Donald Charles Hume (6 September 1907 – 1986) was a male

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

player from England.

Badminton career

Hume won the

All England Open Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premi ...

, 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 Elizabeth Uber (2 June 1906 – 30 April 1983, born Elizabeth Corbin) was an English badminton and tennis player. Career Betty Uber won 13 titles at the All England Open Badminton Championships, 1 of them in women's singles, 4 in women's double ...

from 1933-1936. 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.

References

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