1914 All England Badminton Championships
# 1914 All England Badminton Championships

The 1914 All England Open Badminton Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, England from 3 March to 8 March 1914.

It would be the last Championship before being suspended for the duration of World War I. Defending champion Guy Sautter continued to play under the alias of U N Lappin and successfully defended his title. Lavinia Radeglia emulated Sautter by retaining her women's singles title.

In the Men's doubles Frank Chesterton & George Thomas retained the title. The instances of an alias being used continued, in addition to Sautter playing as Lappin, Archibald Engelbach played as A. Fee.

## Final results

| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles | U. N. Lappin (Guy Sautter) | Frank Chesterton | 15–4, 15–10 |
| Women's singles | Lavinia Radeglia | Mrs Bottomley | 11–3, 11-5 |
| Men's doubles | Frank Chesterton & Sir George Thomas | U. N. Lappin (Guy Sautter) & Edward Hawthorn | 17–16, 15–7 |
| Women's doubles | Margaret Tragett & Eveline Peterson | Alice Gowenlock & Lavinia Radeglia | 15-4, 16–18, 17–15 |
| Mixed doubles | Sir George Thomas & Hazel Hogarth | Frank Chesterton & Margaret Tragett | 15-10, 15-12 |

## Men's singles

There were four first round matches - Sautter bt R. M. McCallum 15–3, 15–12, Chesterton bt Henry Hosken 15–12, 15–8, Smith bt William Hockin 15–12, 15-5 and Hawthorn bt G. M. Hill 15–9, 15–9.

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| U. N. Lappin (Guy Sautter) | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| H. Smith | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| H. Smith | 7 | 5 | | Sautter | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Crombie | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Dr. James Crombie | 15 | 15 | | Crombie | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Johnnie McCallum | 1 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Johnnie McCallum | 1 | 9 | | | | | | Sautter | w/o | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Warden | scr | | | | | | |
| P. W. Warden | 6 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | Warden | scr | | | | | |
| A. T. Butler | 15 | 12 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| A. T. Butler | 15 | 12 | 5 | Warden | 15 | 10 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Roper | 6 | 15 | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| W. H. S. Roper | 15 | 18 | | Roper | 6 | 15 | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| J. Hamilton | 4 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| J. Hamilton | 4 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | Sautter | 15 | 15 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Chesterton | 4 | 10 |
| Frank Chesterton | 17 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Chesterton | 4 | 10 |
| Edward Hawthorn | 16 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Edward Hawthorn | 16 | 12 | | Chesterton | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Davidson | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C. J. Davidson | 7 | 15 | 15 | Davidson | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Charles Pierson | 15 | 5 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Charles Pierson | 15 | 5 | 10 | | | | | Chesterton | 5 | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Thomas | 15 | 10 | 7 | | | | |
| George Thomas | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | Thomas | 15 | 10 | 7 | | | |
| William Swinden | 12 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| William Swinden | 12 | 8 | | Thomas | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Prior | 12 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| J. H. Colin Prior | 15 | 15 | | Prior | 12 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| A. K. Jones | 10 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Women's singles

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lavinia Radeglia | Lavinia Radeglia | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| Kitty McKane | Kitty McKane | 4 | 5 | | Radeglia | Radeglia | 11 | 14 | | | | |
| Margaret Tragett | Margaret Tragett | 11 | 11 | | Tragett | Tragett | 2 | 9 | | | | |
| Marjory East | Marjory East | 6 | 9 | | | | | | Radeglia | Radeglia | 11 | 11 |
| Mrs Bottomley | Mrs Bottomley | 11 | 14 | | | | | | Bottomley | Bottomley | 3 | 5 |
| Catherine Trench | Catherine Trench | 1 | 12 | | Bottomley | Bottomley | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| Miss M. MacKenzie | Miss M. MacKenzie | 11 | 9 | | MacKenzie | MacKenzie | 4 | 0 | | | | |
| Lydia Swete | Lydia Swete | 2 | 2 | ret | | | | | | | | |

## Men's doubles

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Frank Chesterton & George Thomas | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| P. W. Warden & E. Phillips | 5 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| P. W. Warden & E. Phillips | 5 | 8 | | Chesterton & Thomas | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Goodfellow & McCallum | 11 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| R. M. McCallum & A. W. Goodfellow | 15 | 11 | 17 | Goodfellow & McCallum | 11 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| R Franck & H. Smith | 11 | 15 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R Franck & H. Smith | 11 | 15 | 14 | | | | Chesterton & Thomas | 15 | 17 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Bisgood & Massey | 9 | 15 | | | | |
| Bert Bisgood & Stewart Massey | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | Bisgood & Massey | 9 | 15 | | | | |
| E. S. Dashwood & C. J.Davidson | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E. S. Dashwood & C. J.Davidson | 2 | 5 | | Bisgood & Massey | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Hill & Abbatt | 9 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| G. M. Hill & Frank Abbatt | 15 | 18 | | Hill & Abbatt | 9 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Charles Pierson & Johnnie McCallum | 5 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Charles Pierson & Johnnie McCallum | 5 | 16 | | | | | | | | | Chesterton & Thomas | 17 | 15 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Sautter & Hawthorn | 16 | 7 |
| U. N. Lappin (Guy Sautter) & Edward Hawthorn | 12 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | Sautter & Hawthorn | 16 | 7 |
| A. Fee+ & F. P. Pilkington | 15 | 6 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| A. Fee+ & F. P. Pilkington | 15 | 6 | 11 | Sautter & Hawthorn | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | du Roveray & Hosken | 5 | 13 | | | | | | | |
| Raoul du Roveray & Henry Hosken | 15 | 15 | | du Roveray & Hosken | 5 | 13 | | | | | | | |
| W. H. Roper & G. E. Mills | 8 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| W. H. Roper & G. E. Mills | 8 | 13 | | | | | Sautter & Hawthorn | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Crombie & Inglis | 8 | 7 | | | | |
| Dr. James Crombie & H. J. I. Inglis | 17 | 15 | | | | | | | | Crombie & Inglis | 8 | 7 | | | | |
| Robert Prust & William Swinden | 15 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Robert Prust & William Swinden | 15 | 10 | | Crombie & Inglis | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Hockiss & Shadwell | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| W R Hockiss & L C Shadwell | | | | Hockiss & Shadwell | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | |

