1947 All England Badminton Championships

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1947 All England Championships
Tournament details
Dates5 March 1947 (1947-03-05)
9 March 1947 (1947-03-09)
Edition37th
VenueHarringay Arena
LocationLondon
Official websiteAll England Championships
1939 1948

The 1947 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Harringay Arena, London, England, from 5–9 March 1947.[1] Snow made its way into the arena during the first round and made the courts unplayable.

Final results[]

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Sweden Conny Jepsen India 15–7, 15–11
Women's singles Denmark Marie Ussing Denmark Kirsten Thorndahl 11–6, 6-11, 12–10
Men's doubles Denmark Poul Holm & Tage Madsen Denmark Jørn Skaarup & Preben Dabelsteen 4-15 15-12 15-4
Women's doubles Denmark Tonny Olsen & Kirsten Thorndahl Denmark Marie Ussing & Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen 15–8, 15–7
Mixed doubles Denmark Poul Holm & Tonny Olsen Denmark Tage Madsen & Kirsten Thorndahl 15-13 13-15 15-12

Men's singles[]

Second Round Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
                    
Sweden Conny Jepsen 18 15
Denmark Preben Dabelsteen 15 7
Sweden Jepsen 15 15
Denmark Holm 6 1
Denmark Poul Holm 15 15
England 2 9
Sweden Jepsen 8 15 18
Denmark Skaarup 15 5 14
England Ralph Nichols 18 15
Scotland 17 9
England Nicholls 6 1
Denmark Skaarup 15 15
Denmark Jørn Skaarup 15 15 15
Republic of Ireland 3 4
Sweden Jepsen 15 15
India Nath 7 11
India 15 15
Republic of Ireland 7 11
India Nath w/o
India Mohan
India 15 15
England 12 5
India Nath 18 15
England Radford 15 2
Sweden 15 15
Denmark 2 0
Sweden Paulsson 15 1 11
England Radford 5 15 15
England 15 15
England 4 4

Women's singles[]

First Round Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
                    
Denmark Marie Ussing w/o
England
Denmark Ussing 12
England Uber 11 ret
England Betty Uber w/o
England
Denmark Ussing 11 11
Denmark Olsen 7 5
Denmark Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen 11 11
England 2 4
Denmark Schiøtt Jacobsen 11 11
England Blathwayt 2 5
England 11 6 11
England 3 11 4
Denmark Ussing 11 6 12
Denmark Thorndahl 6 11 10
Denmark Kirsten Thorndahl 11 11
England Queenie Allen 3 4
Denmark Thorndahl 11 11
Scotland Horner 2 4
Scotland Nancy Horner 11 11
England 1 1
Denmark Thorndahl 2 11 11
Denmark Schiøtt Jacobsen 11 8 7
Denmark Tonny Olsen w/o
England
Denmark Olsen 11 11
Denmark Rostgaard-Frøhne 3 4
Denmark 11 11
England 3 3

References[]

  1. ^ "The Times & the Sunday Times".
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