Donald Charles Hume

Donald Hume
Personal information
Country	England
Born	(1907-09-06)6 September 1907
Died	May 1986(1986-05-00) (aged 78)
Medal record Representing ENG All England Open Badminton Championships 1930 London singles 1932 London doubles 1933 London doubles 1934 London doubles 1935 London doubles 1933 London mixed 1934 London mixed 1935 London mixed 1936 London mixed

Donald Charles Hume (6 September 1907 – 1986) was a male badminton player from England.

Badminton career

Hume won the All England Open Badminton Championships, considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, in men's singles in 1930. He also won the Men's Doubles with Raymond M. White for four consecutive years from 1932 to 1935 and the mixed doubles with Betty Uber from 1933 to 1936.

He was part of the English touring team that visited Canada during 1930. A match was held at the Granite Club in Toronto which England won 7-2.

Achievements

International tournaments (23 titles, 12 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1929	Scottish Open	Thomas P. Dick	5–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1929	All England Open	Frank Devlin	4–15, 1–15	Runner-up
1929	Welsh International	Thomas P. Dick	15–3, 8–15, 15–7	Winner
1930	All England Open	Alan Titherley	15–12, 15–12	Winner
1931	Scottish Open	Raymond M. White	15–11, 4–15, 1–15	Runner-up
1933	All England Open	Alan Titherley	15–6, 15–8	Winner
1933	All England Open	Raymond M. White	10–15, 5–15	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1929	Scottish Open	P. D. Macfarlane	Thomas P. Dick Frank Hodge	4–15, 17–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1929	Welsh International	Ralph Nichols	Arthur Hamilton Willoughby Hamilton	15–12, 15–7	Winner
1930	Irish Open	Herbert Uber	Thomas P. Dick Frank Hodge	15–9, 15–10	Winner
1932	Irish Open	Ralph Nichols	Raymond M. White Thomas P. Dick	15–11, 8–15, 15–2	Winner
1932	All England Open	Raymond M. White	Leslie Nichols Ralph Nichols	14–15, 18–16, 15–4	Winner
1932	Welsh International	Raymond M. White	Thomas P. Dick Willoughby Hamilton	15–7, 11–15, 15–6	Winner
1933	All England Open	Raymond M. White	Thomas Boyle James Rankin	15–10, 15–7	Winner
1933	Welsh International	Raymond M. White	Kenneth Davidson Alan Titherley	15–4, 15–4	Winner
1934	Irish Open	Ralph Nichols	Ian Maconachie Willoughby Hamilton	9–15, 15–12, 5–15	Runner-up
1934	All England Open	Raymond M. White	Leslie Nichols Ralph Nichols	15–12, 12–15, 15–7	Winner
1935	Scottish Open	Raymond M. White	Kenneth Davidson Alan Titherley	15–10, 15–7	Winner
1935	All England Open	Raymond M. White	Leslie Nichols Ralph Nichols	15–12, 15–13	Winner
1936	All England Open	Raymond M. White	Leslie Nichols Ralph Nichols	7–15, 2–15	Runner-up
1937	Scottish Open	Raymond M. White	Ian Maconachie Ralph Nichols	15–8, 9–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1937	All England Open	Raymond M. White	Leslie Nichols Ralph Nichols	6–15, 14–18	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1929	Welsh International	B. Neville	Thomas P. Dick Hazel Hogarth	3–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1931	Scottish Open	M. K. King Clark	Thomas P. Dick Marian Horsley	15–17, 15–18	Runner-up
1932	Irish Open	Betty Uber	Raymond M. White Alice Woodroffe	15–5, 15–8	Winner
1933	Scottish Open	Betty Uber	Alan Titherley C. T. Duncan	15–8, 15–8	Winner
1933	All England Open	Betty Uber	Willoughby Hamilton Marian Horsley	18–15, 15–4	Winner
1933	Welsh International	Betty Uber	Ian Maconachie Marian Horsley	15–12, 15–12	Winner
1934	Irish Open	Betty Uber	Ian Maconachie Marian Horsley	15–12, 15–8	Winner
1934	All England Open	Betty Uber	Ian Maconachie Marian Horsley	15–12, 15–10	Winner
1935	Scottish Open	Betty Uber	Raymond M. White Marian Armstrong	15–6, 15–3	Winner
1935	All England Open	Betty Uber	Raymond M. White Marian Armstrong	15–3, 15–1	Winner
1936	Irish Open	Betty Uber	Ian Maconachie Marian Horsley	15–4, 15–6	Winner
1936	All England Open	Betty Uber	Ian Maconachie Thelma Kingsbury	18–15, 15–8	Winner
1937	Scottish Open	Betty Uber	Ian Maconachie Thelma Kingsbury	6–15, 11–15	Runner-up

References

• John Arlott (Ed.): The Oxford companion to sports & games. Oxford University Press, London 1975
• All England champions 1899-2007