Ada Good

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Ada Good
Good at Ireland v England Badminton 1923, played at Royal Horticultural Hall, London
Personal information
Birth nameAda Baillee Carroll
CountryIreland
Born1 November 1879
Dublin
Died21 February 1958 [1]
Dublin
SpouseT. D. Good

Ada Baillie Good or Mrs T. D. Good (1 November 1879 – 21 February 1958) was an Irish badminton player.

Biography

Ada Good was born Ada Baillee Carroll. Good, alongside her future husband T. D. Good, took part in the first international badminton match to be played in Ireland in 1903 at the Irish Open as Miss Carroll.[2] She played her last international match in 1929.[3][4]

In 1953, Good, her husband, Sir George Thomas, and Leonard Ransford attended a Golden Jubilee lunch held by the Badminton Union of Ireland, as the only four surviving players from the 1903 international matches. They had four children, three of whom also played badminton at national and international level, Derreen, Barbara, and Norman.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Ada Baillie Carroll/person/6852019949". Ancestry UK.
  2. ^ Massey, S.M. (1911). Badminton. London: G. Bell & Sons LTD. p. 107.
  3. ^ a b Peard, F.W. (1995). Sixty Years of Irish Badminton. Dublin. p. 44.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "Gallery Page". Badminton Museum of Ireland. Retrieved 17 July 2020.