# 1903 All England Badminton Championships

The 1903 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the London Rifle Brigade Drill Hall in Islington, London, England from 26–28 March 1903.
In the men's singles Ralph Watling of Great Yarmouth successfully defended his title.
Meriel Lucas was unable to defend her singles and doubles titles due to a family illness. The women's singles and doubles consisted of only three rounds following a small number of entries. The women's singles only had five entries and this was attributed to the increase in younger players causing the older women not to enter.

## Final results

| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Ralph Watling | Henry Marrett | 1-15, 18-17, 15-8 |
| Women's singles | Ethel Thomson | Dorothea Douglass | 18-15, 15-9 |
| Men's doubles | Stewart Massey & Edward Huson | Sir George Thomas & Ralph Watling | 15-10, 15-3 |
| Women's doubles | Mabel Hardy & Dorothea Douglas | Ethel Thomson & Muriel Bateman | 15-4, 15-9 |
| Mixed doubles | Sir George Thomas & Ethel Thomson | Stewart Massey & Mrs Cammell | |
| Men's doubles handicap | Percy Buckley & Herbert Mellersh (owe 6) | George Vidal & Leonard Ransford (owe 6) | 18-15, 6-15, 15-8 |
| Women's doubles handicap | E. M. Moseley & Dorothea Douglas (owe 15) | Hazel Hogarth & M. Drake (scratch) | 15-6, 8-15, 15-12 |
| Mixed doubles handicap | H. S. Venables & Dorothea Douglas | S. R. Arthur & Edith Johnson | |

## Men's singles

| 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 | Final |
| Ralph Watling (Great Yarmouth | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| A. B. Clifton (Chelsea) | 1 | 6 | | Watling | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hamer (Southport) | 15 | 15 | | Hamer | 12 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Browne | 2 | 3 | | | | | | Watling | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| S. R. Arthur (Guildford) | | | | | | | | Arthur | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Arthur | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Birdie (Guildford) | | | | Birdie | 10 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | Watling | 15 | 18 | | | | | |
| E. Young (Blackheath) | | | | | | | | | | | | Young | 7 | 13 | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Young | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Snell (Blackheath) | | | | Snell | 9 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | Young | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| W. Redshaw (Willesden) | | | | | | | | Redshaw | 10 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Redshaw | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Edward Hawthorn (Willesden) | | | | Hawthorn | 8 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Watling | 1 | 18 | 15 |
| Henry Marrett (Crystal Palace) | 11 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Marrett | 15 | 17 | 8 |
| Leonard Ransford (Crystal Palace) | 15 | 7 | 11 | Marrett | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Edward Huson (Ealing) | 15 | 15 | | Huson | 9 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Triscott (Blackheath) | 1 | 6 | | | | | | Marrett | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| J. H. Colin Prior (Guildford) | | | | | | | | Prior | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Prior | 3 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E. A. Short (Guildford) | | | | Short | 15 | 11 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | Marrett | 15 | 9 | 15 | | | | |
| Norman Wood (Brinscall) | | | | | | | | | | | | Wood | 6 | 15 | 7 | | | | |
| bye | | | | Wood | 15 | 11 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| F. S. Collier (Guildford) | | | | Collier | 2 | 15 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | Wood | 15 | 6 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| George Thomas (Southsea) | | | | | | | | Thomas | 6 | 15 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Thomas | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| R. Franck | | | | Franck | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Women's singles

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Miss Ethel Thomson (Budleigh Salterton) | Miss Ethel Thomson (Budleigh Salterton) | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | Thomson | Thomson | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| Miss Mabel Hardy (Crystal Palace) | Miss Mabel Hardy (Crystal Palace) | 15 | 15 | Hardy | Hardy | 9 | 3 | | | | |
| Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown (Surbiton) | Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown (Surbiton) | 6 | 9 | | | | | Thomson | Thomson | 18 | 15 |
| Miss Dorothea Douglass (Ealing) | Miss Dorothea Douglass (Ealing) | | | | | | | Douglass | Douglass | 15 | 9 |
| bye | bye | | | Douglass | Douglass | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| Miss Edith Johnson (Surbiton) | Miss Edith Johnson (Surbiton) | | | Johnson | Johnson | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | |

