1902 All England Badminton Championships
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The 1902 All England Championships was a
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tournament held at the Central Transept,
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, England, from 18–20 March 1902. Scoring in the singles went back to the first to 15 (for a game) following the previous year when it was 11. There were five rounds in the men's singles but the other events consisted of four rounds. The 1901 edition has been such a success that the Badminton Association put on extra events of a handicap nature. There were 47 entries for men and 49 for women and it was the first time that players from Scotland and Ireland entered. John Stokes & Thomas Good became the first non-English winners of an event although it was not considered one of the five 'Championship events'. However there were only 9 entries for the women's doubles.


Final results


Men's singles


Women's singles


Men's doubles


Women's doubles


Mixed doubles


References

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