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1956 All England Badminton Championships

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Field	Value
name	1956 All England Championships
dates	–

number_edition	46th
venue	Empress Hall, Earls Court
location	London
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The 1956 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Empress Hall, Earls Court, London, England, from 14 to 17 March 1956.

Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	MAS Eddy Choong	DEN Finn Kobberø	11-15, 15–3, 15-11
Women's singles	USA Margaret Varner	USA Judy Devlin	11-8, 11-6
Men's doubles	DEN Finn Kobberø & Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen	DEN John Nygaard & Poul-Erik Nielsen	18-14, 15-5
Women's doubles	USA Judy Devlin & Sue Devlin	ENG Iris Rogers & June Timperley	17-18, 15–12, 15-12
Mixed doubles	ENG Tony Jordan & June Timperley	DEN Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen & Anni Jorgensen	18-15, 6-15, 15-8

Both June White and Irish Cooley married and competed under their married names of June Timperley and Iris Rogers.

Results

Men's singles

Section 1

| RD1-team01=DEN Finn Kobberø + | RD1-seed01= | RD1-team02=ENG M Robinson | RD1-seed02= | RD1-score01-1=15 | RD1-score02-1=6 | RD1-score01-2=15 | RD1-score02-2=0 | RD1-score01-3= | RD1-score02-3= | RD1-team03=ENG John Timperley | RD1-seed03= | RD1-team04=ENG Peter Waddell | RD1-seed04= | RD1-score03-1=15 | RD1-score04-1=3 | RD1-score03-2=15 | RD1-score04-2=7 | RD1-score03-3= | RD1-score04-3= | RD1-team05=ENG Hugh Findlay | RD1-seed05= | RD1-team06=MAS Ong Poh Lim + | RD1-seed06= | RD1-score05-1=15 | RD1-score06-1=6 | RD1-score05-2=15 | RD1-score06-2=10 | RD1-score05-3= | RD1-score06-3= | RD1-team07=SWE Berndt Dahlberg | RD1-seed07= | RD1-team08=DEN John Nygaard | RD1-seed08= | RD1-score07-1=15 | RD1-score08-1=2 | RD1-score07-2=15 | RD1-score08-2=4 | RD1-score07-3= | RD1-score08-3= | RD1-team09=DEN Erland Olsen | RD1-seed09= | RD1-team10=INA Ferry Sonneville + | RD1-seed10= | RD1-score09-1=15 | RD1-score10-1=4 | RD1-score09-2=15 | RD1-score10-2=4 | RD1-score09-3= | RD1-score10-3= | RD1-team11=DEN Ole Mertz | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team12=ENG R Quiddington | RD1-seed12= | RD1-score11-1=15 | RD1-score12-1=9 | RD1-score11-2=15 | RD1-score12-2=1 | RD1-score11-3= | RD1-score12-3= | RD1-team13=SWE Bertil Glans + | RD1-seed13= | RD1-team14=ENG Jack McColl | RD1-seed14= | RD1-score13-1=15 | RD1-score14-1=10 | RD1-score13-2=15 | RD1-score14-2=17 | RD1-score13-3=17 | RD1-score14-3=14 | RD1-team15=CAN B Westcott | RD1-seed15= | RD1-team16=ENG C Darnell | RD1-seed16= | RD1-score15-1=15 | RD1-score16-1=5 | RD1-score15-2=15 | RD1-score16-2=4 | RD1-score15-3= | RD1-score16-3= | RD2-team01=DEN Kobberø | RD2-seed01= | RD2-team02=ENG Timperley | RD2-seed02= | RD2-score01-1=15 | RD2-score02-1=4 | RD2-score01-2=15 | RD2-score02-2=6 | RD2-score01-3= | RD2-score02-3= | RD2-team03=ENG Findlay | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team04=SWE Dahlberg | RD2-seed04= | RD2-score03-1=10 | RD2-score04-1=15 | RD2-score03-2=4 | RD2-score04-2=15 | RD2-score03-3= | RD2-score04-3= | RD2-team05=DEN Olsen | RD2-seed05= | RD2-team06=DEN Mertz | RD2-seed06= | RD2-score05-1=18 | RD2-score06-1=14 | RD2-score05-2=15 | RD2-score06-2=17 | RD2-score05-3=18 | RD2-score06-3=14 | RD2-team07=SWE Glans | RD2-seed07= | RD2-team08=CAN Westcott | RD2-seed08= | RD2-score07-1=14 | RD2-score08-1=17 | RD2-score07-2=15 | RD2-score08-2=12 | RD2-score07-3=15 | RD2-score08-3=8 | RD3-team01=DEN Kobberø | RD3-seed01= | RD3-team02=SWE Dahlberg | RD3-seed02= | RD3-score01-1=15 | RD3-score02-1=10 | RD3-score01-2=15 | RD3-score02-2=10 | RD3-score01-3= | RD3-score02-3= | RD3-team03=DEN Olsen | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team04=SWE Glans | RD3-seed04= | RD3-score03-1=13 | RD3-score04-1=18 | RD3-score03-2=9 | RD3-score04-2=15 | RD3-score03-3= | RD3-score04-3= | RD4-team01=DEN Kobberø | RD4-seed01= | RD4-team02=SWE Glans | RD4-seed02= | RD4-score01-1=15 | RD4-score02-1=3 | RD4-score01-2=15 | RD4-score02-2=5 | RD4-score01-3= | RD4-score02-3=

