Dorothy Cundall Explained

Dorothy Cundall
Birth Name:Dorothy Ursula Cundall
Birth Date:19 October 1882
Birth Place:Richmond, London
Death Date:8 February 1954 (aged 71)
Death Place:Bournemouth, Dorset
Country:England

Dorothy Ursula Cundall (1882  - 8 February 1954) was an English badminton player. Born in 1882 in Richmond, London, she was a prominent player before the First World War, winning three All England titles.[1]

In 1912 she married Douglas Harvey (who died in 1917). Cundall played as Mrs Harvey afterwards.[2] In 1922 she remarried to Bert Bisgood, a prominent Somerset cricketer who also represented Ireland at badminton.[3] She had two children, Ian Harvey, a Conservative MP, and Jeanne Bisgood, an English international golfer.

She died in Bournemouth on 8 February 1954.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Davis, Pat. Guinness Book of Badminton. 1983. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 0-85112-271-X.
  2. Web site: Index entry. 6 April 2021. FreeBMD. ONS.
  3. News: Badminton Championships . Daily Mirror . 29 February 1912 . 6 April 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  4. Web site: Dorothy Cundall. Badminton England. 2015-11-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20151011051554/http://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/text.asp?section=2493&sectionTitle=Dorothy+Ursula+Cundall#.Vj8kvdLhAdU. 2015-10-11. dead.
  5. Web site: Times Archives. Oxfordshire Libraries.