The First Great All-England Champion – Muriel Lucas Muriel Lucas was born in 1877, she was the daughter of General Sir Alfred Lucas K.C.B. and Lady Lucas, it was said that Sir Alfred introduced badminton to Devonshire in the early 1870s. Sir Alfred was a retired...
Donald Hume – A Great Champion in the 1930s Donald Charles Hume started to play badminton at the age of 16, when he joined the Alexandra Palace Badminton Club in London in the season 1923-24. Donald’s first experience of the All-England Championships, at the age...
SIR GEORGE THOMAS The measure of the extraordinary qualities of this man goes far beyond the number of badminton championships and tournaments that he had won during one of the longest playing careers of any badminton player. He was a...
Marjorie Henderson nee Bell with her doubles partner Thelma Kingsbury dominated woman’s badminton in the 1930s. They won the All-England woman’s doubles four times in a row 1933 to 1936, a record which was not beaten for almost 70 years. After...
Betty Uber, who dominated Women’s badminton in the 1930s and won a total of 13 All England Championship titles. Click on images to enlarge. Betty Uber playing woman’s singles at the All-England Badminton Championships held at the Royal Horticultural Hall,...
Kitty Godfree nee McKane a remarkable All-England Champion and sportswoman. L to R- Kathleen “Kitty” Godfree with her sister Margaret Stocks. Click on images to enlarge We take a look at one of the most remarkable...
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