1902 All England Badminton Championships

1902 All England Championships
Tournament details
Dates18 March 1902 (1902-03-18)–
20 March 1902 (1902-03-20)
Edition4th
VenueCentral Transept, The Crystal Palace
LocationSydenham, London
Official websiteAll England Championships
← 1901 1903 →

The 1902 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Central Transept, The Crystal Palace in Sydenham, London, England, from 18–20 March 1902.[1][2][3][4]

Scoring in the singles went back to the first to 15 (for a game) following the previous year when it was 11. There were five rounds in the men's singles but the other events consisted of four rounds. The 1901 edition has been such a success that the Badminton Association put on extra events of a handicap nature. There were 47 entries for men and 49 for women and it was the first time that players from Scotland and Ireland entered.[2] John Stokes & Thomas Good became the first non-English winners of an event although it was not considered one of the five 'Championship events'.

However there were only 9 entries for the women's doubles.

  1. ^ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Archived 2017-01-18 at the Wayback Machine [full citation needed]
  2. ^ a b "Badminton Association Open Tournament". Field. 22 March 1902. Retrieved 24 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Badminton Association Open Tournament, results page 39". Field. 22 March 1902. Retrieved 24 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "The Annual Badminton Association Tournament". London Evening Standard. 19 March 1902. Retrieved 24 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.