Section 2

| RD1-team01=DEN Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen | RD1-seed01= | RD1-team02=DEN Niels Buchholst | RD1-seed02= | RD1-score01-1=15 | RD1-score02-1=6 | RD1-score01-2=3 | RD1-score02-2=15 | RD1-score01-3=15 | RD1-score02-3=11 | RD1-team03=SWE Rune Brinkestedt | RD1-seed03= | RD1-team04=CAN Dave McTaggart | RD1-seed04= | RD1-score03-1=18 | RD1-score04-1=15 | RD1-score03-2=17 | RD1-score04-2=14 | RD1-score03-3= | RD1-score04-3= | RD1-team05=ENG K C Carpenter | RD1-seed05= | RD1-team06=ENG J A Broadhurst | RD1-seed06= | RD1-score05-1=16 | RD1-score06-1=17 | RD1-score05-2=15 | RD1-score06-2=4 | RD1-score05-3=15 | RD1-score06-3=2 | RD1-team07=USA Joe Alston | RD1-seed07= | RD1-team08=ENG Tony Jordan | RD1-seed08= | RD1-score07-1=15 | RD1-score08-1=5 | RD1-score07-2=15 | RD1-score08-2=6 | RD1-score07-3= | RD1-score08-3= | RD1-team09=ENG H R Holdsworth | RD1-seed09= | RD1-team10=RSA B T Brownlee | RD1-seed10= | RD1-score09-1=w/o | RD1-score10-1= | RD1-score09-2= | RD1-score10-2= | RD1-score09-3= | RD1-score10-3= | RD1-team11=DEN Palle Granlund | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team12=SWE Leif Ekedahl + | RD1-seed12= | RD1-score11-1=15 | RD1-score12-1=11 | RD1-score11-2=15 | RD1-score12-2=10 | RD1-score11-3= | RD1-score12-3= | RD1-team13=ENG G H King | RD1-seed13= | RD1-team14=ENG John Best | RD1-seed14= | RD1-score13-1=15 | RD1-score14-1=18 | RD1-score13-2=17 | RD1-score14-2=16 | RD1-score13-3=15 | RD1-score14-3=12 | RD1-team15=MAS Eddy Choong + | RD1-seed15= | RD1-team16=ENG Michael Rawlings | RD1-seed16= | RD1-score15-1=15 | RD1-score16-1=3 | RD1-score15-2=15 | RD1-score16-2=1 | RD1-score15-3= | RD1-score16-3= | RD2-team01=DEN H-Hansen | RD2-seed01= | RD2-team02=SWE Brinkestedt | RD2-seed02= | RD2-score01-1=15 | RD2-score02-1=5 | RD2-score01-2=15 | RD2-score02-2=9 | RD2-score01-3= | RD2-score02-3= | RD2-team03=ENG Carpenter | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team04=USA Alston | RD2-seed04= | RD2-score03-1= | RD2-score04-1=w/o | RD2-score03-2= | RD2-score04-2= | RD2-score03-3= | RD2-score04-3= | RD2-team05=ENG Holdsworth | RD2-seed05= | RD2-team06=DEN Granlund | RD2-seed06= | RD2-score05-1=2 | RD2-score06-1=15 | RD2-score05-2=12 | RD2-score06-2=15 | RD2-score05-3= | RD2-score06-3= | RD2-team07=ENG King | RD2-seed07= | RD2-team08=MAS Choong | RD2-seed08= | RD2-score07-1=1 | RD2-score08-1=15 | RD2-score07-2=0 | RD2-score08-2=15 | RD2-score07-3= | RD2-score08-3= | RD3-team01=DEN H-Hansen | RD3-seed01= | RD3-team02=USA Alston | RD3-seed02= | RD3-score01-1=11 | RD3-score02-1=15 | RD3-score01-2=18 | RD3-score02-2=16 | RD3-score01-3=15 | RD3-score02-3=12 | RD3-team03=DEN Granlund | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team04=MAS Choong | RD3-seed04= | RD3-score03-1=1 | RD3-score04-1=15 | RD3-score03-2=7 | RD3-score04-2=15 | RD3-score03-3= | RD3-score04-3= | RD4-team01=DEN H-Hansen | RD4-seed01= | RD4-team02=MAS Choong | RD4-seed02= | RD4-score01-1=3 | RD4-score02-1=15 | RD4-score01-2=12 | RD4-score02-2=15 | RD4-score01-3= | RD4-score02-3=

