1947 All England Badminton Championships

1947 All England Championships
Tournament details
Dates 5 March 1947 (1947-03-05)
9 March 1947 (1947-03-09)
Edition 37th
Venue Harringay Arena
Location London
1939 1948

The 1947 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Harringay Arena, London, England from 5–9 March 1947.[1] Snow made its way into the arena during the first round and made the courts unplayable.

Final results

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Sweden Conny Jepsen India Prakash Nath 15–7, 15–11
Women's singles Denmark Marie Ussing Denmark Kirsten Thorndahl 11–6, 6-11, 12–10
Men's doubles Denmark Poul Holm & Tage Madsen Denmark Jørn Skaarup & Preben Dabelsteen 4-15 15-12 15-4
Women's doubles Denmark Tonny Olsen & Kirsten Thorndahl Denmark Marie Ussing & Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen 15–8, 15–7
Mixed doubles Denmark Poul Holm & Tonny Olsen Denmark Tage Madsen & Kirsten Thorndahl 15-13 13-15 15-12

Men's Singles

  Second Round Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
                                                     
   Sweden Conny Jepsen 18 15  
   Denmark Preben Dabelsteen 15 7  
     Sweden Jepsen 15 15  
 
     Denmark Holm 6 1  
   Denmark Poul Holm 15 15
   England G N Roberts 2 9  
     Sweden Jepsen 8 15 18  
     Denmark Skaarup 15 5 14  
   England Ralph Nichols 18 15  
   Scotland James Mackay 17 9  
     England Nicholls 6 1
 
     Denmark Skaarup 15 15  
   Denmark Jørn Skaarup 15 15 15
   Republic of Ireland D F Green 3 4  
     Sweden Jepsen 15 15
     India Nath 7 11
   India Prakash Nath 15 15  
   Republic of Ireland Tod Majury 7 11  
     India Nath w/o
 
     India Mohan  
   India Davinder Mohan 15 15
   England Tom Wingfield 12 5  
     India Nath 18 15
     England Radford 15 2  
   Sweden Helge Paulsson 15 15  
   Denmark Erik Friis 2 0  
     Sweden Paulsson 15 1 11
 
     England Radford 5 15 15  
   England Noel Radford 15 15
   England Barron Renton 4 4  

Women's Singles

  First Round Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
                                                     
   Denmark Marie Ussing w/o  
   England Evelyn Windsor-Aubrey  
     Denmark Ussing 12  
 
     England Uber 11 ret  
   England Betty Uber w/o
   England C. D. Newitt  
     Denmark Ussing 11 11  
     Denmark Olsen 7 5  
   Denmark Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen 11 11  
   England V. E. Duringer 2 4  
     Denmark Schiøtt Jacobsen 11 11
 
     England Blathwayt 2 5  
   England Audrey Blathwayt 11 6 11
   England M. Lister 3 11 4  
     Denmark Ussing 11 6 12
     Denmark Thorndahl 6 11 10
   Denmark Kirsten Thorndahl 11 11  
   England Queenie Allen 3 4  
     Denmark Thorndahl 11 11
 
     Scotland Horner 2 4  
   Scotland Nancy Horner 11 11
   England Audrey Stone 1 1  
     Denmark Thorndahl 2 11 11
     Denmark Schiøtt Jacobsen 11 8 7  
   Denmark Tonny Olsen w/o  
   England A. Y. Richardson  
     Denmark Olsen 11 11
 
     Denmark Rostgaard-Frøhne 3 4  
   Denmark Birgit Rostgaard-Frøhne 11 11
   England R. Wilson Lee 3 3  

References

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