1939 All England Badminton Championships

Tournament details

Dates

7 March 1939–
12 March 1939

Venue

Royal Horticultural Hall

Location

Westminster, England

← 1938

1947 →

The 1939 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, England from 7–12 March 1939.^[1]

It was the last to be held before the second world war and would not reoccur until 1947.

Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Tage Madsen	Ralph Nichols	10-15, 18–13, 15–7
Women's singles	Dorothy Walton	Diana Doveton	11–4, 11–5
Men's doubles	Thomas Boyle & James Rankin	Ralph Nichols & Lesley Nichols	15-4, 15-3
Women's doubles	Tonny Olsen & Ruth Dalsgaard	Marjorie Barrett & Diana Doveton	15-11, 2-15, 17–15
Mixed doubles	Ralph Nichols & Bessie Staples	James Rankin & Mavis Macnaughton	15-10, 6-15, 15-8

Results

Men's Singles

Second Round					Quarter Finals					Semi Finals					Final

	Tage Madsen	15	15
	F C Sharp	3	0			Madsen	15	15
	Lesley Nichols	15	15			Nichols L	2	2
	Børge Frederiksen	11	10								Madsen	7	15	15
	A S Samuel	15	15								Samuel	15	9	11
	Tom Wingfield	5	7			Samuel	12	18	15
	H E Baldwin	15	15			Baldwin	15	16	13
	B Persson	6	9													Madsen	10	18	15
	Ralph Nichols	15	15													Nichols	15	13	7
	Sven Stromann	8	6			Nichols R	15	17
	Jan Schmidt	9	15	15		Schmidt	12	15
	M P Yoong	15	11	5							Nichols R	15	15
	Maurice Field	15	15								Field	11	5
	R V M Messenger	8	9			Field	15	15
	Carl Frohlke	15	15			Frohlke	7	4	14
	Erik Friis	11	7

Women's Singles

Second Round					Quarter Finals				Semi Finals					Final

	Dorothy Walton	11	11
	C Field	1	2			Walton	12	11
	Tonny Olsen	11	11			Olsen	10	3
	A Simpson	4	2							Walton	8	11	11
	Daphne Young	11	11							Young	11	7	0
	A Y Richardson	6	7			Young	11	12
	Mavis Macnaughton	11	11			Macnaughton	7	10
	H Crichton	3	2												Walton	11	11
	Diana Doveton	11	11												Doveton	4	5
	A Holm	1	1			Doveton	11
	Betty Uber	11	11			Uber	1	ret
	J Ledwidge	0	0							Doveton	11	11	11
	Queenie Allen	11	11							Allen	6	12	9
	Elizabeth Pearson	3	0			Allen	11	11
	Ruth Dalsgaard	11	8	12		Dalsgaard	5	7
	Bessie Staples	6	11	11

References

↑ "The Charge of the Light Brigade". The Times. Retrieved 26 December 2014.

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