1946-1947
League Tables 1946-1947
5 players per team, each playing one set of three games, so 15 games played. Team winning most games won the match. 2 points for a win.
Championship Singles finals (17/05/1947 at Railway Institute)
Semi-finals
Kenneth Park beat Dick Shaw 3-2
Bill Shaw beat K Place (New Earswick) 3-0
Final
Kenneth Park beat Bill Shaw “narrowly” (as reported in the Yorkshire Evening Press)
1947-1948
League Tables 1947-48
Matches were 4 players per team, ranked in merit order. 1 v 1 & 2, 2 v 1 & 3, 3 v 2 & 4, 4 v 3 & 4. 8 sets best of 3 games up to 21. No doubles. 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw.
Championship Finals (23/03/1948 at Co-op Hall)
Singles
Semi-finals
Dick Shaw beat T Williams 21-6, 21-9, 21-10
Bill Shaw beat K Place 15-21, 21-19, 21-18, 19-21, 21-11
Final
Dick Shaw beat Bill Shaw 21-19, 23-21, 18-21, 21-19
Doubles
Semi-finals
E Ostler & J Ellis beat K Mills & R Ferguson
Dick Shaw & Bill Shaw beat G Howell & K Place
Final (played at a later date)
Dick Shaw & Bill Shaw beat E Ostler & J Ellis
1948-1949
League Tables 1948-49
Matches were 4 players per team, ranked in merit order. 1 v 1 & 2, 2 v 1 & 3, 3 v 2 & 4, 4 v 3 & 4. 8 sets best of 3 games up to 21. No doubles. 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw.
Junior League play-off (at Terry's): Malton YC 6 Old Priory 2
George E Bagshaw Trophy (??/02/1949 at Terry’s)
This was not a handicap competition until 1955-56
45 entries
Final
Bill Shaw beat D Strangeway (Malton YC) 21-12, 21-11
Consolation final
J Ellis beat M Drake (Malton YC)
Championship Finals (01/04/1949 at Drill Hall)
Men’s Singles
Semi-finals
Bill Shaw beat H Sedgewick 21-9, 21-15, 21-19
Dick Shaw beat Eric Bell 23-21, 17-21, 21-16, 21-10
Final
Bill Shaw beat Dick Shaw 14-21, 21-17, 21-19, 18-21, 21-15
Women’s Singles
Final
Janet Wilson beat M McCarthy 21-16, 21-14
Doubles
Final
Dick Shaw & Bill Shaw beat G Howell & K Place 21-11, 23-21, 21-13
1949-1950
League Tables 1949-50
Matches were 4 players per team, ranked in merit order. 1 v 1 & 2, 2 v 1 & 3, 3 v 2 & 4, 4 v 3 & 4. 8 sets best of 3 games up to 21. No doubles. 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw.
George E Bagshaw Trophy (??/12/1949)
This was not a handicap competition until 1955-56
64 entries
Semi-finals
Dick Shaw beat P Morritt 21-10, 21-19
Eric Bell beat Les Senior 21-18, 17-21, 21-16
Final
Dick Shaw beat Eric Bell 21-19, 22-20
Championship Finals (??/03/1950)
Men’s Singles: Eric Bell beat Dick Shaw 23-21, 14-21, 17-21, 21-15, 21-18
Women’s Singles: Janet Wilson beat Cynthia Wright 21-13, 21-13
Men’s Doubles: Dick Shaw & Bill Shaw beat Eric Bell & J Ellis 21-23, 21-12, 21-16, 21-16
Women’s Doubles: Mary Ellis & Audrey Barber beat Janet Wilson & M McCarthy 13-21, 21-15, 21-17
Mixed Doubles: Bill Shaw & Mary Ellis beat Morgan & Stevenage 21-14, 21-14