1939 All England Badminton Championships

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

1939 All England Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates7 March 1939 (1939-03-07)–
12 March 1939 (1939-03-12)
Edition36th
VenueRoyal Horticultural Hall
LocationWestminster, England
Official websiteAll England Championships
← 1938 1947 →

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 & Leslie 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
Nichols L 2 2
Leslie Nichols 15 15
Børge Frederiksen 11 10
Madsen 7 15 15
Samuel 15 9 11
A S Samuel 15 15
Tom Wingfield 5 7
Samuel 12 18 15
Baldwin 15 16 13
H E Baldwin 15 15
B Persson 6 9
Madsen 10 18 15
Nichols 15 13 7
Ralph Nichols 15 15
Sven Stromann 8 6
Nichols R 15 17
Schmidt 12 15
Jan Schmidt 9 15 15
M P Yoong 15 11 5
Nichols R 15 15
Field 11 5
Maurice Field 15 15
R V M Messenger 8 9
Field 15 15
Frohlke 7 4 14
Carl Frohlke 15 15
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
Olsen 10 3
Tonny Olsen 11 11
A Simpson 4 2
Walton 8 11 11
Young 11 7 0
Daphne Young 11 11
A Y Richardson 6 7
Young 11 12
Macnaughton 7 10
Mavis Macnaughton 11 11
H Crichton 3 2
Walton 11 11
Doveton 4 5
Diana Doveton 11 11
A Holm 1 1
Doveton 11
Uber 1 ret
Betty Uber 11 11
J Ledwidge 0 0
Doveton 11 11 11
Allen 6 12 9
Queenie Allen 11 11
Elizabeth Pearson 3 0
Allen 11 11
Dalsgaard 5 7
Ruth Dalsgaard 11 8 12
Bessie Staples 6 11 11

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