# 1906 All England Badminton Championships

The 1906 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the London Rifle Brigade Drill Hall, London, England, from February 28 to March 3, 1906.
Ethel Thomson and Meriel Lucas won a fourth women's doubles crown and third consecutive after retaining their title. There were two mixed doubles handicap events due to the excessive number of entries.

## Final results

| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Norman Wood | Frank Chesterton | 15–8, 18-13 |
| Women's singles | Ethel Thompson | M. E. Brown | walkover |
| Men's doubles | Sir George Thomas & Henry Marrett | Albert Prebble & Norman Wood | 15–5, 5–15, 15-11 |
| Women's doubles | Meriel Lucas & Ethel Thomson | Muriel Bateman & Hazel Hogarth | 15-10, 15-5 |
| Mixed doubles | Sir George Thomas & Ethel Thomson | Norman Wood & G. L. Murray | 17-16, 15-3 |
| Men's doubles handicap | G. L. Chamberlin & C. J. Greenwood (+6) | E. Young & R. Young (-5) | 15–8, 15-12 |
| Women's doubles Handicap | Muriel Bateman & Hazel Hogarth (-10) | Ethel Thomson & M. E. Brown (-12) | 15-1, 15-1 |
| Mixed doubles handicap (class A) | Norman Wood & Hazel Hogarth (10) | Henry Marrett & N. Stevens (Scr) | 15-9, 15-12 |
| Mixed doubles handicap (class B) | L. W. Jameson & Morris (6) | E. A. Short & Dorothea Douglass (5) | 14-15, 15–1, 15-1 |
| Veterans' doubles | George Vidal & C. A. Turner | Albert Cowley & Richard Abbatt | 15-4. 15-6 |

## Men's singles

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Norman Wood | 7 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Henry Marrett | 15 | 2 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Henry Marrett | 15 | 2 | 10 | Wood | 15 | 11 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Comyn | 4 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Hugh Comyn | 15 | 15 | | Comyn | 4 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| G. S. Wheatley | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| G. S. Wheatley | 1 | 7 | | | | | | Wood | 7 | 15 | 17 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Thomas | 15 | 8 | 14 | | | | |
| George Thomas | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | Thomas | 15 | 8 | 14 | | | |
| T. H. E. Bird | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T. H. E. Bird | 5 | 7 | | Thomas | 7 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Cave | 15 | 13 | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| Arthur Cave | 17 | 15 | | Cave | 15 | 13 | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| H. S. Venables | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| H. S. Venables | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | Wood | 15 | 18 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Chesterton | 8 | 13 |
| Frank Chesterton | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Chesterton | 8 | 13 |
| Henry Cave | 9 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Henry Cave | 9 | 5 | | Chesterton | 12 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Watling | 15 | 4 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Ralph Watling | 17 | 15 | | Watling | 15 | 4 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| William Cave | 15 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| William Cave | 15 | 13 | | | | | | Chesterton | 15 | 15 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Inglis | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| H. J. H. Inglis | 15 | 9 | 15 | | | | | | | | | Inglis | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| E. P. Gilman | 9 | 15 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E. P. Gilman | 9 | 15 | 6 | Inglis | 15 | 13 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Harrison | 5 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| E. P. Harrison | 15 | 14 | 15 | Harrison | 5 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| R. D. Orr | 11 | 17 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Women's singles

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Ethel Thomson | Ethel Thomson | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Meriel Lucas | Meriel Lucas | 4 | 6 | Thomson | Thomson | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Dorothea Douglass | Dorothea Douglass | 15 | 15 | Douglass | Douglass | 2 | 4 | | | |
| Dorothy Cundall | Dorothy Cundall | 2 | 3 | | | | | Thomson | Thomson | w/o |
| Miss M. E. Brown | Miss M. E. Brown | w/o | | | | | | Brown | Brown | scr |
| Ellen Stawell-Brown | Ellen Stawell-Brown | ret | | Brown | Brown | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Muriel Bateman | Muriel Bateman | 15 | 15 | Bateman | Bateman | 4 | 10 | | | |
| Miss G. L. Murray | Miss G. L. Murray | 13 | 6 | | | | | | | |

