1947 All England Badminton Championships

The 1947 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Harringay Arena, London, England, from 5–9 March 1947.^[1] Snow made its way into the arena during the first round and made the courts unplayable.

1947 All England Championships

Tournament details
Dates	5 March 1947 (1947-03-05)– 9 March 1947 (1947-03-09)
Edition	37th
Venue	Harringay Arena
Location	London
Official website	All England Championships
← 1939 1948 →

Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Conny Jepsen	Prakash Nath	15–7, 15–11
Women's singles	Marie Ussing	Kirsten Thorndahl	11–6, 6-11, 12–10
Men's doubles	Poul Holm & Tage Madsen	Jørn Skaarup & Preben Dabelsteen	4-15 15-12 15-4
Women's doubles	Tonny Olsen & Kirsten Thorndahl	Marie Ussing & Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	15–8, 15–7
Mixed doubles	Poul Holm & Tonny Olsen	Tage Madsen & Kirsten Thorndahl	15-13 13-15 15-12

Men's singles

	Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Conny Jepsen	18	15
		Preben Dabelsteen	15	7
									Jepsen	15	15
									Holm	6	1
		Poul Holm	15	15
		G N Roberts	2	9
																Jepsen	8	15	18
																Skaarup	15	5	14
		Ralph Nichols	18	15
		James Mackay	17	9
									Nichols	6	1
									Skaarup	15	15
		Jørn Skaarup	15	15	15
		D F Green	3	4
																							Jepsen	15	15
																							Nath	7	11
		Prakash Nath	15	15
		Tod Majury	7	11
									Nath	w/o
									Mohan
		Davinder Mohan	15	15
		Tom Wingfield	12	5
																Nath	18	15
																Radford	15	2
		Helge Paulsson	15	15
		Erik Friis	2	0
									Paulsson	15	1	11
									Radford	5	15	15
		Noel Radford	15	15
		Barron Renton	4	4

Women's singles

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Marie Ussing	w/o
		Evelyn Windsor-Aubrey
									Ussing	12
									Uber	11	ret
		Betty Uber	w/o
		C. D. Newitt
																Ussing	11	11
																Olsen	7	5
		Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	11	11
		V. E. Duringer	2	4
									Schiøtt Jacobsen	11	11
									Blathwayt	2	5
		Audrey Blathwayt	11	6	11
		M. Lister	3	11	4
																							Ussing	11	6	12
																							Thorndahl	6	11	10
		Kirsten Thorndahl	11	11
		Queenie Allen	3	4
									Thorndahl	11	11
									Horner	2	4
		Nancy Horner	11	11
		Audrey Stone	1	1
																Thorndahl	2	11	11
																Schiøtt Jacobsen	11	8	7
		Tonny Olsen	w/o
		A. Y. Richardson
									Olsen	11	11
									Rostgaard-Frøhne	3	4
		Birgit Rostgaard-Frøhne	11	11
		R. Wilson Lee	3	3

References

1. "The Times & the Sunday Times". Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2012.