1952 Irish Badminton Close

1952 Irish Close Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates4 December 1952 (1952-12-04)–
6 December 1952 (1952-12-06)
VenueThe Depot, Phoenix Park[1]
LocationDublin, Ireland
← 1951 1953 →

The 1952 Irish Close Badminton Championships was a national closed badminton tournament held in the Depot, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland from 4 to 6 December 1952.[1]

Final results

Category Winners[2] Runners-up
Men's singles F.W. Peard J.J. Fitzgibbon
Women's singles S. Moore E. Abraham
Men's doubles F.W. Peard
J.J. Fitzgibbon		 M. Robinson
R. Smith
Women's doubles J. Lawless
D. Donaldson		 N. Conway
B. Good
Mixed doubles F.W. Peard
D. Donaldson		 J.J. Fitzgibbon
B. Good

Men's singles

Below is an attempt to reconstruct the men's singles tournament fixtures, as reported in various newspapers:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
J.J. Fitzgibbon[a]
A. McEachern J.J. Fitzgibbon[b]
J. Dillon [A][c] 18 15 [A] or [B] or [C]
W. Walsh 13 8 J.J. Fitzgibbon 15 11 15
M. Robinson 15 15 M. Robinson 9 15 13
R. Smith 5 2 M. Robinson 15 15
J. Shaw w/o J. Shaw 10 8
J. Black scr J.J. Fitzgibbon 15 9 10
F.W. Peard 15 15 F.W. Peard 13 15 15
R. Bell 10 5 F.W. Peard[b]
J. McMahon [B][c] 12 15 15 [A] or [B] or [C]
P. Dixon 15 7 4 F.W. Peard 15 18
B.J. Clear 15 15 B.J. Clear 12 14
N. McDowell 4 3 B.J. Clear[b]
D. Abbott [C][c] 15 17 [A] or [B] or [C]
T. Collopy 5 14

Women's singles

The women's singles results as reported in various newspapers:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

First Round Second Round Semifinals Final
E. Abraham 10 11 11
I. Peard 12 7 4
E. Abraham 11 11
J. Lawless 4 7
J. Lawless 11 11
D. Kilbride 5 6
E. Abraham 5 8
S. Moore 11 11
S. Moore 11 11
M. O'Sullivan 8 0
S. Moore 11 11
D. Donaldson 10 11 11 D. Donaldson 2 7
Y. Kelly 12 8 3 D. Donaldson 11 11
B. Curran 5 4

Men's doubles

Below is an attempt to reconstruct the tournament fixtures:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

First Round Second Round Semifinals Final
M. Robinson
R. Smith[d]
B.J. Clear [A]
B.K. Overend[e] 		[A] or [B] or [C] or [D]
or [F] or [G] or [H]
S.K. McComas [B]
A.G. Trapnell[e] 		M. Robinson
R. Smith[d]
T.Collopy [C]
P.Dixon[e] 		[A] or [B] or [C] or [D]
or [F] or [G] or [H]
R.C. Foxall [D]
J.J. Lee[e] 		[A] or [B] or [C] or [D]
or [F] or [G] or [H]
J. Dillon [E]
M. Whelan[e] 		[A] or [B] or [C] or [D]
or [F] or [G] or [H]
C. McCormack [F]
A. McEachern[e] 		M. Robinson
R. Smith 		11 6
D. Abbott [G]
C. Allen[f][g] 		15 15 F.W. Peard
J.J. Fitzgibbon 		15 15
W.J. McMahon
R. Redmond 		4 7 [A] or [B] or [C] or [D]
or [F] or [G] or [H]
J.D. Hollwey [H]
W. McDowell[g] 		15 15 [A] or [B] or [C] or [D]
or [F] or [G] or [H]
R. King
A.J. Wildgust 		13 11 F.W. Peard
J.J. Fitzgibbon[d]
F.W. Peard
J.J. Fitzgibbon 		15 15 [A] or [B] or [C] or [D]
or [F] or [G] or [H]
C. Allen[f]
J. Shaw 		11 11 F.W. Peard
J.J. Fitzgibbon[d]
[A] or [B] or [C] or [D]
or [F] or [G] or [H]

Women's doubles

Below is an attempt to reconstruct the tournament fixtures:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

First Round[h] Second Round Semifinals Final
D. Donaldson
J. Lawless[i]
 
D. Donaldson
J. Lawless[j]
S. Moore
E. Abraham
S. Moore
E. Abraham[k] 		15 15 15
Nichol
King 		8 18 7
D. Donaldson
J. Lawless 		8 15 15
N. Conway
B. Good 		15 12 5
N. Conway
B. Good 		15 15
D. Kilbride
I. Peard 		15 15 D. Kilbride
I. Peard 		4 11
Plews
Varian 		10 7 N. Conway
B. Good[l]
Billings
B. Curran
Billings
B. Curran 		7 15 15
Y. Kelly[m]
M. O'Sullivan 		Y. Kelly
M. O'Sullivan 		15 12 8
Orr
Sheehan

