Thomas Cup 1949

The first edition of the Thomas Cup , the world championship for men's badminton teams , took place in 1949 . The first edition was originally planned for 1941, but was not realized until 1949 due to the chaos of the war . The winner was the team from Malaya , which defeated the USA in the semi-finals in Glasgow and Denmark in the final in Preston . The Malaysian team with Chan Kon Leong , Law Teik Hock , Yeoh Teck Chye , Teoh Seng Khoon , Ooi Teik Hock , Wong Peng Soon , Lim Kee Fong , Ong Poh Lim and the non-playing captain Lim Chuan Geok made it to the two final rounds in December 1948 embarked on a 25-day cruise to the United Kingdom , where the Malays were faced with a European winter for the first time.

Preliminary rounds

European zone

Overview

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

England

8th

8th

Scotland

1

England

9

France

0

4th

France

5

bye

England

0

Denmark

9

3

Denmark

9

6th

Ireland

0

Denmark

9

Sweden

0

2

Sweden

7th

bye

Results

Ireland 0	Copenhagen November 2nd and 3rd, 1948	Denmark 9
1 2 3 1 Frank Peard Jørn Skaarup 3 15 2 15     2 Jim FitzGibbon Poul Holm 4 15 1 15     3 Dennis B. Green  /  Tod Majury Poul Holm  /  Erik Friis 6 15 7 15     4th James Rankin  /  Thomas Boyle Jørn Skaarup  /  Preben Dabelsteen 6 15 7 15     5 Frank Peard Poul Holm 4 15 1 15     6th Jim FitzGibbon Jørn Skaarup 10 15 5 15     7th Dennis B. Green Knud Christensen 6 15 8 15     8th Dennis B. Green  /  Tod Majury Jørn Skaarup  /  Preben Dabelsteen 12 15 12 15     9 James Rankin  /  Thomas Boyle Poul Holm  /  Erik Friis 15 18 9 15

England 8	Leicester December 3rd and 4th 1948	Scotland 1
1 2 3 1 Noel B. Radford Murdo MacLean 15 9 15 7     2 Harold Marsland James B. Leslie 15 4 15 10     3 Harold Marsland  /  Warwick Shute Murdo MacLean  /  David Bloomer 15 6 15 4     4th Ralph Nichols  /  Kenneth L. Wilson Edward W. Wilson  /  James C. Mackay 15 3 15 11     5 Noel B. Radford James B. Leslie 15 4 15 6     6th Harold Marsland Murdo MacLean 15 8 17 16     7th Tom Wingfield Alistair McIntyre 18 13 7 15 16 17   8th Harold Marsland  /  Warwick Shute Edward W. Wilson  /  James C. Mackay 15 4 15 11     9 Ralph Nichols  /  Kenneth L. Wilson Murdo MacLean  /  David Bloomer 15 7 12 15 15 0

England 9	Ilford Baths , Ilford 5th January 1949	France 0
1 2 3 1 Noel B. Radford Yves Baudoin 15 0 15 0     2 Harold Marsland Henri Pellizza 15 7 15 4     3 Harold Marsland  /  Warwick Shute Michel Marret  /  Michel Le Renard 15 1 15 0     4th Noel B. Radford  /  Kenneth L. Wilson Michel Marret  /  Michel Le Renard 15 2 15 3     5 Noel B. Radford Henri Pellizza 15 4 15 0     6th Harold Marsland Yves Baudoin 15 2 15 5     7th Tom Wingfield Emile Maillot 15 3 15 3     8th Harold Marsland  /  Warwick Shute Yves Baudoin  /  Henri Pellizza 15 3 15 7     9 Noel B. Radford  /  Kenneth L. Wilson Yves Baudoin  /  Henri Pellizza 15 2 15 8

England 0	Copenhagen January 20th and 21st 1949	Denmark 9
1 2 3 1 Noel B. Radford Jørn Skaarup 0 15 4 15     2 Harold Marsland Mogens Felsby 8 15 0 15     3 Harold Marsland  /  Warwick Shute Børge Frederiksen  /  Ib Olesen 9 15 4 15     4th Ralph Nichols  /  Kenneth L. Wilson Jørn Skaarup  /  Preben Dabelsteen 1 15 6 15     5 Noel B. Radford Mogens Felsby 6 15 5 15     6th Harold Marsland Jørn Skaarup 2 15 0 15     7th Tom Wingfield Knud Christensen 5 15 8 15     8th Harold Marsland  /  Warwick Shute Jørn Skaarup  /  Preben Dabelsteen 17 15 5 15 8 15   9 Ralph Nichols  /  Kenneth L. Wilson, Børge Frederiksen  /  Ib Olesen 4 15 5 15

Pacific zone

Malaya was the only starter to qualify directly.

