1904 All England Badminton Championships | |
Dates: | – |
Number Edition: | 6th |
Venue: | London Rifle Brigade Drill Hall |
Location: | 130 Bunhill Row, Islington, London |
Website: | All England Championships |
Next: | 1905 |
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]
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]
Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score | |
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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 |