1900 All England Badminton Championships

1900 All England Open Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates	18 April 1900–; 19 April 1900
Edition	2nd
Venue	Scottish Drill Hall
Location	Buckingham Gate, Westminster, London
Official website	All England Championships
← 1899	1901 →

The 1900 All England Championships was the second annual badminton tournament held at the Scottish Drill Hall, the headquarters of the London Scottish Rifles at Buckingham Gate, Westminster, London, England from 18-19 April 1900.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Final results[]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Sydney Smith		15-12, 11-15, 15-10 ^[4]
Women's singles	Ethel Thomson		17-15, 15-11 ^[4]
Men's doubles	Herbert Mellersh &	& Stewart Massey	15-11, 8-15, 15-10
Women's doubles	Meriel Lucas & Mary Graeme	Ethel Thomson &	15-9, 5-15, 15-2
Mixed doubles	& Daisy St. John	Herbert Mellersh & Meriel Lucas	15-12, 15-12
Mixed doubles handicap	Ralph Watling & Miss Worsley Roberts	Wheelwright & Mrs Wheelwright	21-17

Men's Singles[]

First round				Second round				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	Sydney Smith (Stroud)	15	w/o
	J. E. Hart (Norwood)	6	ret		Smith	15	15
	Bowley (Ealing)	w/o			Bowley	3	6
	Herbert Mellersh (Guildford)	scr							Smith	15	18
	F. S. Collier (Guildford)								Collier	7	15
	bye				Collier	15	15
	C. C. Robinson (Hersham)				Robinson	2	4
	bye												Smith	15	15
	Sismey (Boscombe)												Sismey	12	1
	bye				Sismey	15	15
	Frederick Rathbone (Sutton Coldfield)				Rathbone	14	3
	bye								Sismey	15	15
	G. V. Robinson (Hersham)								Robinson	9	13
	bye				Robinson	15	17
	Thomas Eddowes (Sutton Coldfield)				Eddowes	6	14
	bye																Smith	15	11	15
	D. W. Oakes (Ealing)																Oakes	12	15	10
	bye				Oakes	15	15
	Richard Stukeley St.John (Ealing)				St.John	7	12
	bye								Oakes	15	15
	Money (Hampstead)								Money	3	6
	bye				Money	w/o
	Albert Prebble (Norwood)				Prebble	scr
	bye												Oakes	15	15
	C. E. Shepherd (Ealing)												Shepherd	5	9
	bye				Shepherd	15	15
	Dr H. P. Lincoln (Guildford)	15	15		Lincoln	5	7
	Burges (Sutton Coldfield)	5	7						Shepherd	15	15
	Ralph Watling (Southsea)	15	15						Watling	2	4
	Stott (Boscombe)	3	6		Watling	15	15
	George Thomas (Southsea)	15	15		Thomas	3	12
	Ridding (Stroud)	6	8

Women's Singles[]

First round				Second round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

	Miss Ethel Thomson (Budleigh Salterton)	15	15
	Miss Bayly (Norwood)	5	7		Thomson	15	15
	Miss H. Brooks (Hersham)				Brooks H	3	3
	bye									Thomson	15	15
	Miss Moseley (Ealing)									Moseley	7	10
	bye				Moseley	9	15	15
	Miss C. Brooks (Hersham)				Brooks C	15	1	10
	bye														Thomson	15	6	15
	Miss Meriel Lucas (Teignmouth)														Lucas	11	15	9
	bye				Lucas	15	15
	Miss Anderson (Boscombe)				Anderson	7	4
	bye									Lucas	15	15
	Miss E. Cooper (East Molesey)									Cooper	8	3
	bye				Cooper	w/o
	Mrs Murray (Stroud)				Murray	scr
	bye																			Thomson	17	15
	Miss E. M. Moseley (Ealing)																			Moseley E	15	11
	bye				Moseley E	w/o
	Miss Foote (Hampstead)				Foote	scr
	bye									Moseley E	15	15	15
	Miss Daisy St. John (Ealing)									St.John	18	2	4
	bye				St.John	15	15
	Miss I. Theobald (Budleigh Salterton)				Theobald	5	8
	bye														Moseley E	15	10	15
	Miss O. Martin (Ealing)														Martin	9	15	12
	bye				Martin	15	15
	Miss Florence Lannowe (Ealing)				Lannowe	5	7
	bye									Martin	15	15
	Miss Edith Johnson (East Molesey)									Johnson	10	10
	bye				Johnson	18	17
	Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown (Guildford)	15	15		Brown	15	14
	Miss Agnes Spankie (Ealing)	12	7

Men's Doubles[]

First round				Quarter-finals					Semi-finals				Final

	Herbert Mellersh & F. S. Collier (Guildford)	15	15

	Sydney Smith & Ridding (Stroud)	8	10
					Mellersh & Collier	15	15

					St.John & Shepherd	7	10
	Richard Stukeley St.John & C. E. Shepherd (Ealing)	15	17

	Thomas Eddowes & Frederick Rathbone (Sutton Coldfield)	12	16
										Mellersh & Collier	15	15