Women's singles

Section 1

| RD1-team01=USA Margaret Varner + | RD1-team02= | RD1-score01-1=bye | RD1-score02-1= | RD1-score01-2= | RD1-score02-2= | RD1-score01-3= | RD1-score02-3= | RD1-team03=ENG J Waring | RD1-team04= | RD1-score03-1=bye | RD1-score04-1= | RD1-score03-2= | RD1-score04-2= | RD1-score03-3= | RD1-score04-3= | RD1-team05=DEN Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen | RD1-team06=ENG W M Bear | RD1-score05-1=11 | RD1-score06-1=7 | RD1-score05-2=10 | RD1-score06-2=12 | RD1-score05-3=11 | RD1-score06-3=5 | RD1-team07=ENG June Timperley | RD1-team08=SWE Berit Olsson | RD1-score07-1=11 | RD1-score08-1=5 | RD1-score07-2=11 | RD1-score08-2=7 | RD1-score07-3= | RD1-score08-3= | RD1-team09=USA Lois Alston | RD1-team10=ENG Audrey Marshall | RD1-score09-1=12 | RD1-score10-1=10 | RD1-score09-2=11 | RD1-score10-2=3 | RD1-score09-3= | RD1-score10-3= | RD1-team11=ENG Heather Ward + | RD1-team12=DEN Inge Birgit Anker Hansen | RD1-score11-1=11 | RD1-score12-1=2 | RD1-score11-2=11 | RD1-score12-2=0 | RD1-score11-3= | RD1-score12-3= | RD1-team13=SCO Nancy Horner | RD1-team14=ENG P H Parfitt | RD1-score13-1=11 | RD1-score14-1=5 | RD1-score13-2=11 | RD1-score14-2=6 | RD1-score13-3= | RD1-score14-3= | RD1-team15=ENG Sylvia Ripley | RD1-team16=ENG Barbara Carpenter | RD1-score15-1=6 | RD1-score16-1=11 | RD1-score15-2=11 | RD1-score16-2=8 | RD1-score15-3=1 | RD1-score16-3=

| RD2-team01=USA Varner | RD2-team02=ENG Waring | RD2-score01-1=11 | RD2-score02-1=3 | RD2-score01-2=11 | RD2-score02-2=0 | RD2-score01-3= | RD2-score02-3= | RD2-team03=DEN Jacobsen | RD2-team04=ENG Timperley | RD2-score03-1=8 | RD2-score04-1=11 | RD2-score03-2=11 | RD2-score04-2=6 | RD2-score03-3=11 | RD2-score04-3=4 | RD2-team05=USA Alston | RD2-team06=ENG Ward | RD2-score05-1=12 | RD2-score06-1=10 | RD2-score05-2=13 | RD2-score06-2=12 | RD2-score05-3= | RD2-score06-3= | RD2-team07=SCO Horner | RD2-team08=ENG Ripley | RD2-score07-1=11 | RD2-score08-1=8 | RD2-score07-2=11 | RD2-score08-2=6 | RD2-score07-3= | RD2-score08-3=

| RD3-team01=USA Varner | RD3-team02=DEN Jacobsen | RD3-score01-1=11 | RD3-score02-1=2 | RD3-score01-2=11 | RD3-score02-2=1 | RD3-score01-3= | RD3-score02-3= | RD3-team03=USA Alston | RD3-team04=SCO Horner | RD3-score03-1=11 | RD3-score04-1=2 | RD3-score03-2=11 | RD3-score04-2=4 | RD3-score03-3= | RD3-score04-3=

| RD4-team01=USA Varner | RD4-team02=USA Alston | RD4-score01-1=11 | RD4-score02-1=6 | RD4-score01-2=11 | RD4-score02-2=0 | RD4-score01-3= | RD4-score02-3=

