In order to eliminate byes the council of L.T.A.A. decided that in case of events for which there were more than the number of entries acceptable, a preliminary elimination tournament should be played.[7]
Eliminating matches[8] were played on Saturday, 18 January:
^ Originally the second seeds were Jack Hawkes and Pat O'Hara Wood but the latter withdrew.[6] It's unclear whether Hawkes with a new partner had retained this seed.