## Men's doubles

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Henry Marrett & George Thomas | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C. J. Wiltshire & partner | ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C. J. Wiltshire & partner | ret | | Marrett & Thomas | 15 | 11 | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Massey & Barnes | 12 | 15 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Stewart Massey & C. T. J. Barnes | 15 | 15 | Massey & Barnes | 12 | 15 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| G. W. Harrison & E. P. Gilman | 4 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| G. W. Harrison & E. P. Gilman | 4 | 10 | | | | | Marrett & Thomas | 17 | 15 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Chesterton & Abbatt | 14 | 8 | | | | | | |
| Frank Chesterton & Frank Abbatt | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | Chesterton & Abbatt | 14 | 8 | | | | | | |
| T. H. E. Bird & J Sillen | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T. H. E. Bird & J Sillen | 4 | 7 | Chesterton & Abbatt | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Boyd & Hawthorn | 3 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| P. Boyd & Edward Hawthorn | 17 | 15 | Boyd & Hawthorn | 3 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| H. S. Venables & Leonard Ransford | 15 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| H. S. Venables & Leonard Ransford | 15 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | Marrett & Thomas | 15 | 5 | 15 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Prebble & Wood | 5 | 15 | 11 |
| Albert Prebble & Norman Wood | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Prebble & Wood | 5 | 15 | 11 |
| E. P. Harrison & Hugh Comyn | 9 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E. P. Harrison & Hugh Comyn | 9 | 12 | Prebble & Wood | 15 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Fletcher & Pilkington | 11 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| T. R. Fletcher & F. P. Pilkington | | | Fletcher & Pilkington | 11 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | Prebble & Wood | 15 | 16 | 15 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Cave & Cave | 6 | 17 | 5 | | | | | |
| Arthur Cave & Henry Cave | 15 | 17 | | | | | | | | | Cave & Cave | 6 | 17 | 5 | | | | | |
| Ralph Watling & H. J. H. Inglis | 6 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ralph Watling & H. J. H. Inglis | 6 | 15 | Cave & Cave | 15 | 13 | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Orr & Cave | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. D. Orr & William Cave | w/o | | Orr & Cave | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Percy Buckley & G. S. Wheatley | ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Women's doubles

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Meriel Lucas & Ethel Thomson | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dorothea Douglass & M. E. Brown | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dorothea Douglass & M. E. Brown | 4 | 6 | Thomson & Lucas | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hunt & Nicholl | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| W. Hunt & M. C. Nicholl | | | Hunt & Nicholl | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | Thomson & Lucas | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Binyon & Larminie | 3 | 7 | | | | |
| Binyon & Margaret Larminie | | | | | | | | | | Binyon & Larminie | 3 | 7 | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | Binyon & Larminie | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | A.N. Other & Body | ret | | | | | | | | | |
| A. N. Other & S. Body | | | A.N. Other & Body | ret | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | Thomson & Lucas | 15 | 15 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Bateman & Hogarth | 10 | 5 |
| Muriel Bateman & Hazel Hogarth | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Bateman & Hogarth | 10 | 5 |
| | | | Bateman & Hogarth | 15 | 12 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Boothby & Stawell-Brown | 13 | 15 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Dora Boothby & Ellen Stawell-Brown | | | Boothby & Stawell-Brown | 13 | 15 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | Bateman & Hogarth | 15 | 18 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Cundall & Gowenlock | 1 | 17 | | | | |
| Dorothy Cundall & Alice Gowenlock | | | | | | | | | | Cundall & Gowenlock | 1 | 17 | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | Cundall & Gowenlock | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Davenport & Lannowe | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| E. C. Davenport & Florence Lannowe | w/o | | Davenport & Lannowe | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| S. A. Graham & Stone | scr | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Mixed doubles

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Sir George Thomas & Ethel Thomson | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Thomas & Thomson | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Frank Chesterton & Margaret Larminie | | | | Chesterton & Larminie | 11 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | Thomas & Thomson | 12 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Albert Prebble & Dora Boothby | | | | | | | | Prebble & Boothby | 15 | 6 | 10 | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Prebble & Boothby | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ralph Watling & M. Drake | 11 | 15 | 15 | Watling & Drake | 9 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. D. Orr & M. E. Brown | 15 | 8 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Thomas & Thomson | 10 | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Henry Marrett & Hazel Hogarth | | | | | | | | | | | | Marrett & Hogarth | 15 | 12 | 6 | | | |
| bye | | | | Marrett & Hogarth | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| A. N. Other & Bickford | | | | A.N.Other & Bickford | scr | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | Marrett & Hogarth | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Hugh Comyn & Alice Gowenlock | | | | | | | | Comyn & Gowenlock | 4 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Comyn & Gowenlock | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| G. S. Wheatley & M. F. Blakiston | | | | Wheatley & Blakiston | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Thomas & Thomson | 17 | 15 |
| Norman Wood & G. L. Murray | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wood & Murray | 16 | 3 |
| bye | | | | Wood & Murray | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arthur Cave & Dorothea Douglass | w/o | | | Cave & Douglass | 10 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T. H. E. Bird & A. N. Other | scr | | | | | | | Wood & Murray | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| E. Young & Dorothy Cundall | | | | | | | | Young & Cundall | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Young & Cundall | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Franck & Royse | | | | Franck & Royse | ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | Wood & Murray | 10 | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Stewart Massey & Meriel Lucas | | | | | | | | | | | | Massey & Lucas | 15 | 12 | 9 | | | |
| bye | | | | Massey & Lucas | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E. P. Gilman & S. A. Graham | | | | Gilman & Graham | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | Massey & Lucas | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Leonard Ransford & Muriel Bateman | | | | | | | | Ransford & Bateman | 2 | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Ransford & Bateman | 15 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E. P. Harrison & Florence Lannowe | | | | Harrison & Lannowe | 7 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |