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1904 All England Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates	16 March 1904–; 19 March 1904
Edition	6th
Venue	London Rifle Brigade Drill Hall
Location	130 Bunhill Row, Islington, London
Official website	All England Championships
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The 1904 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the London Rifle Brigade Drill Hall in Islington, London, England from 16 to 19 March 1904.^[1]^[2]

Henry Norman Marrett made a clean sweep of victories by winning the men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles. Ethel Thomson retained her women's singles title and teamed up again with Meriel Lucas to win the women's doubles. Lucas had missed the 1903 competition.^[3]^[4]

The venue made six courts available and the event was extended to four days in order to include an England v Ireland international match.^[3]

Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Henry Marrett	Sir George Thomas	15-8, 15-10
Women's singles	Ethel Thomson	Dorothea Douglass	15-2, 15-8
Men's doubles	Albert Prebble & Henry Marrett	S. H. Dillon & John Stokes	15-8, 15-7
Women's doubles	Ethel Thomson & Meriel Lucas	Hazel Hogarth & M. Drake	15-2, 15-5
Mixed doubles	Henry Marrett & Dorothea Douglass	Albert Prebble & Meriel Lucas	15-6, 15-12
Men's doubles handicap	E. A. Short & R. Franck (+7)	Percy Buckley & Herbert Mellersh (-12)	15-1, 15-3
Women's doubles handicap	Muriel Bateman & Margaret Larminie (-14)	Hazel Hogarth & M. Drake (-8)	15-2, 10–15, 15-12
Mixed doubles handicap	Leonard Ransford & Mabel Hardy (-20)	Henry Marrett & Dorothea Douglass (-15)	w/o

Men's singles

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	Henry Marrett
	bye					Marrett	15	15
	Albert Cowley					Cowley	2	2
	bye										Marrett	w/o
	H. S. Venables										Venables	scr
	bye					Venables	12	15	15
	H. R. Mayo					Mayo	15	6	6
	bye														Marrett	15	15
	Ralph Watling	15	15												Watling	8	10
	Arthur Cave	9	5			Watling	15	15
	John Stokes	11	15	15		Stokes	6	8
	H. C. Fanshawe	15	4	5							Watling	w/o
	C. J. Wiltshire	w/o									Wiltshire	scr
	C. Rivett-Carmac	scr				Wiltshire	15	17
	S. R. Arthur					Arthur	2	16
	bye																		Marrett	15	15
	George Thomas	15	15																Thomas	8	10
	Norman Wood	5	10			Thomas	15	15
	E. Young	15	15			Young	0	11
	H. O. Wood	10	3								Thomas	15	15
	Frank Abbatt	15	15	15							Abbatt	5	6
	Edward Hawthorn	18	11	3		Abbatt	17	18
	T. H. E. Bird					Bird	15	16
	bye														Thomas	15	15
	S. H. Dillon														Dillon	6	11
	bye					Dillon	15	15
	W. Redshaw					Redshaw	4	5
	bye										Dillon	15	15
	E. P. Harrison										Harrison	4	8
	bye					Harrison	15	6	15
	J.H. Colin Prior					Prior	12	15	6
	bye

Women's singles

First round				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals					Final

	Ethel Thomson	15	15

	Miss E. C. Pemberton	0	0
					Thomson	15	15

					Brown	2	8
	Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown

	bye
									Thomson	15	18

									Gray	0	1
	Mrs C. Gray

	bye
					Gray	15	15

					Tatham	5	8
	Miss E. B. M. Tatham

	bye
														Thomson	15	15

														Douglas	2	8
	Dorothea Douglass	15	15

	Meriel Lucas	2	12
					Douglass	17	15

					Wilson	2	12
	Miss C. M. Wilson

	bye
									Douglass	16	15	15

									Hardy	17	5	3
	Mabel Hardy

	bye
					Hardy	15	15

					Brownrigg	1	4
	Mrs E. Brownrigg

	bye

Men's doubles

First round				Second round					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals					Final