## Men's doubles

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Stewart Massey & Edward Huson (Ealing) | 9 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Robert Ransford & Leonard Ransford (Crystal Palace) | 15 | 10 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Robert Ransford & Leonard Ransford (Crystal Palace) | 15 | 10 | 6 | Massey & Huson | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Atkinson & Ward | 8 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Atkinson & Ward (Ravenscourt) | | | | Atkinson & Ward | 8 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | Massey & Huson | 15 | 18 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Buckley & Collier | 5 | 17 | | | | |
| Percy Buckley & F. S. Collier (Guildford) | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | Buckley & Collier | 5 | 17 | | | | |
| C. P. R. James (Dundrum) & Snell (Blackheath) | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C. P. R. James (Dundrum) & Snell (Blackheath) | 6 | 2 | | Buckley & Collier | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Hanson & Campbell | 8 | 10 | | | | | | | |
| L. Hanson & Col. Ian Campbell (Crystal Palace) | | | | Hanson & Campbell | 8 | 10 | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | Massey & Huson | 15 | 15 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Watling & Thomas | 10 | 3 |
| Ralph Watling (Crystal Palace) & Georg Thomas (Southsea) | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | Watling & Thomas | 10 | 3 |
| Saunders & Raoul du Roveray | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Saunders & Raoul du Roveray | 4 | 7 | | Watling & Thomas | 17 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Young & Arthur | 14 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| E. Young (Blackheath) & S. R. Arthur (Guildford) | 15 | 15 | | Young & Arthur | 14 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| D. H. MacDougall & Frank Abbatt | 2 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D. H. MacDougall & Frank Abbatt | 2 | 12 | | | | | Watling & Thomas | 17 | 15 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | St. John & Harrison | 14 | 9 | | | | |
| Edward St.John & E. P. Harrison (Ealing) | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | St. John & Harrison | 14 | 9 | | | | |
| A. B. Clifton (Chelsea) & Thomas Denny-Cooke Richmond) | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| A. B. Clifton (Chelsea) & Thomas Denny-Cooke Richmond) | 7 | 6 | | St. John & Harrison | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Turner & Prebble | 11 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| C. A. Turner (Cheltenham) & Albert Prebble (Crystal Palace) | 15 | 15 | | Turner & Prebble | 11 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Hamer (Southport) & Brown | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Women's doubles

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Miss Mabel Hardy (Crystal Palace) & Miss Dorothea Douglass (Ealing) | Miss Mabel Hardy (Crystal Palace) & Miss Dorothea Douglass (Ealing) | 15 | 9 | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| Miss E. M. Moseley & Miss Daisy St. John (Ealing) | Miss E. M. Moseley & Miss Daisy St. John (Ealing) | 5 | 15 | 11 | Hardy & Douglass | Hardy & Douglass | 15 | 15 | | | | | |
| Miss Hazel Hogarth (Cheltenham) & Miss Drake (Bognor) | Miss Hazel Hogarth (Cheltenham) & Miss Drake (Bognor) | | | | Hogarth & Drake | Hogarth & Drake | 13 | 10 | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | | Hardy & Douglass | Hardy & Douglass | 15 | 15 |
| Miss Ethel Thomson (Budleigh Salterton) & Miss Muriel Bateman (Ealing) | Miss Ethel Thomson (Budleigh Salterton) & Miss Muriel Bateman (Ealing) | 8 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | Thomson & Bateman | Thomson & Bateman | 4 | 9 |
| Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown & Miss Edith Johnson (Surbiton) | Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown & Miss Edith Johnson (Surbiton) | 15 | 11 | 7 | Thomson & Bateman | Thomson & Bateman | 15 | 17 | 15 | | | | |
| Miss Margaret Larminie (Teddington) & Miss Bradford (Ealing) | Miss Margaret Larminie (Teddington) & Miss Bradford (Ealing) | 15 | 15 | | Larminie & Bradford | Larminie & Bradford | 5 | 18 | 6 | | | | |
| Miss Freeland & Mrs Turner (Camberley) | Miss Freeland & Mrs Turner (Camberley) | 11 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Mixed doubles

| First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| George Thomas (Southsea) & Ethel Thomson (Budleigh Salterton) | | | | |
| | Thomas & Thomson | | | |
| | | Thomas & Thomson | | |
| | | Ransford & Moseley | | |
| Leonard Ransford (Crystal Palace) & E. M. Moseley (Ealing) | | | Ransford & Moseley | | |
| | Ransford & Moseley | | | |
| | | | | Thomas & Thomson |
| | | | | Massey & Cammell |
| Stewart Massey & Mrs Cammell (Ealing) | | | | | Massey & Cammell |
| | Massey & Cammell | | | |
| | | Massey & Cammell | | |
| | | Turner & Hogarth | | |
| C. A. Turner & Hazel Hogarth (Cheltenham) | | | Turner & Hogarth | | |
| | Turner & Hogarth | | | |