1909 All England Badminton Championships

The 1909 All England Badminton Championships was a badminton tournament held at the London Rifle Brigade Drill Hall, Islington, London, England, from March 3 to March 6, 1909.^[1]

1909 All England Badminton Championships

Tournament details
Dates	3 March 1909 (1909-03-03)– 6 March 1909 (1909-03-06)
Edition	11th
Venue	London Rifle Brigade Drill Hall
Location	130 Bunhill Row, Islington, London
Official website	All England Championships
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Meriel Lucas won a fifth Championship women's singles title and a ninth women's doubles title to take her total to 15 Championship titles. Frank Chesterton won the men's singles and doubles.^[2][3]

Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Frank Chesterton	Henry Marrett	15-8 8-15 15-10
Women's singles	Meriel Lucas	Lavinia Radeglia	11-3 11-5
Men's doubles	Frank Chesterton & Albert Prebble	Sir George Thomas & Henry Marrett	15-6 3-15 15-7
Women's doubles	Meriel Lucas & G. L. Murray	Alice Gowenlock & Dorothy Cundall	15-3 9-15 15-6
Mixed doubles	Albert Prebble & Dora Boothby	Frank Chesterton & Meriel Lucas	15-9 18-17

Men's singles

There was only one first round match between G. T. Crombie & S. Ziffo in which Crombie received a walkover.

	Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Frank Chesterton	15	15
		H. J. H. Inglis	6	0
									Chesterton	15	15
									Andrews	3	11
		A. W. Andrews	15	15
		G. T. Crombie	3	3
																Chesterton	15	15
																Sautter	10	8
		Guy Sautter	15	15
		J. H. Coutts	11	11
									Sautter	15	15
									Crombie	11	5
		James Crombie	15	15
		J. D. Orr	9	7
																							Chesterton	15	8	15
																							Marrett	8	15	10
		George Thomas	15	15
		W. B. Bayne	2	1
									Thomas	15	15
									Hawthorn	8	9
		Edward Hawthorn	15	15	15
		E. Young	18	9	6
																Thomas	8	5
																Marrett	15	15
		J. H. Colin Prior	15	15
		Thomas L. Adam	7	8
									Prior
									Marrett	15	15
		Henry Marrett	15	15
		Maj. H. C. Fanshawe	6	3

Women's singles

The first round consisted of just one match in which Lavinia Radeglia defeated Alice Gowenlock 11-9 13-12

	Second round							Semifinals							Final
	Meriel Lucas		11	11
	Margaret Larminie		1	3				Lucas		11	11
	Mary Bateman		9	11	11			Bateman		3	2
	G. L. Murray		11	3	5										Lucas		11	11
	Lavinia Radeglia		11	11											Radeglia		3	5
	Dorothy Cundall		6	1				Radeglia		13	7	11
	Mabel Smith		11	11				Smith		10	11	4
	V. A. Lamb		6	5

Men's doubles

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Frank Chesterton & Albert Prebble	15	15
		Thomas L. Adam & G. T. Crombie	9	9
									Chesterton & Prebble	15	15
									Hetley & Kerr	4	9
		Henry Hetley & R. Kerr	13	17	15
		Edward Hawthorn & T. R. Fraser	15	15	7
																Chesterton & Prebble	15	15
																Abbatt & Young	3	5
		Frank Abbatt & E. Young
		bye
									Abbatt & Young	5	15	18
									Comyn & Sautter	15	9	17
		Hugh Comyn & Guy Sautter
		bye
																							Chesterton & Prebble	15	6	3
																							Thomas & Marrett	15	15	7
		George Thomas & Henry Marrett	11	15	15
		James Crombie & H. J. H. Inglis	15	1	4
									Thomas & Marrett	15	15
									Fanshaw & de la Condamine	0	5
		Maj. H. C. Fanshawe & Henri de la Condamine
		bye
																Thomas & Marrett	15	9
																Franck & Harrison	15	11
		R. Franck & E. P. Harrison
		bye
									Franck & Harrison	15	18
									Coutts &   Bayne	10	17
		J. H. Coutts &   W. B. Bayne
		bye

Women's doubles

	First round							Semifinals							Final
	Meriel Lucas & G. L. Murray		15	15
	M. Drake & Florence Lannowe		5	5				Lucas & Murray		15	17
	Mary Bateman & Hazel Hogarth							Bateman & Hogarth		10	15
	bye														Lucas & Murray		15	9	15
	Dorothy Cundall & Alice Gowenlock		15	6	15										Gowenlock & Cundall		3	15	6
	Mabel Smith & Dora Boothby		12	15	9			Gowenlock & Cundall		15	14	18
	Lavinia Radeglia & V. A. Lamb		15	7	15			Lamb & Radeglia		1	17	14
	Margaret Larminie & Hodson		8	15	2

Mixed doubles

The first round consisted of just one match in which Edward Hawthorn & C. K. Petersen defeated W. D. Bayne & Miss Radley 15-7, 15-13.

	Second round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
		Albert Prebble & Dora Boothby	w/o
		Maj. H. C. Fanshawe & C. Orr	scr
									Prebble & Boothby	15	15
									Comyn & Bateman	11	12
		Hugh Comyn & Muriel Bateman	15	11	15
		F. L. Shelton Margaret Larminie	8	15	4
																Prebble & Boothby	15	18
																Sautter & Cundall	4	15
		Guy Sautter & Dorothy Cundall	15	15
		Henry Hetley & Mabel Smith	9	4
									Sautter & Cundall	15	15
									Prior & Peterson	4	9
		J. H. Colin Prior & Eveline Peterson	15	3	15
		R. Kerr & Florence Lannowe	14	15	6
																							Prebble & Boothby	15	18
																							Chesterton & Lucas	9	17
		Frank Chesterton & Meriel Lucas	15	15
		E. Young & Alice Gowenlock	12	5
									Chesterton & Lucas	11	15	15
									Thomas & Murray	15	11	8
		George Thomas & G. L. Murray	18	4	15
		Henry Marrett & Hazel Hogarth	17	15	9
																Chesterton & Lucas	15	15
																Hawthorn & Petersen	6	9
		Edward Hawthorn & Constance Peterson	15	15
		James Crombie & Dorothea Douglass	7	6
									Hawthorn & Petersen	15	15
									Crombie &   Lamb	7	6
		G. T. Crombie &   V. A. Lamb	w/o
		Percy Fitton & Lavinia Radeglia	scr

References

1. . Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
2. "The Championships". Field. 13 March 1909. Retrieved 29 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "The Championships". Field. 6 March 1909. Retrieved 29 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.