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1921 All England Badminton Championships

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1921 All England Open Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates2 March 1921 (1921-03-02)
6 March 1921 (1921-03-06)
Edition18th
VenueRoyal Horticultural Hall
LocationElverton Street, Westminster, London
Official websiteAll England Championships
1920 1922

The 1921 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, England from 2 March to 6 March 1921.[1][2]

Sir George Thomas successfully defended the men's singles title and he partnered Hazel Hogarth in also defending their mixed doubles crown. Kitty McKane made it three defending champions retaining their titles after winning the women's singles. McKane also partnered her older sister Margaret McKane when winning the women's doubles. The final championship event the men's doubles saw Thomas claim a third title at the 1921 Championships, with Frank Hodge.[3][4]

Final results

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Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles England Sir George Thomas England Frank Hodge 15–7, 8-15, 15-3
Women's singles England Kitty McKane England Margaret Tragett 11–5, 11-6
Men's doubles England Sir George Thomas & Frank Hodge Republic of Ireland Frank Devlin & Curly Mack 7-15, 15–8, 15–13
Women's doubles England Kitty McKane & Margaret McKane England Violet Elton & Lavinia Radeglia 15-8, 15–11
Mixed doubles England Sir George Thomas & Hazel Hogarth Republic of Ireland Frank Devlin & E F Stewart 15-9, 15-3

Men's singles

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Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                    
England Sir George Thomas 15 15
England J H Colin Prior 5 11
England Thomas 15 15
England Hope 6 6
England R W H Hope 15 17
Republic of Ireland Johnnie McCallum 4 14
England Thomas 15 15
England Swinden 8 9
England William Swinden 15 15
England Percy V Dupre 7 9
England Swinden 15 5 15
England Jones 8 15 6
England A. K. Jones 15 15 15
England A G MacDonnell 18 8 12
England Thomas 15 8 15
England Hodge 7 15 3
England Herbert Uber 15 15
England F W Lagden 2 2
England Uber 10 15 15
England Martin 15 4 5
England Henry Martin 15 15
England S Rowe 4 4
England Uber 3 15 8
England Hodge 15 14 15
Republic of Ireland Curly Mack 15 15
England L B Feeny 0 1
Republic of Ireland Mack 15 8 1
England Hodge 9 15 15
England Frank Hodge w/o
England E H Wood

Women's singles

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Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                    
England Kitty McKane w/o
England E D Pilkington scr
England McKane K 11 11
England Holman-Cox 5 1
England E M Holman-Cox 11 11
England Lady Raeburn 3 6
England McKane K 11 11
England Peterson 1 4
England Eveline Peterson 11 11
England M Holman-Cox 8 8
England Peterson 7 14 11
Scotland Aitken 11 9 3
Scotland D M Aitken w/o
England Constance Peterson scr
England McKane 11 11
England Tragett 5 6
England Margaret Tragett 11 11
England Marian Horsley 4 5
England Tragett 11 11
England Jackson 2 5
England G Jackson 11 7 11
England M E Templeton 1 11 0
England Tragett 11 6 11
England McKane M 2 11 5
England Margaret McKane 11 8 11
England Lavinia Radeglia 7 11 2
England McKane M 11 11
Scotland MacLehose 9 9
Scotland Margaret MacLehose 11 11
Republic of Ireland Catherine Trench 7 7

Men's doubles

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Semifinals Final
          
England Sir George Thomas
& Frank Hodge
15 15
England Frederick Lohden
& Herbert Uber
10 9
England Sir George Thomas
& Frank Hodge
7 15 15
Republic of Ireland Frank Devlin
& Curly Mack
15 8 13
Republic of Ireland Frank Devlin
& Curly Mack
15 15
England William Swinden
& Republic of Ireland Johnnie McCallum
3 4

Women's doubles

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Semifinals Final
          
England Kitty McKane
& Margaret McKane
15 15
England Margaret Tragett
& Eveline Peterson
10 1
England Kitty McKane
& Margaret McKane
15 15
England Violet Elton
& Lavinia Radeglia
8 11
England Violet Elton
& Lavinia Radeglia
18 15
Republic of Ireland A. M. Head
& England Dorothy Harvey
15 7

Mixed doubles

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Semifinals Final
          
England Sir George Thomas
& Hazel Hogarth
15 15
England William Swinden
& Marian Horsley
5 4
England Sir George Thomas
& Hazel Hogarth
15 15
Republic of Ireland Frank Devlin
& E F Stewart
9 3
Republic of Ireland Frank Devlin
& E F Stewart
15 15
England Frederick Lohden
& Margaret McKane
10 2

References

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  1. ^ "Badminton". The Times. 2 March 1921. Retrieved 5 April 2021 – via Gale Primary Sources.
  2. ^ "Badminton". The Times. 7 March 1921. Retrieved 5 April 2021 – via Gale Primary Sources.
  3. ^ "Badminton International". London Daily News. 5 March 1921. Retrieved 7 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Badminton Championships". Weekly Dispatch London. 6 March 1921. Retrieved 7 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.