1901 All England Badminton Championships

1901 All England Championships
Tournament details
Dates	10 April 1901–; 11 April 1901
Edition	3rd
Venue	Scottish Drill Hall
Location	Buckingham Gate, Westminster, London
Official website	All England Championships
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The 1901 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Scottish Drill Hall, the headquarters of the London Scottish Rifles at Buckingham Gate, Westminster, London, England from 10–11 April 1901.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The men's and women's singles was first to 11 points (for a game) except the final which was first to 15 points. The holder Sydney Smith was defeated in his first match against the eventual winner H. W. Davies. The 1900 runner-up D. W. Oakes missed the event because he serving with his military regiment in India.

Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	H. W. Davies	Ralph Watling	15-9, 15-4
Women's singles	Ethel Thomson	Mina Schreiber	15-12, 15-7
Men's doubles	Herbert Mellersh & F.S.Collier	C. H. Martin & Stewart Massey	17-16, 9-15, 15-5
Women's doubles	Daisy St. John & E. M. Moseley	Meriel Lucas & Mary Graeme	15-0, 15-5
Mixed doubles	F.S.Collier & Ellen Stawell-Brown	Stewart Massey & Mrs Cammell	15-8, 5-15, 18-17
Mixed doubles handicap	E. Young & Mrs Triscott	Stewart Massey & Miss Muriel Bateman	21-15

Men's singles

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals				Final

	H. W. Davies (Teignmouth)	11	11
	Ormond (Wantage)	3	0			Davies	11	6	11
	Sydney Smith (Stroud)					Smith	3	11	5
	bye										Davies	11	11
	George Thomas (Southsea)	11	9	w/o							Thomas	2	6
	Percy Buckley (Guildford)	5	11	ret		Thomas	11	11
	C. J. Wiltshire (Great Yarmouth)	10	11	11		Wiltshire	6	6
	Leonard Ransford (Crystal Palace)	13	3	6												Davies	11	11
	Herbert Mellersh (Guildford)	11	w/o													Mellersh	2	0
	Hart (Crystal Palace)	0	ret			Mellersh	11	11
	Hutton (Whaley Bridge)	11	11			Hutton	0	2
	Toker (Bedford)	1	3								Mellersh	11	8	11
	A. V. Cowley (Ealing)	11	8	11							Cowley	1	11	9
	Campbell (Southport)	8	11	8		Cowley	11	11
	Hamer (Southport)	w/o				Hamer	2	2
	Peake (Llangollen)	scr																		Davies	15	15
	Ralph Watling (Great Yarmouth)	11	11																	Watling	9	4
	Robert Ransford (Crystal Palace)	9	2			Watling	11	11
	Hale (Crystal Palace)	11	7	11		Hale	1	1
	A. B. Clifton (Chelsea)	6	11	4							Watling	11	11
	Pedder (Ealing)	11	11								Pedder	5	0
	Loveday (Wantage)	7	3			Pedder	11	11
	Richard Stukeley St.John (Ealing)	11	11			St.John	4	7
	Lannowe (Ealing)	3	2													Watling	11	w/o
	F. S. Collier (Guildford)	11	11													Collier	5	ret
	G. O. Robinson (Hersham)	2	6			Collier	11	11
	C. C. Robinson (Hersham)	11	11			C Robinson	3	7
	W. Wheelwright (Chelsea)	6	1								Collier	11	11
	Hillier (Stowmarket)	3	11	11							Hillier	5	1
	E. Young (Blackheath)	11	1	9		Hillier	11	11
	F. Rowley (Whaley Bridge)	11	11			Rowley	0	5
	Taylor (Ealing)	4	5

Women's singles

First round			Second round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals				Final

