1909 All England Badminton Championships Explained

1909 All England Badminton Championships
Dates:
Number Edition:11th
Venue:London Rifle Brigade Drill Hall
Location:130 Bunhill Row, Islington, London
Website:All England Championships
Previous:1908
Next:1910

The 1909 All England Badminton Championships was a badminton tournament held at the London Rifle Brigade Drill Hall, Islington, London, England, from March 3 to March 6, 1909.[1]

Meriel Lucas won a fifth Championship women's singles title and a ninth women's doubles title to take her total to 15 Championship titles. Frank Chesterton won the men's singles and doubles.[2] [3]

Final results

CategoryWinnersRunners-upScore
Men's singles Frank Chesterton Henry Marrett15-8 8-15 15-10
Women's singles Meriel Lucas Lavinia Radeglia11-3 11-5
Men's doubles Frank Chesterton & Albert Prebble Sir George Thomas & Henry Marrett15-6 3-15 15-7
Women's doubles Meriel Lucas & G. L. Murray Alice Gowenlock & Dorothy Cundall15-3 9-15 15-6
Mixed doubles Albert Prebble & Dora Boothby Frank Chesterton & Meriel Lucas15-9 18-17

Men's singles

There was only one first round match between G. T. Crombie & S. Ziffo in which Crombie received a walkover.

Women's singles

The first round consisted of just one match in which Lavinia Radeglia defeated Alice Gowenlock 11-9 13-12

Mixed doubles

The first round consisted of just one match in which Edward Hawthorn & C. K. Petersen defeated W. D. Bayne & Miss Radley 15-7, 15-13.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Times & the Sunday Times. 4 September 2012. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.
  2. News: The Championships . Field . 13 March 1909 . 29 March 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  3. News: The Championships . Field . 6 March 1909 . 29 March 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .