Guildford Open
The Guildford Open is considered the first official open badminton tournament . It was played on March 10, 1898 in the Drill Hall on Sandfield Terrace in Guildford , with only the three double disciplines being played. The All England emerged from the Guildford Open and took place for the first time on April 4th of the following year.
Results
Men's doubles
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||
 D. Oakes Stewart Marsden Massey
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| FS Collier L. Gosselin
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9 | 7th | ||||||||||||||
| D. Oakes Stewart Marsden Massey
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| stood Ames
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6th | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| stood Ames
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| bye | ||||||||||||||||
| D. Oakes Stewart Marsden Massey
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| H. Copeland Fisher
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6th | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| H. Copeland Fisher
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| P. Buckley W. P. Lincoln
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12 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| H. Copeland Fisher
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9 | 15th | 15th | |||||||||||||
| JHE Hart George William Vidal
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15th | 10 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| JHE Hart George William Vidal
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15th | 9 | 15th | |||||||||||||
| C. Shepherd F. Kunhardt
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7th | 15th | 1 | |||||||||||||
Ladies doubles
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||
| Cammell Daisey St. John
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Mabel Hardy Straghan
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12 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Cammell Daisey St. John
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Spankie necklace
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7th | 8th | ||||||||||||||
| Spankie necklace
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| bye | ||||||||||||||||
| Cammell Daisey St. John
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||
| Collins Edge
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7th | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Collins Edge
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15th | 7th | 15th | |||||||||||||
| Hawks C. Hawks
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7th | 15th | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Collins Edge
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9 | 15th | 15th | |||||||||||||
| Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown Cockburn
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7th | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown Cockburn
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| bye | ||||||||||||||||
Mixed
| Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| D. Oakes Daisey St. John
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15th | 13 | 15th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| FS Collier Hawks
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8th | 15th | 9 | D. Oakes Daisey St. John
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15th | 15th | |||||||||||||||||||
| L. Gosselin Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown
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15th | 17th | L. Gosselin Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown
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9 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| JHE Hart Straghan
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4th | 14th | D. Oakes Daisey St. John
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WP Lincoln Collins
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WP Lincoln Collins
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2 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | WP Lincoln Collins
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| F. Kunhardt Edge
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F. Kunhardt Edge
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2 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | D. Oakes Daisey St. John
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stewart Marsden Massey Cammell
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15th | 15th | Stewart Marsden Massey Cammell
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13 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C. Shepherd Spankie
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7th | 10 | Stewart Marsden Massey Cammell
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||||||||
| George William Vidal Mabel Hardy
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15th | 18th | George William Vidal Mabel Hardy
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10 | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||
| H. Copeland Cockburn
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6th | 15th | Stewart Marsden Massey Cammell
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||||||||
| P. Buckley C. Hawks
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P. Buckley C. Hawks
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1 | 8th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | P. Buckley C. Hawks
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15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| H. Cates Collier
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H. Cates Collier
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2 | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
credentials
- Stewart Marsden Massey : Badminton , London, G. Bell & Sons 1911