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1914 All England Badminton Championships

The 1914 All England Open Badminton Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, England from 3 March to 8 March 1914.^[1]

It would be the last Championship before being suspended for the duration of World War I. Defending champion Guy Sautter continued to play under the alias of U N Lappin and successfully defended his title. Lavinia Radeglia emulated Sautter by retaining her women's singles title.^[2][3][4]

In the Men's doubles Frank Chesterton & George Thomas retained the title. The instances of an alias being used continued, in addition to Sautter playing as Lappin, Archibald Engelbach played as A. Fee.^[5][6][7][8]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	U. N. Lappin (Guy Sautter)	Frank Chesterton	15–4, 15–10
Women's singles	Lavinia Radeglia	Mrs Bottomley	11–3, 11-5
Men's doubles	Frank Chesterton & Sir George Thomas	U. N. Lappin (Guy Sautter) & Edward Hawthorn	17–16, 15–7
Women's doubles	Margaret Tragett & Eveline Peterson	Alice Gowenlock & Lavinia Radeglia	15-4, 16–18, 17–15
Mixed doubles	Sir George Thomas & Hazel Hogarth	Frank Chesterton & Margaret Tragett	15-10, 15-12

There were four first round matches - Sautter bt R. M. McCallum 15–3, 15–12, Chesterton bt Henry Hosken 15–12, 15–8, Smith bt William Hockin 15–12, 15-5 and Hawthorn bt G. M. Hill 15–9, 15–9.

	Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		U. N. Lappin (Guy Sautter)	15	15
		H. Smith	7	5
									Sautter	15	15
									Crombie	4	4
		Dr. James Crombie	15	15
		Johnnie McCallum	1	9
																Sautter	w/o
																Warden	scr
		P. W. Warden	6	15	15
		A. T. Butler	15	12	5
									Warden	15	10	15
									Roper	6	15	12
		W. H. S. Roper	15	18
		J. Hamilton	4	13
																							Sautter	15	15
																							Chesterton	4	10
		Frank Chesterton	17	15
		Edward Hawthorn	16	12
									Chesterton
									Davidson
		C. J. Davidson	7	15	15
		Charles Pierson	15	5	10
																Chesterton	5	15	15
																Thomas	15	10	7
		George Thomas	15	15
		William Swinden	12	8
									Thomas	15	15
									Prior	12	8
		J. H. Colin Prior	15	15
		A. K. Jones	10	8

	First round							Semifinals							Final
	Lavinia Radeglia		15	15
	Kitty McKane		4	5				Radeglia		11	14
	Margaret Tragett		11	11				Tragett		2	9
	Marjory East		6	9											Radeglia		11	11
	Mrs Bottomley		11	14											Bottomley		3	5
	Catherine Trench		1	12				Bottomley		15	15
	Miss M. MacKenzie		11	9				MacKenzie		4	0
	Lydia Swete		2	2	ret

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Frank Chesterton & George Thomas	15	15
		P. W. Warden & E. Phillips	5	8
									Chesterton & Thomas	15	15
									Goodfellow & McCallum	11	6
		R. M. McCallum & A. W. Goodfellow	15	11	17
		R Franck & H. Smith	11	15	14
																Chesterton & Thomas	15	17
																Bisgood & Massey	9	15
		Bert Bisgood & Stewart Massey	15	15
		E. S. Dashwood & C. J.Davidson	2	5
									Bisgood & Massey	15	15
									Hill & Abbatt	9	7
		G. M. Hill & Frank Abbatt	15	18
		Charles Pierson & Johnnie McCallum	5	16
																							Chesterton & Thomas	17	15
																							Sautter & Hawthorn	16	7
		U. N. Lappin (Guy Sautter) & Edward Hawthorn	12	15	15
		A. Fee+ & F. P. Pilkington	15	6	11
									Sautter & Hawthorn	15	15
									du Roveray & Hosken	5	13
		Raoul du Roveray & Henry Hosken	15	15
		W. H. Roper & G. E. Mills	8	13
																Sautter & Hawthorn	15	15
																Crombie & Inglis	8	7
		Dr. James Crombie & H. J. I. Inglis	17	15
		Robert Prust & William Swinden	15	10
									Crombie & Inglis	15	15
									Hockiss & Shadwell	3	5
		W R Hockiss & L C Shadwell

+ alias

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Margaret Tragett & Eveline Peterson	12	15	15
		Catherine Trench & Violet Elton	15	9	10
									Tragett & Peterson	18	15
									Marriott & Drinkwater	15	9
		Mrs Marriott & Miss D. Drinkwater	11	15	15
		Lydia Swete & Miss MacKenzie	15	3	5
																Tragett & Peterson	10	15	15
																Mayston & East	15	10	12
		Miss M. E. Mayston & Marjory East
		bye
									Mayston & East	15	15
									Denison & Woodcock	7	1
		Miss Denison & Mrs Woodcock
		bye
																							Tragett & Peterson	15	16	17
																							Gowenlock & Radeglia	4	18	15
		Lavinia Radeglia & Alice Gowenlock
		bye
									Gowenlock & Radeglia	15	15
									Hogarth & Bateman	11	13
		Hazel Hogarth & Muriel Bateman
		bye
																Gowenlock & Radeglia	15	15
																Douglass & Howard	10	10
		Christina Douglass & Miss Howard
		bye
									Douglass & Howard	15	15
									Bottomley & Pierson	8	7
		Mrs Bottomley & Constance Pierson (née Ireland)	15	15
		Frances Drake & Constance Peterson	8	7

There were three first round matches - McCallum & Drake bt Charles Pierson & Lydia Swete 15–5, 15–9, Bisgood & Gowenlock bt Inglis & Constance Pierson 18-13 15-9 and Uber & Hetley bt F. C. Lohden & Miss Drinkwater 15–9, 15–8.

	Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		George Thomas & Hazel Hogarth	15	15
		E. S Dashwood & Dorothy Harvey	11	8
									Thomas & Hogarth	15	15
									Prior & Peterson	8	12
		J. H. Colin Prior & Eveline Peterson	15	15
		G. M. Hill & Miss Denison	6	8
																Thomas & Hogarth	18	15
																Engelbach & East	17	5
		A Fee+ & Marjory East	15	15
		Stewart Massey & Muriel Bateman	8	9
									Engelbach & East
									Uber & Hetley
		Herbert Uber & Miss Hetley	15	18
		R. M. McCallum & Frances Drake	8	12
																							Thomas & Hogarth	15	15
																							Chesterton & Tragett	10	12
		Frank Chesterton & Margaret Tragett	15	10	15
		Dr. James Crombie & Miss MacKenzie	10	15	7
									Chesterton & Tragett	15	15
									Sautter & Mayston	9	8
		U. N. Lappin (Guy Sautter) & Miss M. E. Mayston	15	15
		Bert Bisgood & Alice Gowenlock	5	7
																Chesterton & Tragett	w/o
																Hawthorn & Peterson	scr
		Edward Hawthorn & Constance Peterson	15	15
		William Swinden & Christina Douglass	11	7
									Hawthorn & Peterson	15	15
									du Roveray & Radeglia	11	7
		Raoul du Roveray & Lavinia Radeglia	15	15
		Johnnie McCallum & Catherine Trench	10	5