
  Edward Hawthorn 18 11 3   Abbatt 17 18
  T. H. E. Bird   Bird 15 16
bye   Thomas 15 15
  S. H. Dillon   Dillon 6 11
bye   Dillon 15 15
  W. Redshaw   Redshaw 4 5
bye   Dillon 15 15
  E. P. Harrison   Harrison 4 8
bye   Harrison 15 6 15
  J.H. Colin Prior   Prior 12 15 6
bye

Women's singles edit

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                    
  Ethel Thomson 15 15
  Miss E. C. Pemberton 0 0
  Thomson 15 15
  Brown 2 8
  Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown
bye
  Thomson 15 18
  Gray 0 1
  Mrs C. Gray
bye
  Gray 15 15
  Tatham 5 8
  Miss E. B. M. Tatham
bye
  Thomson 15 15
  Douglas 2 8
  Dorothea Douglass 15 15
  Meriel Lucas 2 12
  Douglass 17 15
  Wilson 2 12
  Miss C. M. Wilson
bye
  Douglass 16 15 15
  Hardy 17 5 3
  Mabel Hardy
bye
  Hardy 15 15
  Brownrigg 1 4
  Mrs E. Brownrigg
bye

Men's doubles edit

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  Albert Prebble
& Henry Marrett
bye   Prebble & Marrett 15 15
  Herbert Mellersh
& J. H. Colin Prior
  Mellersh & Prior 10 4
bye   Prebble & Marrett 15 15
  Percy Buckley
& E. Young
15 15   Buckley & Young 11 8
  Col. Ian Campbell
& S. R. Arthur
8 8   Buckley & Young 15 15
  C. C. Robinson
& T. H. E. Bird
  Robinson & Bird 9 6
bye   Prebble & Marrett 15 5 15
  Leonard Ransford
& Robert Ransford
  Ransford & Ransford 5 15 2
bye   Ransford & Ransford 15 15
  W. Wheelwright
& A. B. Clifton
  Wheelwright & Clifton 7 11
bye   Ransford & Ransford 18 15
  Frank Abbatt
& D. H. MacDougall
  Abbatt & MacDougall 14 4
bye   Abbatt & MacDougall 15 15
  E. Browne
& Norman Wood
  Browne & Wood 12 8
bye   Prebble & Marrett 15 15
  S. H. Dillon
& John Stokes
  Dillon & Stokes 8 7
bye   Dillon & Stokes 15 15
  C. Rivett-Carmac
& Shield
  Rivett-Carmac & Shield 3 8
bye   Dillon & Stokes 15 15
  C. T. J. Barnes
& Edward St.John
  Barnes & St.John 11 7
bye   Barnes & St.John w/o
  George Vidal
& Piers
  Vidal & Piers ret
bye   Dillon & Stokes 15 15
  George Thomas
& C. J. Wiltshire
  Thomas & Wiltshire 5 7
bye   Thomas & Wiltshire 15 15
  Stewart Massey
& E. P. Harrison
  Massey & Harrison 10 6
bye   Thomas & Wiltshire 15 15
  H. O. Wood
& Arthur Cave
  Wood & Cave 4 7
bye   Wood & Cave 15 12 15
  Albert Cowley
& J. C. Llewellyn
  Cowley & Llewellyn 11 15 10
bye

Women's doubles edit

First round Semi-finals Final
  Ethel Thomson
& Meriel Lucas
  Dorothea Douglass
& Mabel Hardy
  Lucas & Thomson 15 15
  Mrs Ruth Watling
& Muriel Bateman
15 15   Watling & Bateman 2 7
  Mrs C. Gray
& Mrs E. Brownrigg
7 7   Lucas & Thomson 15 15
  Hazel Hogarth
& Miss M. Drake
13 15 15   Hogarth & Drake 2 5
  Miss C. M. Wilson
& Miss H. Lane
15 8 11   Hogarth & Drake 18 6 15
  Mrs Binyon
& Ellen Stawell-Brown
15 15   Binyon & Stawell-Brown 13 15 10
  Miss E. C. Pemberton
& Miss E. B. M. Tatham
0 3

Mixed doubles edit

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  Henry Marrett
& Miss Dorothea Douglass
15 15
  Frank Abbatt
& Mrs Binyon
8 9   Marrett & Douglass w/o
  C. A. Turner
& Miss Hazel Hogarth
  Turner & Hogarth scr
bye   Marrett & Douglass 15 15
  S. R. Arthur
& Miss M. Drake
  Arthur & Drake 4 3
bye   Arthur & Drake 15 15
  Col. Ian Campbell
& Miss I. F. Stone
  Campbell & Stone 12 9
bye   Marrett & Douglass 15 17
  Stewart Massey
& Mrs Cammell
  Massey & Cammell 10 14
bye   Massey & Cammell 15 15
  T. H. E. Bird
& Miss Brooks
  Bird & Brooks 11 5
bye   Massey & Cammell 15 15
  J. H. Colin Prior
&   Miss Mary Obré
  Prior & Obre 2 2
bye   Prior & Obre 15 15
  H. R. Mayo
& Mrs Ruth Watling
  Mayo & Watling 7 9
bye   Marrett & Douglass 15 15
  Albert Prebble
& Miss Meriel Lucas
  Prebble & Lucas 8 7
bye   Prebble & Lucas 15 15
  A. B Clifton
& Miss C. Orr
  Clifton & Orr 4 9
bye   Prebble & Lucas 8 15 15
  Leonard Ransford
& Mabel Hardy
  Ransford & Hardy 15 4 7
bye   Ransford & Hardy 7 17 15
  George Thomas
& Ethel Thomson
  Thomas & Thomson 15 15 8
bye   Prebble & Lucas 15 15
  E. P. Harrison
& Muriel Bateman
w/o   Harrison & Bateman 4 3
  J. C. Llewellyn
& partner
scr   Harrison & Bateman 15 15
  Norman Wood
& Miss E. C. Davenport
15 18   Wood & Davenport 5 10
  W. L. G. Heelas
& Miss C. M. Wilson
7 16   Harrison & Bateman 15 16 15
  E. Young
& Margaret Larminie
  Young & Larminie 12 18 13
bye   Young & Larminie 11 15 15
  Herbert Mellersh
& Ellen Stawell-Brown
  Mellersh & Stawell-Brown 15 9 5
bye

References edit

  1. ^ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Archived 2017-01-18 at the Wayback Machine [full citation needed]
  2. ^ "Sporting Notes". Nottingham Evening Post. 21 March 1904. Retrieved 26 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ a b "Badminton, The All England Championship". Sporting Life. 21 March 1904. Retrieved 26 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Badminton". Field. 19 March 1904. Retrieved 26 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.