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1914 All England Badminton Championships
The 1914 All England Open Badminton Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, England from 3 March to 8 March 1914. It would be the last Championship before being suspended for the duration of World War I. Defending champion Guy Sautter continued to play under the alias of U N Lappin and successfully defended his title. Lavinia Radeglia emulated Sautter by retaining her women's singles title. In the Men's doubles Frank Chesterton & George Thomas retained the title. The instances of an alias being used continued, in addition to Sautter playing as Lappin, Archibald Engelbach played as A. Fee. Final results Men's singles There were four first round matches - Sautter bt R. M. McCallum 15–3, 15–12, Chesterton bt Henry Hosken 15–12, 15–8, Smith bt William Hockin 15–12, 15-5 and Hawthorn bt G. M. Hill 15–9, 15–9. Women's singles Men's doubles + alias Women's doubles Mixed doubles There were three first roun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All England Badminton Championships
The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premier status in 2011. The world's first open tournament was held in the English town of Guildford in 1898, the success of which paved the way for the All England's inaugural edition, which was held at London's Horticultural Halls in 1899. Although the inaugural edition consisted of just the doubles format, the singles were introduced from the second edition onward. It was eventually considered – especially after the first Thomas Cup series in 1949 – the unofficial world championship of the sport until 1977, when the International Badminton Federation launched its official championships. There were two instances when it was halted – from 1915 to 1919 (due to World War I) and from 1940 to 1946 (due to World War II). Historical venues fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazel Hogarth
Hazel de Bohun Hogarth (1882-1940) was an English badminton and tennis player. Hogarth was capped by England thirteen times between 1904 and 1929 and was attributed as being the player who innovated the backhand serve. She had great success at the All England Championships winning eleven titles. She also played tennis and competed at The Championships, Wimbledon The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877 and is play ... from 1920 to 1928. Medal Record at the All England Badminton Championships References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hogarth, Hazel English female badminton players 1882 births 1940 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Uber
Herbert Septimus Uber (1885-1969), was a male badminton player from England. Badminton career Uber born in Lambeth was a four times winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. He won the men's doubles in 1925 and then won three more titles in the mixed doubles. He gained his England caps while playing for Surrey. He was part of the English touring team that visited Canada during 1930. A match was held at the Granite Club in Toronto which England won 7-2. Family His mixed doubles title were won with his wife Betty Uber (née Corbin) whom he married in 1925, the name Uber is synonymous with badminton because of the Uber Cup The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contes .... References English male badminton players 1885 births 1969 deaths {{England-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Cundall
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. In 1912 she married Douglas Harvey (who died in 1917). Cundall played as Mrs Harvey afterwards. In 1922 she remarried to Bert Bisgood, a prominent Somerset cricketer who also represented Ireland at badminton. She died in Bournemouth on 8 February 1954. She had two children, Ian Harvey, a Conservative MP, and Jeanne Bisgood, an English international golfer. Medal Record at the All England Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premie ... References 1882 births 1954 deaths English female badminton players {{England-badminton-bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muriel Bateman
Muriel Kathleen Bateman married name Muriel Flaxman (1883-1961) was an Indian born English international badminton player. Badminton career Muriel was a winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. She won the women's 1910 All England Badminton Championships The 1910 All England Open Badminton Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, England from March 2 to March 5, 1910. After seven years at the London Rifle Brigade's headquarters the Championship ... and 1913 All England Badminton Championships doubles. Additionally she won the Irish Open in 1907, 1909 and 1910, and the French Open in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1914. References English female badminton players 1883 births 1961 deaths British people in colonial India {{England-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violet Elton
Violet Helen Strachan Elton (1889-1969) was an English badminton player. She started playing badminton in India at the age of seven. After joining a club playing at the Territorial Drill Hall in Kensington she started to come to prominence. She won five All England titles. She was capped nine times by England between 1924 and 1930. Elton died on March 4, 1969, in Sidmouth. Medal Record at the All England Badminton Championships References {{DEFAULTSORT:Elton, Violet English female badminton players 1889 births 1969 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Mather Swinden