	Miss Ethel Thomson (Budleigh Salterton)	w/o
	Miss Meriel Lucas (Teignmouth)	scr		Thomson	11	11
	Miss Hamer (Southport)			Hamer	2	1
	bye								Thomson	11	11
	Miss Ormond (Wantage)								Ormond	0	0
	bye			Ormond	w/o
	Miss I. Theobald (Budleigh Salterton)			Theobald	scr
	bye													Thomson	11	13
	Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown (Guildford)													Stawell-Brown	4	11
	bye			Stawell-Brown	11	11
	Miss O. Martin (Ealing)			Martin	9	4
	bye								Stawell-Brown	4	11	11
	Miss Mabel Hardy (Crystal Palace)								Hardy	11	6	9
	bye			Hardy	11	11
	Miss H-Wooler (North Somerset)			Wooler	0	0
	bye																	Thomson	15	15
	Mina Schreiber (Bognor)																	Schreiber	12	7
	bye			Schreiber	w/o
	Mrs Bowley (Whaley Bridge)			Bowley	scr
	bye								Schreiber	11	11
	Miss Deare (Wantage)								Deare	0	0
	bye			Deare	w/o
	Miss Maidment (Newcastle)			Maidment	scr
	bye													Schreiber	11	11
	Miss Daisy St. John (Ealing)													St.John	6	4
	bye			St.John	11	6	11
	Mary Schreiber (Bognor)			Schreiber	3	11	5
	bye								St.John	11	11
	Miss E. M. Moseley (Ealing)								E Moseley	1	7
	bye			E Moseley	11	11
	Miss Florence Lannowe (Ealing)			Lannowe	3	8
	bye

Men's doubles

First round					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	Herbert Mellersh & F. S. Collier (Guildford)	15	15

	Loveday & Ormond (Wantage)	0	0
						Mellersh & Collier	15	15

						Hanson & Ransford	2	3
	L. Hanson & Robert Ransford (Crystal Palace)	15	15

	Campbell & Hamer (Southport)	4	5
										Mellersh & Collier	17	15

										E. Young & R. Young	14	4
	E. Young & R. Young (Blackheath)	15	15

	F. Rowley & Hall (Whaley Bridge)	6	5
						E. Young & R. Young	17	15

						Buckley & Hillier	15	10
	Buckley (Guildford) & Hillier (Stowmarket)	15	9	15

	C. C. Robinson & G. V. Robinson (Hersham)	9	15	8
														Mellersh & Collier	17	9	15

														Massey & Martin	16	15	5
	Stewart Massey & C. H. Martin (Ealing)	15	15

	A. V. Cowley & Pedder (Ealing)	3	1
						Massey & Martin	15	15

						Thomas & Taylor	7	3
	George Thomas (Southsea) & Taylor (Ealing)	15	15

	Dobree & Abbatt (Ealing)	10	2
										Massey & Martin	15	15

										Watling & Wiltshire	10	6
	Ralph Watling & C.J Wiltshire (Great Yarmouth)	15	17

	Sydney Smith (Stroud) & Richard St.John (Ealing)	6	15
						Watling & Wiltshire	15	15

						Hart & Vidal	10	6
	J. E. Hart & George Vidal (Norwood)	15	15

	Thomas Orme Colles & Hutton (Whaley Bridge)	5	6

Women's doubles

First round				Second round				Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

	Miss Daisy St. John Miss E. M. Moseley (Ealing)
	bye				St.John & Moseley	15	15
	Mrs MacMillan & Miss Smythe (North Kensington)				MacMillan & Smythe	0	1
	bye								St.John & Moseley	15	15
	Mrs Ruth Watling (Great Yarmouth) & Miss Burroughs (Southsea)	15	15						Watling & Burroughs	6	6
	Miss C.Brooks & Miss H. Brooks (Hersham)	5	2		Watling & Burroughs	18	15
	Mary Schreiber & Miss Florence Lannowe (Bognor)				Schreiber & Lannowe	15	7
	bye													St.John & Moseley	15	15
	Mina Schreiber & Drake (Bognor)													Schreiber & Drake	10	0
	bye				Schreiber & Drake	15	15
	Miss Deare & Miss Ormond (Wantage)				Deare & Ormond	0	2
	bye								Schreiber & Drake	15	15
	Mrs C. Turner & Miss Quentin (Camberley)								Turner & Quentin	2	1
	bye				Turner & Quentin	15	15
	Agnes Maude Colles & Mrs F. Rowley (Whaley Bridge)				Rowley & Colles	4	1
	bye																		St.John & Moseley	15	15
	Miss Meriel Lucas & Miss Mary Graeme (Teignmouth)																		Lucas & Graeme	0	5
	bye				Lucas & Graeme	15	15
	Mrs Collier & Miss M. Bayly (Crystal Palace)				Collier & Bayly	10	7
	bye								Lucas & Graeme	15	15
	Mrs Murray & Miss Clarke (Cheltenham)								Murray & Clarke	7	2
	bye				Murray & Clarke	15	15
	Mrs Campbell & Miss Hamer (Southport)				Campbell & Hamer	7	2
	bye													Lucas & Graeme	11	15	15
	Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown & Miss Mabel Hardy (Crystal Palace)													Hardy & Stawell-Brown	15	7	12
	bye				Hardy & Stawell-Brown	15	18
	Miss Moseley & Miss O. Martin (Ealing)				Moseley & Martin	10	14
	bye								Hardy & Stawell-Brown	15	7	15
	Miss I. Theobald & Miss Ethel Thomson (Budleigh Salterton)								Thomson & Theobald	10	15	5
	bye				Thomson & Theobald	15	15
	Mrs Thorn & Mrs Morris (Chelsea)				Thorn & Morris	1	2
	bye