	Albert Prebble & Henry Marrett
	bye				Prebble & Marrett	15	15
	Herbert Mellersh & J. H. Colin Prior				Mellersh & Prior	10	4
	bye									Prebble & Marrett	15	15
	Percy Buckley & E. Young	15	15							Buckley & Young	11	8
	Col. Ian Campbell & S. R. Arthur	8	8		Buckley & Young	15	15
	C. C. Robinson & T. H. E. Bird				Robinson & Bird	9	6
	bye													Prebble & Marrett	15	5	15
	Leonard Ransford & Robert Ransford													Ransford & Ransford	5	15	2
	bye				Ransford & Ransford	15	15
	W. Wheelwright & A. B. Clifton				Wheelwright & Clifton	7	11
	bye									Ransford & Ransford	18	15
	Frank Abbatt & D. H. MacDougall									Abbatt & MacDougall	14	4
	bye				Abbatt & MacDougall	15	15
	E. Browne & Norman Wood				Browne & Wood	12	8
	bye																		Prebble & Marrett	15	15
	S. H. Dillon & John Stokes																		Dillon & Stokes	8	7
	bye				Dillon & Stokes	15	15
	C. Rivett-Carmac & Shield				Rivett-Carmac & Shield	3	8
	bye									Dillon & Stokes	15	15
	C. T. J. Barnes & Edward St.John									Barnes & St.John	11	7
	bye				Barnes & St.John	w/o
	George Vidal & Piers				Vidal & Piers	ret
	bye													Dillon & Stokes	15	15
	George Thomas & C. J. Wiltshire													Thomas & Wiltshire	5	7
	bye				Thomas & Wiltshire	15	15
	Stewart Massey & E. P. Harrison				Massey & Harrison	10	6
	bye									Thomas & Wiltshire	15	15
	H. O. Wood & Arthur Cave									Wood & Cave	4	7
	bye				Wood & Cave	15	12	15
	Albert Cowley & J. C. Llewellyn				Cowley & Llewellyn	11	15	10
	bye

Women's doubles

First round				Semi-finals				Final

Ethel Thomson & Meriel Lucas
Dorothea Douglass & Mabel Hardy				Lucas & Thomson	15	15
Mrs Ruth Watling & Muriel Bateman	15	15		Watling & Bateman	2	7
Mrs C. Gray & Mrs E. Brownrigg	7	7						Lucas & Thomson	15	15
Hazel Hogarth & Miss M. Drake	13	15	15					Hogarth & Drake	2	5
Miss C. M. Wilson & Miss H. Lane	15	8	11	Hogarth & Drake	18	6	15
Mrs Binyon & Ellen Stawell-Brown	15	15		Binyon & Stawell-Brown	13	15	10
Miss E. C. Pemberton & Miss E. B. M. Tatham	0	3

Mixed doubles

First round				Second round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals				Final

	Henry Marrett & Miss Dorothea Douglass	15	15
	Frank Abbatt & Mrs Binyon	8	9		Marrett & Douglass	w/o
	C. A. Turner & Miss Hazel Hogarth				Turner & Hogarth	scr
	bye									Marrett & Douglass	15	15
	S. R. Arthur & Miss M. Drake									Arthur & Drake	4	3
	bye				Arthur & Drake	15	15
	Col. Ian Campbell & Miss I. F. Stone				Campbell & Stone	12	9
	bye														Marrett & Douglass	15	17
	Stewart Massey & Mrs Cammell														Massey & Cammell	10	14
	bye				Massey & Cammell	15	15
	T. H. E. Bird & Miss Brooks				Bird & Brooks	11	5
	bye									Massey & Cammell	15	15
	J. H. Colin Prior & Miss Mary Obré									Prior & Obre	2	2
	bye				Prior & Obre	15	15
	H. R. Mayo & Mrs Ruth Watling				Mayo & Watling	7	9
	bye																		Marrett & Douglass	15	15
	Albert Prebble & Miss Meriel Lucas																		Prebble & Lucas	8	7
	bye				Prebble & Lucas	15	15
	A. B Clifton & Miss C. Orr				Clifton & Orr	4	9
	bye									Prebble & Lucas	8	15	15
	Leonard Ransford & Mabel Hardy									Ransford & Hardy	15	4	7
	bye				Ransford & Hardy	7	17	15
	George Thomas & Ethel Thomson				Thomas & Thomson	15	15	8
	bye														Prebble & Lucas	15	15
	E. P. Harrison & Muriel Bateman	w/o													Harrison & Bateman	4	3
	J. C. Llewellyn & partner	scr			Harrison & Bateman	15	15
	Norman Wood & Miss E. C. Davenport	15	18		Wood & Davenport	5	10
	W. L. G. Heelas & Miss C. M. Wilson	7	16							Harrison & Bateman	15	16	15
	E. Young & Margaret Larminie									Young & Larminie	12	18	13
	bye				Young & Larminie	11	15	15
	Herbert Mellersh & Ellen Stawell-Brown				Mellersh & Stawell-Brown	15	9	5
	bye

References

^ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Archived 2017-01-18 at the Wayback Machine ^{[full citation needed]}
^ "Sporting Notes". Nottingham Evening Post. 21 March 1904. Retrieved 26 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ ^a ^b "Badminton, The All England Championship". Sporting Life. 21 March 1904. Retrieved 26 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Badminton". Field. 19 March 1904. Retrieved 26 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[1] ttp://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Archived 2017-01-18 at the Wayback Machine ^{[full citation needed]}

[2] "Sporting Notes". Nottingham Evening Post. 21 March 1904. Retrieved 26 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[field-3] "Badminton, The All England Championship". Sporting Life. 21 March 1904. Retrieved 26 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[4] "Badminton". Field. 19 March 1904. Retrieved 26 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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