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The 1902 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Central Transept, The Crystal Palace in Sydenham, London, England, from 18–20 March 1902.

Scoring in the singles went back to the first to 15 (for a game) following the previous year when it was 11. There were five rounds in the men's singles but the other events consisted of four rounds. The 1901 edition has been such a success that the Badminton Association put on extra events of a handicap nature. There were 47 entries for men and 49 for women and it was the first time that players from Scotland and Ireland entered. John Stokes & Thomas Good became the first non-English winners of an event although it was not considered one of the five 'Championship events'.

However there were only 9 entries for the women's doubles.

Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Ralph Watling	E. Young	15-5, 15-7
Women's singles	Meriel Lucas	Ethel Thomson	15-11, 16-18, 15-2
Men's doubles	Herbert Mellersh & F.S.Collier	C. H. Martin & Stewart Massey	5-15, 15-11, 15-9
Women's doubles	Meriel Lucas & Ethel Thomson	Daisy St. John & E. M Moseley	18-17, 9-15, 15-9
Mixed doubles	Leonard Ransford & E. M. Moseley	Herbert Mellersh & Ethel Thomson	15-8, 15-11
Men's doubles handicap	John Stokes & Thomas Good (+5)	Percy Buckley & George Thomas (+5)	15-9, 17-14
Women's doubles handicap	Meriel Lucas & Mabel Hardy (-8)	Daisy St. John & Dorothea Douglass (-3)	15-5, 15-11
Mixed doubles handicap	Albert Prebble & Mabel Hardy (-6)	Percy Buckley & O'Callaghan (+3)	15-13, 15-5

Men's singles

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Ralph Watling (Great Yarmouth)

Watling

Watling

Watling

11

15

15

Thomas Good (Sandford)

Good

15

8

2

Good

Good

Watling

15

15

E. Young (Blackheath)

Young

5

7

Young

Young

Young

15

17

Norman Wood (Brinscall)

Wood

6

15

Wood

Wood

Women's singles

	First round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
		Meriel Lucas (Teignmouth)
									Lucas
																Lucas	15	15
																Hardy	5	8
		Miss Mabel Hardy (Crystal Palace)
									Hardy
									Johnson
		Miss Edith Johnson (East Molesey)
																							Lucas	15	16	15
																							Thomson	11	18	2
		Miss Ethel Thomson (Budleigh Salterton)
									Thomson
																Thomson	15	15
																Schreiber	9	2
		Mina Schreiber (Bognor)
									Schreiber

Men's doubles

	First round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
		Herbert Mellersh & F. S. Collier (Guildford)
		Ralph Watling & C. J. Wiltshire (Great Yarmouth)
									Mellersh & Collier
																Mellersh & Collier	15	17
																Turner & Prebble	8	14
		C. A. Turner (Cheltenham) & Albert Prebble (Crystal Palace)
									Turner & Prebble
																							Mellersh & Collier	5	15	15
																							Massey & Martin	15	11	9
		Stewart Massey & C. H. Martin (Ealing)
									Massey & Martin
																Massey & Martin	10	15	15
																Ransford & Ransford	15	10	4
		Robert Ransford & Leonard Ransford (Crystal Palace)
									Ransford & Ransford

Women's doubles

	First round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
		Meriel Lucas (Teignmouth) & Ethel Thomson (B Salterton)
									Lucas & Thomson
																Lucas & Thomson	15	15
																Moseley & Douglass	5	3
		Miss Moseley & Miss Douglass (Ealing)
									Moseley & Douglass
																							Lucas & Thomson	18	9	15
																							Moseley & St.John	17	15	9
		Miss Daisy St. John & Miss E. M. Moseley (Ealing)
									Moseley & St.John
																Moseley & St.John	15	15
																Stawell-Brown & Hardy	9	11
		Miss Mabel Hardy (Crystal Palace) & Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown (Guildford)
									Hardy & Stawell-Brown

Mixed doubles

	First round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
		Leonard Ransford (Crystal Palace) & Miss E. M. Moseley (Ealing)
		D. Oakes & Miss Daisy St. John (Ealing)
									L Ransford & Moseley
																L Ransford & Moseley	10	15	18
																R Ransford & Hardy	15	4	15
		Robert Ransford & Miss Mabel Hardy (Crystal Palace)
									R Ransford & Hardy
																							Ransford & Moseley	15	15
																							Mellersh & Thomson	8	11
		Herbert Mellersh (Guildford) & Miss Ethel Thomson (B Salterton)
									Mellersh & Thomson
																Mellersh & Thomson	11	15	15
																Thomas & Schreiber	15	11	10
		George Thomas (Southsea) & Mina Schreiber (Bognor)
									Thomas & Schreiber

References

1. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Archived 2017-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ "Badminton Association Open Tournament". Field. 22 March 1902. Retrieved 24 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Badminton Association Open Tournament, results page 39". Field. 22 March 1902. Retrieved 24 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "The Annual Badminton Association Tournament". London Evening Standard. 19 March 1902. Retrieved 24 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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