Mixed doubles

First round					Second round				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals					Final

	Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown (C Palace) & F. S. Collier (Guildford)	15	15
	Miss Deare & Loveday (Wantage)	3	9			Stawell-Brown & Collier	15	18
	Miss E. M. Moseley & Pedder (Ealing)	15	15			Moseley & Pedder	4	9
	Miss H. Brooks & G. V. Robinson (Hersham)	3	9							Stawell-Brown & Collier	15	15
	Miss Daisy St. John (Ealing) & Sydney Smith (Stroud)	10	15	15						St.John & Smith	10	11
	Mrs Ruth Watling & C. J. Wiltshire (Great Yarmouth)	15	3	8		St.John & Smith	15	15
	Mrs H. Wooler (N Somerset) & Hillier (Stowmarket)	15	8	18		Wooler & Hiller	3	4
	Miss Clarke (Cheltenham) & Robert Ransford (Crystal Palace)	7	15	17										Stawell-Brown & Collier	15	5	18
	Miss Meriel Lucas & H. W. Davies (Teignmouth)													Lucas & Davies	3	15	17
	bye					Lucas & Davies	15	15
	Miss Hamer & Campbell (Southport)					Hamer & Campbell	4	1
	bye									Lucas & Davies	15	15
	Miss Hogarth & C. A. Turner (Cheltenham)	15	15							Hogarth & Turner	4	10
	Mrs Campbell & Hamer (Southport)	5	3			Hogarth & Turner	15	15
	Mrs S. Murray (Cheltenham) & L. Hanson (Crystal Palace)	15	15			Murray & Hanson	8	13
	Agnes Colles &Thomas Colles (Whaley Bridge)	5	4																Stawell-Brown & Collier	15	5	18
	Mrs Cammell & Stewart Massey (Ealing)	15	15																Cammell & Massey	8	15	17
	Miss Ormond & Ormond (Wantage)	2	3			Cammell & Massey	15	15
	Miss E.M. Moseley & Richard St.John (Ealing)	w/o				Moseley & St.John	10	3
	Miss Maidment & Nord (Newcastle)	scr								Cammell & Massey	15	15
	Mina Schreiber (Bognor) & Herbert Mellersh (Guildford)	15	15							Schreiber & Mellersh	12	8
	Mary Schreiber & Percy Buckley (Guildford)	5	8			Schreiber & Mellersh	15	15
	Miss C. Brooks & C.C. Robinson (Hersham)	9	15	15		Brooks & Robinson	0	4
	Mrs Triscott & E. Young (Blackheath)	15	4	12										Cammell & Massey	2	15	18
	Miss O. Martin & C. H. Martin (Ealing)	8	15	15										Martin & Martin	15	12	16
	Miss Drake (Bognor) & George Thomas (Southsea)	15	12	9		Martin & Martin	15	15
	Miss Burroughs (Southsea) & Ralph Watling (Great Yarmouth)	18	15			Burroughs & Watling	5	10
	Miss Florence Lannowe & Lannowe (Ealing)	13	8							Martin & Martin	15	15
	Miss Mabel Hardy (Crystal Palace) & George Vidal (Norwood)									Hardy & Vidal	4	12
	bye					Hardy & Vidal	15	15
	Mrs F. Bowley & F. Bowley (Whaley Bridge)					Bowley & Bowley	6	3
	bye

References

^ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Archived 18 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine ^{[full citation needed]}
^ "Badminton Association Open Tournament". Field. 13 April 1901. Retrieved 23 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Ladies' Outdoor Amusements". The Queen. 20 April 1901. Retrieved 23 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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

[2] "Badminton Association Open Tournament". Field. 13 April 1901. Retrieved 23 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "Ladies' Outdoor Amusements". The Queen. 20 April 1901. Retrieved 23 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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