+ alias

## Women's doubles

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Margaret Tragett & Eveline Peterson | 12 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Catherine Trench & Violet Elton | 15 | 9 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Catherine Trench & Violet Elton | 15 | 9 | 10 | Tragett & Peterson | 18 | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Marriott & Drinkwater | 15 | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs Marriott & Miss D. Drinkwater | 11 | 15 | 15 | Marriott & Drinkwater | 15 | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| Lydia Swete & Miss MacKenzie | 15 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lydia Swete & Miss MacKenzie | 15 | 3 | 5 | | | | Tragett & Peterson | 10 | 15 | 15 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Mayston & East | 15 | 10 | 12 | | | | | |
| Miss M. E. Mayston & Marjory East | | | | | | | | | | | Mayston & East | 15 | 10 | 12 | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Mayston & East | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Denison & Woodcock | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Miss Denison & Mrs Woodcock | | | | Denison & Woodcock | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | Tragett & Peterson | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Gowenlock & Radeglia | 4 | 18 | 15 |
| Lavinia Radeglia & Alice Gowenlock | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Gowenlock & Radeglia | 4 | 18 | 15 |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Gowenlock & Radeglia | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Hogarth & Bateman | 11 | 13 | | | | | | | | | |
| Hazel Hogarth & Muriel Bateman | | | | Hogarth & Bateman | 11 | 13 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | Gowenlock & Radeglia | 15 | 15 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Douglass & Howard | 10 | 10 | | | | | | |
| Christina Douglass & Miss Howard | | | | | | | | | | | Douglass & Howard | 10 | 10 | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Douglass & Howard | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Bottomley & Pierson | 8 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs Bottomley & Constance Pierson (née Ireland) | 15 | 15 | | Bottomley & Pierson | 8 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Frances Drake & Constance Peterson | 8 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Mixed doubles

There were three first round matches - McCallum & Drake bt Charles Pierson & Lydia Swete 15–5, 15–9, Bisgood & Gowenlock bt Inglis & Constance Pierson 18-13 15-9 and Uber & Hetley bt F. C. Lohden & Miss Drinkwater 15–9, 15–8.

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| George Thomas & Hazel Hogarth | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E. S Dashwood & Dorothy Harvey | 11 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E. S Dashwood & Dorothy Harvey | 11 | 8 | | Thomas & Hogarth | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Prior & Peterson | 8 | 12 | | | | | | | |
| J. H. Colin Prior & Eveline Peterson | 15 | 15 | | Prior & Peterson | 8 | 12 | | | | | | | |
| G. M. Hill & Miss Denison | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| G. M. Hill & Miss Denison | 6 | 8 | | | | | Thomas & Hogarth | 18 | 15 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Engelbach & East | 17 | 5 | | | | |
| A Fee+ & Marjory East | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | Engelbach & East | 17 | 5 | | | | |
| Stewart Massey & Muriel Bateman | 8 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Stewart Massey & Muriel Bateman | 8 | 9 | | Engelbach & East | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Uber & Hetley | | | | | | | | | |
| Herbert Uber & Miss Hetley | 15 | 18 | | Uber & Hetley | | | | | | | | | |
| R. M. McCallum & Frances Drake | 8 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. M. McCallum & Frances Drake | 8 | 12 | | | | | | | | | Thomas & Hogarth | 15 | 15 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Chesterton & Tragett | 10 | 12 |
| Frank Chesterton & Margaret Tragett | 15 | 10 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | Chesterton & Tragett | 10 | 12 |
| Dr. James Crombie & Miss MacKenzie | 10 | 15 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dr. James Crombie & Miss MacKenzie | 10 | 15 | 7 | Chesterton & Tragett | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Sautter & Mayston | 9 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| U. N. Lappin (Guy Sautter) & Miss M. E. Mayston | 15 | 15 | | Sautter & Mayston | 9 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Bert Bisgood & Alice Gowenlock | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bert Bisgood & Alice Gowenlock | 5 | 7 | | | | | Chesterton & Tragett | w/o | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Hawthorn & Peterson | scr | | | | | |
| Edward Hawthorn & Constance Peterson | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | Hawthorn & Peterson | scr | | | | | |
| William Swinden & Christina Douglass | 11 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| William Swinden & Christina Douglass | 11 | 7 | | Hawthorn & Peterson | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | du Roveray & Radeglia | 11 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Raoul du Roveray & Lavinia Radeglia | 15 | 15 | | du Roveray & Radeglia | 11 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Johnnie McCallum & Catherine Trench | 10 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
