Badminton player
| Dorothy Cundall | |
|---|---|
 Cundall in 1910 | |
| Personal information | |
| Birth name | Dorothy Ursula Cundall |
| Country | England |
| Born | 19 October 1882 Richmond, London |
| Died | 8 February 1954 (aged 71) Bournemouth, Dorset |
Dorothy Ursula Cundall (1882 – 8 February 1954) was an English badminton player. Born in 1882 in Richmond, London, she was a prominent player before the First World War, winning three All England titles.
In 1912 she married Douglas Harvey (who died in 1917). Cundall played as Mrs Harvey afterwards. In 1922 she remarried to Bert Bisgood, a prominent Somerset cricketer who also represented Ireland at badminton. She had two children, Ian Harvey, a Conservative MP, and Jeanne Bisgood, an English international golfer.
She died in Bournemouth on 8 February 1954.
== Medal Record at the All England Badminton Championships ==
| Medal | Year | Event |
|---|---|---|
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1910 | Mixed doubles |
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1911 | Women's doubles |
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1912 | Women's doubles |
References
- Davis, Pat (1983). Guinness Book of Badminton. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-271-X.
- "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- "Badminton Championships". Daily Mirror. 29 February 1912. Retrieved 6 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Dorothy Cundall". Badminton England. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
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