William Mather Swinden (1886-1964), was a male English international badminton player. Badminton career Swinden born in Cheshire was a winner of the 1923 Scottish Open and runner-up in the All England Open Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premie .... He was part of the English team that toured Canada in 1925 to promote the sport on behalf of the Canadian Badminton Association which had recently been formed in 1921. References English male badminton players 1886 births 1964 deaths {{England-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raoul Du Roveray
Raoul Louis du Roveray (1879-1940), was a male badminton player from England. Badminton career Du Roveray born in Brentford was a winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. He won the 1920 doubles with Archibald Engelbach Archibald Frank Engelbach (1881-1961) was an English badminton player. He competed in the All England Championships winning the Men's doubles title in 1920 under the alias A Fee. He was a schools gymnastic champion before taking up badminton and .... He gained his England caps while playing for Middlesex. References English male badminton players 1879 births 1940 deaths {{England-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewart Marsden Massey
Stewart Marsden Massey (1877-1934), was a male badminton player from England, and a writer on the sport, penning the first book devoted solely to it. Badminton Massey born in Kensington was a three times winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. He won the first edition of the men's doubles during 1899 and then won two more titles in 1903 and 1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i .... He also competed in the first international badminton tournament outside the UK, in Dieppe, France. Writing Massey wrote for the ''Badminton Magazine'' (e.g. February 1907), and the ''Badminton Gazette'', of which he was, from November 1907, the founding editor, eventually being succeeded by George Thomas. His 1911 book, ''Badminton'', was the first on the spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Bisgood
Bertram Lewis Bisgood, (11 March 1881 – 19 July 1968), was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Somerset from 1907 to 1921 as a batsman and wicketkeeper. He was also a badminton player. Known as "Bert" or "Bertie", he was born at Glastonbury and died at Canford Cliffs, Dorset. His older brother Eustace played in one match for Somerset in 1909. Cricket Bisgood was a right-handed middle-order batsman and occasional wicketkeeper. He made a sensational debut for Somerset in 1907, being picked for the match against Worcestershire at Worcester when the Somerset captain, Lionel Palairet, was struggling to find enough players to make up a side. In Somerset's first innings, he came in at No 3 when Palairet was out for a single and proceeded to score 82 in a second wicket stand of 153 with Len Braund; in the second, he made an unbeaten 116 enabling Somerset to declare, though the match was eventually drawn. Bisgood was the first Somerset cricketer to score a century on debut; t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjorie Barrett
Marjorie Barrett born Lucy Marjory East (1889-1968) was an English badminton player. Biography She started playing badminton in the village of Shaldon in Devon where Meriel Lucas tutored her. After becoming a member of the Crystal Palace Club she married Frederick Barrett in 1915. The left hander became a force after the war and secured five All England singles titles. Her husband died in 1932 and she remarried in 1949 to another badminton player Percy Macfarlane. She died in 1968, aged 79 in Newton Abbott. Her brother Frederick Arthur Dudley East married Dorothy Lyon, another leading badminton player at the time. Medal Record at the All England Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premie ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Barrett, Marjorie Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen McKane Godfree
Kathleen "Kitty" McKane Godfree (née McKane; 7 May 1896 – 19 June 1992) was a British tennis and badminton player and the second most decorated female British Olympian, joint with Katherine Grainger According to A. Wallis Myers of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and the ''Daily Mail'', Godfree was ranked in the world top 10 from 1921 (when the rankings began) through 1927, reaching a career high of world No. 2 in these rankings in 1923, 1924, and 1926. Godfree won five Olympic medals in tennis at the Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics, 1920 Antwerp and Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics, 1924 Paris games, the most Olympic medals won by a tennis player until Venus Williams matched this record at the Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Olympic Games. In 1923, she captured the title at the World Covered Court Championships. Godfree won the The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon singles title twice. In the 1924 final, Godfree recovered from a set and 4–1 (40–15) down against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
