Daphne Young

Daphne Young
Personal information
Country	England
Born	(1915-06-14)14 June 1915 Bedford
Died	30 April 1993(1993-04-30) (aged 77) Biggleswade

Daphne Young, winner of the All England Badminton Women's Singles Championship, being congratulated by Betty Uber, winner of the mixed doubles (with her partner, Bill White) March 1938

Daphne Mary Cece Young married name Daphne Warrington (1915-1993) was an English international badminton player. ^[1]

Badminton career

Young born in 1915 ^[2] was a winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. She won the 1938 All England Badminton Championships women's singles. ^[3] In addition she won the 1937 Welsh International and the Scottish Open, 1938 French Open, the Irish Open singles and doubles with Denmark Open singles. Daphne broke a toe shortly before defending her All England title in 1939, and with her mobility restricted she lost to Dorothy Walton of Canada.

Achievements

International tournaments (8 titles, 7 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1936	Scottish Open	Thelma Kingsbury	3–11, 4–11	Runner-up
1937	Scottish Open	Thelma Kingsbury	11–7, 11–6	Winner
1937	Welsh International	Norma Stoker	11–7, 11–4	Winner
1938	Scottish Open	Betty Uber	11–7, 11–12, 3–11	Runner-up
1938	Irish Open	Mavis Macnaughton	1–11, 12–9, 12–9	Winner
1938	All England Open	Betty Uber	10–12, 12–11, 11–3	Winner
1938	French Open	Mavis Green	5–11, 11–5, 11–8	Winner
1938	Denmark Open	Tonny Ahm	11–9, 12–11	Winner
1938	Welsh International	Betty Uber	11–5, 6–11, 6–11	Runner-up
1939	Scottish Open	Betty Uber	9–11, 1–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1938	Irish Open	Norma Stoker	Mavis Macnaughton Olive Wilson	9–15, 15–7, 15–8	Winner
1938	French Open	Mavis Green	F. Mercer A. Simpson	15–12, 15–4	Winner
1938	Denmark Open	Mavis Green	Tonny Ahm Bodil Riise	11–15, 12–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1938	French Open	Henri Pellizza	Ian Maconachie Mavis Green	9–15, 12–15	Runner-up
1938	Denmark Open	Carl Frøhlke	Ong Hock Sim Mavis Green	9–15, 15–12, 15–17	Runner-up

References

1. "History". All England Badminton.
2. "Birth". Free BMD.
3. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results . Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp.  74-78. ISBN   0-85112-492-5.