Pan American Zone

	Semifinals					final
	1	Canada	7th
	4th	India	2
							Canada	1
							United States	8th
	2	United States
	3	bye

Canada 7	Toronto December 3rd and 4th, 1948	India 2
1 2 3 1 John Samis George L. Lewis 15 9 15 10     2 Dick E. Birch Devinder Mohan 15 9 7 15 14 17   3 Dick E. Birch  /  Gordon C. Simpson George L. Lewis  /  Devinder Mohan 15 13 5 15 15 10   4th Ted Pollock  /  Roy G. Smith Bala V. Ullal  /  Dattu Mugwe 15 7 15 9     5 John Sami's Devinder Mohan 4 15 15 7 15 10   6th Dick E. Birch George L. Lewis 15 7 17 14     7th Darryl Thompson Henry Ferreira 5 15 15 12 15 7   8th Dick E. Birch  /  Gordon C. Simpson Bala V. Ullal  /  Dattu Mugwe 5 15 18 16 15 5   9 Ted Pollock  /  Roy G. Smith George L. Lewis  /  Devinder Mohan 9 15 18 16 10 15

Canada 1	Pasadena December 11th and 12th, 1948	USA 8
1 2 3 1 John Samis Marten Mendez 6 15 10 15     2 Dick E. Birch, David G. Freeman 4 15 3 15     3 Dick E. Birch  /  Gordon C. Simpson Clinton Stephens  /  Bob Williams 8 15 8 15     4th Ted Pollock  /  Roy G. Smith David G. Freeman  /  Wynn Rogers 17 15 4 15 9 15   5 John Samis David G. Freeman 1 15 5 15     6th Dick E. Birch Marten Mendez 18 17 6 15 4 15   7th Darryl Thompson Carl Loveday 9 15 7 15     8th Dick E. Birch  /  Gordon C. Simpson David G. Freeman  /  Wynn Rogers 15 10 15 8     9 Ted Pollock  /  Roy G. Smith Clinton Stephens  /  Bob Williams 8 15 6 15

Final round

Overview

	Semifinals					final
	1	Malaya	6th
		United States	3
							Malaya	8th
							Denmark	1
	2	Denmark
	3	bye

Semifinals

Malaya 6	Glasgow , Scotland February 22nd and 23rd, 1949	USA 3
1 2 3 1 Wong Peng Soon Marten Mendez 15 11 11 15 15 10   2 Ooi Teik Hock David G. Freeman 10 15 15 10 4 15   3 Chan Kon Leong  /  Yeoh Teck Chye Clinton Stephens  /  Bob Williams 15 7 15 11     4th Ooi Teik Hock  /  Teoh Seng Khoon David G. Freeman  /  Wynn Rogers 15 8 7 15 15 8   5 Wong Peng Soon David G. Freeman 4 15 1 15     6th Ooi Teik Hock Marten Mendez 15 11 16 17 15 10   7th Law Teik Hock Carl Loveday 12 15 5 15     8th Chan Kon Leong  /  Yeoh Teck Chye David G. Freeman  /  Wynn Rogers 15 9 15 7     9 Ooi Teik Hock  /  Teoh Seng Khoon Clinton Stephens  /  Bob Williams 9 15 17 16 15 11

final

Malaya 8	Preston , England February 25th and 26th, 1949	Denmark 1
1 2 3 1 Law Teik Hock Jørn Skaarup 15 5 15 0     2 Ooi Teik Hock Mogens Felsby 15 9 15 2     3 Chan Kon Leong  /  Yeoh Teck Chye Poul Holm  /  Ib Olesen 15 4 15 6     4th Ooi Teik Hock  /  Teoh Seng Khoon Jørn Skaarup  /  Preben Dabelsteen 15 11 15 10     5 Law Teik Hock Mogens Felsby 11 15 1 15     6th Ooi Teik Hock Jørn Skaarup 14 18 15 13 15 9   7th Ong Poh Lim Poul Holm 17 14 15 8     8th Chan Kon Leong  /  Yeoh Teck Chye Jørn Skaarup  /  Preben Dabelsteen 15 2 15 4     9 Ooi Teik Hock  /  Teoh Seng Khoon Poul Holm  /  Ib Olesen 15 6 15 7

credentials

• Pages from tangkis.tripod.com ( Memento from December 14, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
• Mike's Badminton Populorum