Location
On the side of a house in Waverley Grove.
Memorial Plaque
Inscription
The
BADMINTON
ASSOCIATION
(England)
the first
in the World
was founded in
this house on
September 13th
1893
BADMINTON
ASSOCIATION
(England)
the first
in the World
was founded in
this house on
September 13th
1893
Further Information
In August, 1893 Major, later Colonel, S. S. C. Dolby, Hon Secretary of the Southsea Badminton Club, wrote to all known badminton clubs, and also put a notice in "The Field", that "A meeting is to be held at Dunbar, Waverley Grove, Southsea near Portsmouth' at 2:00 p m on September 13th, 1893 for the purpose of forming a 'Badminton Association'......." Read the rest of the history of the Association at worldbadminton.com