										Berger & Thomas	12	10
	Berger & George Thomas (Southsea)

	bye
					Berger & Thomas	9	15	17

					Buckley & Lincoln	15	10	16
	Percy Buckley & Dr H. P. Lincoln (Guildford)

	bye
														Mellersh & Collier	15	8	15

														Oakes & Massey	11	15	10
	D. W. Oakes & Stewart Massey (Ealing)

	bye
					Oakes & Massey	15	15

					Simsey & Stott	5	4
	Simsey & Stott (Boscombe)

	bye
										Oakes & Massey	15	15

										Robinson & Robinson	12	8
	C. C. Robinson & G. V. Robinson (Hersham)

	bye
					Robinson & Robinson	15	5	15

					Ransford & Vidal	9	15	10
	Leonard Ransford & George Vidal (Norwood)	15	18

	Major-Gen Shakespear & Ralph Watling (Southsea)	12	16

Women's Doubles[]

First round				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals					Final

	Meriel Lucas & Mary Graeme (Teignmouth)	15	15

	Miss Lloyd (Bognor) & Miss Berger (Southsea)	1	12
					Lucas & Graeme	15	15

					Vigors & H Brooks	2	3
	Miss Vigors & Miss H. Brooks (Ealing)	15	15

	Miss Florence Lennowe & Miss Menzies (Sutton Coldfield)	11	7
									Lucas & Graeme	15	15

									St.John & Martin	7	13
	Miss Daisy St. John & Miss O. Martin (Ealing)

	bye
					St.John & Martin	17	15

					Moseley & Moseley	14	8
	Miss Moseley & Miss E.M. Moseley (Ealing)	15	15

	Miss Turner & Miss Jacobs (Sutton)	1	1
														Lucas & Graeme	15	5	15

														Theobald & Thomson	9	15	2
	Miss I. Theobald & Miss Ethel Thomson (Budleigh Salterton)	15	15

	Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown (Guildford) & Miss Bayly (Norwood)	6	11
					Theobald & Thomson	17	15

					Cooper & Johnson	2	9
	Miss C. Cooper & Miss Johnson (East Molesey)	w/o

	Mrs Cammell & Miss Agnes Spankie (Ealing)	scr
									Theobald & Thomson	15	9	15

									Millar & Roberts	3	15	2
	Miss Miller & Miss Worsley Roberts (Southsea)

	bye
					Millar & Roberts	15	15

					Murray & Clarke	1	11
	Mrs Murray & Miss Clarke (Stroud)

	bye

Mixed Doubles[]

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	Miss Daisy St. John & D. W. Oakes (Ealing)
	bye					St.John & Oakes	15	18
	Miss Lloyd (Bognor) & Percy Buckley (Guildford)					Lloyd & Buckley	2	15
	bye										St.John & Oakes	15	18
	Miss Anderson & Sismey (Boscombe)										Anderson & Sismey	5	6
	bye					Anderson & Sismey	15	15
	Miss Roberts & Burges (Sutton Coldfield)					Roberts & Burges	1	9
	bye														St.John & Oakes	15	15
	Miss Berger & Berger (Southsea)	15	18												Berger & Berger	7	10
	Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown & F. S. Collier (Guildford)	11	15			Berger & Berger	15	15
	Miss Clarke & Sydney Smith (Stroud)	15	15			Clarke & Smith	5	10
	Miss Dobson (Norwood) & George Thomas (Southsea)	9	3								Berger & Berger	15	15
	Miss Straghan & George Vidal (Norwood)										Straghan & Vidal	9	4
	bye					Straghan & Vidal	7	17	15
	Miss Bayly & Leonard Ransford (Norwood)	15	15			Bayly & Ransford	15	14	12
	Miss Johnson (East Molesey) & Bowley (Ealing)	7	5																St.John & Oakes	15	15
	Meriel Lucas (Teignmouth) & Herbert Mellersh (Guildford)																		Lucas & Mellersh	12	12
	bye					Lucas & Mellersh	15	15
	Mrs Lincoln & Dr H. P. Lincoln (Guildford)					Lincoln & Lincoln	5	0
	bye										Lucas & Mellersh	15	15
	Miss Catherine St.John & Richard Stukeley St.John (Ealing)										St.John & St.John	1	1
	bye					St.John & St.John	w/o
	Miss Hurlbatt & Albert Prebble (Norwood)					Hurlbatt & Prebble	scr
	bye														Lucas & Mellersh	15	15
	Mrs Murray & Ridding (Stroud)	15	12	15											Murray & Ridding	6	1
	Miss Worsley Roberts & Ralph Watling (Southsea)	5	15	9		Murray & Ridding	15	15
	Miss Vigors & G. V. Robinson (Hersham)	w/o				Vigors & G V Robinson	2	5
	Mrs Cammell & Stewart Massey (Ealing)	scr									Murrray & Ridding	15	15
	Miss Millar & Shakespear (Southsea)	9	15	15							Millar & Shakespear	12	3
	Miss O. Martin & C. E. Shepherd (Ealing)	15	11	10		Millar & Shakespear	15	15
	Miss C. Brooks & C. C. Robinson (Hersham)					C Brooks & C C Robinson	7	9
	bye

References[]

^ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/^{[full citation needed]}
^ "Badminton Tournament at Westminster". Middlesex County Times. 21 April 1900. Retrieved 20 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Badminton Association Open Tournament". Field. 21 April 1900. Retrieved 20 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ ^a ^b "YONEX ALL ENGLAND BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS - YEARS OF SINGLES". iSportstore.^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] ttp://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/^{[full citation needed]}

[2] "Badminton Tournament at Westminster". Middlesex County Times. 21 April 1900. Retrieved 20 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "Badminton Association Open Tournament". Field. 21 April 1900. Retrieved 20 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[isport-4] "YONEX ALL ENGLAND BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS - YEARS OF SINGLES". iSportstore.^{[permanent dead link]}

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