Mixed doubles

Below is an attempt to reconstruct the mixed doubles tournament fixtures:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
J.J.Fitzgibbon
B. Good[d]
 
J.J. Fitgibbon
B. Good[d]
B.K. Overend
D. Kilbride 		15 12 15 [A] or [D] or [E] or
[F] or [G] or [H]
C. McCormack
Y. Kelly[n] 		12 15 11 B.K. Overend
D. Kilbride 		9 15 4
A.G. Trapnell
N. Conway 		15 8 15 A.G. Trapnell [A]
N. Conway[g] 		15 5 15
Lee
Billings 		8 15 7 J.J. Fitgibbon
B. Good[d]
R. Redmond
Campbell 		w/o [A] or [B] or [C] or [D] or
[E] or[F] or [G] or [H]
J. Byrne
McLaughlin 		scr R. Redmond
Campbell 		15 4 15
C. McCormack
Y. Kelly[n] 		12 15 11
R. Redmond [B]
Campbell[e]
D. Allen [C]
Moore[e]
D. Allen
Moore 		15 15
J. Dillon
Whelan 		12 4
J.J. Fitgibbon
B. Good 		18 8 10
D. Coughlan
Morton 		15 15 F.W. Peard
D. Donaldson 		17 15 15
P. Dixon
M. O'Sullivan 		11 7 D. Coughlan
Morton 		4 4
R. Smith
Moore[a] 		R. Smith [D]
Moore[g] 		15 15
McConnell
Robinson 		[A] or [D] or [E] or
[F] or [G] or [H]
D. Abbot
Orr 		16 15 17 [A] or [D] or [E] or
[F] or [G] or [H]
N. McDowell
Atkinson 		17 8 15 D. Abbot [E]
Orr[e]
J. McDermott [F][o]
McDermott 		[F] or [G][p]
Whelan
Begley 		[A] or [B] or [C] or [D] or
[E] or[F] or [G] or [H]
D. Meyer [G]
Meyer 		w/o F.W. Peard
D. Donaldson[d]
P. Travers
Sheehan 		scr [F] or [G]
J.D. Hollwey [H]
D. Kilbride[q] 		15 15 [H]
R. McIlroy
Plews 		2 8 [A] or [D] or [E] or
[F] or [G] or [H]
F.W. Peard
D. Donaldson 		15 15 F.W. Peard
D. Donaldson[d]
B.J. Clear
J. Lawless 		8 6 F.W. Peard
D. Donaldson[a]
C. Allen
Nichol 		15 15 C. Allen
Nichol
T. Collopy
I.Peard 		7 0

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 No result was reported for this fixture.
  2. 1 2 3 No fixture is recorded for this player in this round.
  3. 1 2 3 No second round fixture was reported for this player.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 No fixture or result is reported for this pair in this round.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 This fixture was scheduled, but no result was reported and no further fixtures were found for this pair.
  6. 1 2 There were two C. Allen's reported with different partners.
  7. 1 2 3 4 No further fixtures were reported for this pair.
  8. ↑ Two other fixtures were reported: Atkinson (or McDermott) & Moore beat Timmons and Rothwell 15-10, 15-5; Blythe & Campbell walkover v Murphy & partner scratched. It is not clear how these fit in the fixtures, and they may be junior championship games.
  9. ↑ No fixture or result was reported for this pair in this round, but it was noted that they would play the winner of Moore & Abraham vs Nichol & King.
  10. ↑ This fixture was scheduled but no result was reported. Donaldson and Lawless progressed to the final.
  11. ↑ This may have been a first round match.
  12. ↑ This fixture was scheduled but no result was reported. Conway and Good progressed to the final.
  13. ↑ This fixture was scheduled but no result was reported. Kelly and O'Sullivan progressed to the next round.
  14. 1 2 This pair appear twice in the reports playing different opponents and losing to both.
  15. ↑ This fixture was scheduled, but it is unclear which pair won, as subsequent fixtures mention both pairs.
  16. ↑ The reports are conflicting, Abbot and Orr were scheduled to paly either.
  17. ↑ Kilbride was listed as playing with Overend. No further fixtures or results are reported for this pair.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "To-day's sports diary". The Irish Times. 4 December 1952.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Badminton finals". Sunday Independent. 7 December 1952.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Badminton Title Test". Irish Independent. 4 December 1952.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "F.W. Peard in Irish Final Again". The Irish Press. 5 December 1952.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Irish "Close" Badminton Tests". Irish Independent. 5 December 1952.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Close Badminton Championships". The Irish Times. 5 December 1952.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "J.J. Fitzgibbon Hard Pressed". The Irish Press. 6 December 1952.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Fitzgibbon Reaches Badminton Final". Irish Independent. 6 December 1952.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "Peard and Fizgibbon in Badminton final". The Irish Times. 6 December 1952.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "Badminton title for Miss Moore". The Irish Times. 8 December 1952.
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