Dorothy Cundall
Cundall in 1910
Personal information
Birth nameDorothy Ursula Cundall
CountryEngland
Born19 October 1882
Richmond, London
Died8 February 1954 (aged 71)
Bournemouth, Dorset

Dorothy Ursula Cundall (1882 – 8 February 1954) was an English badminton player. Born in 1882 in Richmond, London, she was a prominent player before the First World War, winning three All England titles.[1]

In 1912 she married Douglas Harvey (who died in 1917). Cundall played as Mrs Harvey afterwards.[2] In 1922 she remarried to Bert Bisgood, a prominent Somerset cricketer who also represented Ireland at badminton. [3] She had two children, Ian Harvey, a Conservative MP, and Jeanne Bisgood, an English international golfer.[4]

She died in Bournemouth on 8 February 1954.[4]

== Medal Record at the All England Badminton Championships[5] ==

Medal Year Event
Gold medal – first place1910Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place1911Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place1912Women's doubles

References

  1. ↑ Davis, Pat (1983). Guinness Book of Badminton. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-271-X.
  2. ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Badminton Championships". Daily Mirror. 29 February 1912. Retrieved 6 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. 1 2 "Dorothy Cundall". Badminton England. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.


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