1957 All England Badminton Championships

1957 All England Championships

Tournament details

Dates

20 March 1957–
25 March 1957

Edition

47th

Venue

Wembley

Location

London

← < 1956

1958 > →

The 1957 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley, London, England from 20–25 March 1957.^[1]

This was the first year in which the competition switched to Wembley from Earls Court. Kirsten Thorndahl married and played under the name Kirsten Granlund.

Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Eddy Choong	Erland Kops	15–9, 15-3
Women's singles	Judy Devlin	Margaret Varner	11–2, 11–7
Men's doubles	Joe Alston & Johnny Heah	Eddy Choong & David Ewe Choong	15-10, 16-17, 15–5
Women's doubles	Anni Hammergaard Hansen & Kirsten Granlund	Iris Rogers & June Timperley	7–15, 15–11, 15-10
Mixed doubles	Finn Kobberø & Kirsten Granlund	Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen & Anni Hammergaard Hansen	15–3, 15-6

Results

Men's Singles

Section 1

Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter Finals					Semi Finals

1	Eddy Choong	15	15
	A Leagas	2	5		1	Choong	15	15
	K C Carpenter	12	15	15		Carpenter	3	2
	F C Jones	15	8	13						1	Choong	15	15
	Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen	15	12	18							H-Hansen	12	4
	Tony Jordan	11	15	13		H-Hansen	15	16	15
	R Mulvaney	15	15			Mulvaney	2	18	11
	J A Broadhurst	12	9												1	Choong	15	9	18
	Joe Alston	15	15													Alston	11	15	16
	R Quiddington	6	4			Alston	15	15
	Peter Ferguson	15	15			Ferguson	11	3
	C E Lawrence	7	3								Alston	18	14	15
	Palle Granlund	6	15	15							Granlund	16	17	4
	Bjorn Holst-Christensen	15	8	6		Granlund	15	15
	John Timperley	2	15	15		Timperley	10	13
	W Goode	15	1	5

Section 2

Round of 32					Round of 16				Quarter Finals				Semi Finals

	Erland Kops	5	15	15
	Ferry Sonneville	15	11	11		Kops	15	15
	Dick Hashman	15				Hashman	4	5
	Noel Radford	3	ret							Kops	15	15
	Oon Chong Teik	15	15							Teik	12	12
	Knud Aage Nielsen	12	5			Teik	15	15
	Harry Parmar	15	9	15		Parmar	7	5
	J H King	9	15	7										Kops	11	15	15
2	Finn Kobberø	15	18										2	Kobberø	15	10	13
	Jack McColl	12	16		2	Kobberø	15	15
	Ciro Ciniglio	15	0	15		Ciniglio	0	7
	R J Southwell	9	15	9					2	Kobberø	15	15
	Dave McTaggart	15	15							McTaggart	13	8
	M Tranter	1	3			McTaggart	15	15
	Ole Mertz	15	15			Mertz	4	10
	Ken Stott	2	8

Women's Singles

Section 1

Round of 32		Round of 16					Quarter Finals					Semi Finals

	Judy Devlin
			Devlin	11	11
	Sylvia Ripley		Ripley	3	7
								Devlin	11	11
	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen							Jacobsen	0	0
			Jacobsen	11	11
	Prem Prasher		Prasher	2	1
													Devlin
	Lois Alston												Alston
			Alston	8	11	12
	Heather Ward		Ward	11	9	10
								Alston	11	12	11
	Tonny Petersen							Petersen	12	11	8
			Petersen	11	11
	Eileen Pattison		Pattison	5	7

Section 2

Round of 32		Round of 16					Quarter Finals					Semi Finals

	Margaret Varner
			Varner	11	11
	June Wheating		Wheating	2	0
								Varner	5	11	11
	Iris Rogers							Rogers	11	3	2
			Rogers	11	11
	Sushila Kapadia		Kapadia	1	7
													Varner
	Marjory Shedd												Shedd
			Shedd	9	11	11
	Sheila Ryder		Ryder	11	6	3
								Shedd	11	11
	Tonny Ahm							Ahm	1	6
			Ahm	12	11
	June Timperley		Timperley	10	8

References

↑ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/

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