Section 2

| RD1-team01=USA Judy Devlin + | RD1-team02= | RD1-score01-1=bye | RD1-score02-1= | RD1-score01-2= | RD1-score02-2= | RD1-score01-3= | RD1-score02-3= | RD1-team03=ENG Audrey Stone | RD1-team04= | RD1-score03-1=bye | RD1-score04-1= | RD1-score03-2= | RD1-score04-2= | RD1-score03-3= | RD1-score04-3= | RD1-team05=DEN Birte Kristiansen | RD1-team06=ENG M Warren | RD1-score05- | RD1-score06-1=11 | RD1-score05-2=3 | RD1-score06-2=11 | RD1-score05-3=8 | RD1-score06-3= | RD1-team07=ENG P A Lawrence | RD1-team08=SWE Ingrid Nilsson | RD1-score07-1=11 | RD1-score08-1=6 | RD1-score07-2=11 | RD1-score08-2=8 | RD1-score07-3= | RD1-score08-3= | RD1-team09=ENG Iris Rogers | RD1-team10=USA Sue Devlin | RD1-score09-1=11 | RD1-score10-1=7 | RD1-score09-2=11 | RD1-score10-2=1 | RD1-score09-3= | RD1-score10-3= | RD1-team11=SCO J M M Smart | RD1-team12=SWE Ingrid Dahlberg | RD1-score11-1=11 | RD1-score12-1=4 | RD1-score11-2=8 | RD1-score12-2=11 | RD1-score11-3=11 | RD1-score12-3=2 | RD1-team13=CAN Marjory Shedd | RD1-team14=DEN Kirsten Thorndahl | RD1-score13-1=8 | RD1-score14-1=4 ret | RD1-score13-2= | RD1-score14-2= | RD1-score13-3= | RD1-score14-3= | RD1-team15=ENG B Bird | RD1-team16=ENG P Warner | RD1-score15-1=11 | RD1-score16-1=4 | RD1-score15-2=11 | RD1-score16-2=6 | RD1-score15-3= | RD1-score16-3=

| RD2-team01=USA Devlin | RD2-team02=ENG Stone | RD2-score01-1=11 | RD2-score02-1=1 | RD2-score01-2=11 | RD2-score02-2=0 | RD2-score01-3= | RD2-score02-3= | RD2-team03=DEN Kristiansen | RD2-team04=ENG Lawrence | RD2-score03-1=11 | RD2-score04-1=6 | RD2-score03-2=12 | RD2-score04-2=10 | RD2-score03-3= | RD2-score04-3= | RD2-team05=ENG Rogers | RD2-team06=SCO Smart | RD2-score05-1=11 | RD2-score06-1=5 | RD2-score05-2=11 | RD2-score06-2=1 | RD2-score05-3= | RD2-score06-3= | RD2-team07=CAN Shedd | RD2-team08=ENG Bird | RD2-score07-1=11 | RD2-score08-1=3 | RD2-score07-2=11 | RD2-score08-2=2 | RD2-score07-3= | RD2-score08-3=

| RD3-team01=USA Devlin | RD3-team02=DEN Kristiansen | RD3-score01-1=11 | RD3-score02-1=5 | RD3-score01-2=11 | RD3-score02-2=2 | RD3-score01-3= | RD3-score02-3= | RD3-team03=ENG Rogers | RD3-team04=CAN Shedd | RD3-score03-1=11 | RD3-score04-1=7 | RD3-score03-2=11 | RD3-score04-2=12 | RD3-score03-3=11 | RD3-score04-3=7

| RD4-team01=USA Devlin | RD4-team02=ENG Rogers | RD4-score01-1=4 | RD4-score02-1=11 | RD4-score01-2=11 | RD4-score02-2=7 | RD4-score01-3=11 | RD4-score02-3=5

References

References

"The Times & the Sunday Times".

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