1939 All England Badminton Championships

1939 All England Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates	7 March 1939–; 12 March 1939
Edition	36th
Venue	Royal Horticultural Hall
Location	Westminster, England
Official website	All England Championships
← 1938	1947 →

The 1939 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, England from 7–12 March 1939.^[1]

It was the last to be held before the Second World War and would not reoccur until 1947.

Final results edit

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Tage Madsen	Ralph Nichols	10-15, 18–13, 15–7
Women's singles	Dorothy Walton	Diana Doveton	11–4, 11–5
Men's doubles	Thomas Boyle & James Rankin	Ralph Nichols & Leslie Nichols	15-4, 15-3
Women's doubles	Tonny Olsen & Ruth Dalsgaard	Marjorie Barrett & Diana Doveton	15-11, 2-15, 17–15
Mixed doubles	Ralph Nichols & Bessie Staples	James Rankin & Mavis Macnaughton	15-10, 6-15, 15-8

Results edit

Men's singles edit

Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

	Tage Madsen	15	15

	F C Sharp	3	0
						Madsen	15	15

						Nichols L	2	2
	Leslie Nichols	15	15

	Børge Frederiksen	11	10
											Madsen	7	15	15

											Samuel	15	9	11
	A S Samuel	15	15

	Tom Wingfield	5	7
						Samuel	12	18	15

						Baldwin	15	16	13
	H E Baldwin	15	15

	B Persson	6	9
																Madsen	10	18	15

																Nichols	15	13	7
	Ralph Nichols	15	15

	Sven Stromann	8	6
						Nichols R	15	17

						Schmidt	12	15
	Jan Schmidt	9	15	15

	M P Yoong	15	11	5
											Nichols R	15	15

											Field	11	5
	Maurice Field	15	15

	R V M Messenger	8	9
						Field	15	15

						Frohlke	7	4	14
	Carl Frohlke	15	15

	Erik Friis	11	7

Women's singles edit

Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Final

	Dorothy Walton	11	11

	C Field	1	2
						Walton	12	11

						Olsen	10	3
	Tonny Olsen	11	11

	A Simpson	4	2
										Walton	8	11	11

										Young	11	7	0
	Daphne Young	11	11

	A Y Richardson	6	7
						Young	11	12

						Macnaughton	7	10
	Mavis Macnaughton	11	11

	H Crichton	3	2
															Walton	11	11

															Doveton	4	5
	Diana Doveton	11	11

	A Holm	1	1
						Doveton	11

						Uber	1	ret
	Betty Uber	11	11

	J Ledwidge	0	0
										Doveton	11	11	11

										Allen	6	12	9
	Queenie Allen	11	11

	Elizabeth Pearson	3	0
						Allen	11	11

						Dalsgaard	5	7
	Ruth Dalsgaard	11	8	12

	Bessie Staples	6	11	11

References edit

^ "The Charge of the Light Brigade". The Times. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2014.

[1] "The Charge of the Light Brigade". The Times. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2014.

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