1939 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
18th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueQueen's Club, West Kensington

The 1939 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington in London from 28 February – 6 March 1939.
Margot Lumb won her fifth consecutive title by defeating Susan Noel in the final. Due to the outbreak of World War II, Margot Lumb was unable to defend her title and missed the opportunity to increase her number of victories over the next seven years.[1]

Seeds

Miss Margot Lumb

Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke
Miss Susan Noel
Miss Betty Cooke
Miss Eleonora Sears
Miss Elizabeth Pearson
Miss Ann Page

Mrs Barbara Williams

Draw and results

[2]

First round

Player One Player Two Score
Miss Margot Lumb + Miss D C Wilcox 9–0 9–2 9–0
Miss F J Russell Miss A Maclagan w/o
Miss M Riddell Miss N L Kelman 5–9 9–3 9–6 9–3
Miss M Johnson Taylor Miss Berenice Lumb 9–7 0–9 4–9 9–3 9–7
Miss Helen Stone Mrs E G Chalmers 9–0 9–2 9–0
Miss Valerie Dalton-White Mrs D Whitehorn 9–3 9–1 9–6
Miss Barbara Williams + Mrs I A Knox 9–4 7–9 9–0 9–4
Miss Elizabeth Pearson + Miss M H Palmer 9–6 9–6 4–9 9–6
Miss F Berrill Miss P L Hervey 4–9 1–9 9–7 9–3 9–6
Miss Elizabeth Knox Mrs Violet St Clair Morford 9–0 9–5 9–1
Mrs W D Porter Miss Ursula Foljambe 9–0 4–9 1–9 9–2 10–8
Miss E M Walker Mrs E M Jarrett 6–9 9–5 9–4 9–3
Miss E B Sandercock Mrs F M Traill 9–4 9–6 9–6
Lady Katharine Cairns Mrs Judith Backhouse 9–0 9–3 ret
Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke + Mrs Olga MacInnes 9–0 9–0 9–1
Mrs A H Luttrell Miss Betty Cooke + w/o
Miss Margaret Bostwick Mrs H Langman 9–4 9–5 9–4
Miss Elizabeth Glascock Miss L Prest w/o
Miss Joan Marquis Miss S Toyne 9–4 9–0 9–4
Miss J Howard Mrs D M Sinclair 10–8 9–4 9–7
Miss Frieda Scharman Miss Marianne Toyne 9–4 10–8 9–2
Miss Anne Page + Miss M Murdoch 9–0 9–5 9–0
Mrs A Vickers Miss W Peile 9–5 9–1 4–9 9–4
Miss E M Browning Miss B J Blanks w/o
Mrs Margaret Dawnay Miss A H Baker 9–4 9–2 9–0
Miss T King Miss B E M Brett 9–4 9–7 7–9 9–7
Miss Eleonora Sears + Miss Marjorie Raphael 9–5 8–10 7–9 9–5 9–5
Mrs E P Sewell Mrs Penelope Durlac 9–2 10–8 9–4
Mrs R C Riseley Miss I D Edwards 9–1 9–1 2–9 5–9 9–2
Miss R Berens Miss S C Palmer 9–3 7–9 1–9 9–2 10–8
Miss Margaret Trehearne Miss Elizabeth Manson Bahr 9–1 9–2 9–5
Miss Susan Noel + Mrs H J Stribling 9–1 9–2 9–3

+ denotes seed

Second round

Player One Player Two Score
Lumb Russell 9–4 9–5 9–2
Dalton-White B Williams 9–1 7–9 9–3 9–0
Pearson Berrill 9–5 9–1 9–2
Lytton-M Cairns 9–1 9–5 3–9 2–9 9–6
Page King 7–9 9–5 9–2 9–7
Vickers Sears 9–7 7–9 9–1 5–9 9–1
Noel Trehearne 9–1 9–7 6–9 9–6
Knox Porter 9–1 9–4 9–5
Walker Sandercock 9–4 9–2 5–9 9–0
Berens Riseley 9–5 9–2 9–4
Sewell Browning 9–2 9–2 9–0
Howard Scharman 9–7 9–4 9–2
Glascock Marquis 9–5 9–1 9–3
Bostwick Luttrell 9–7 9–1 9–0
Dawnay Riddell 9–0 9–4 9–1
Johnson–Taylor Stone 9–3 9–7 7–9 9–4

Third round

Player One Player Two Score
Lumb Dawnay 9–3 9–4 9–1
Dalton–White Johnson-Taylor 6–9 9–4 6–9 9–0 9–3
Knox Pearson 9–4 4–9 9–6 9–5
Lytton-M Walker 9–0 9–3 9–1
Glascock Bostwick 9–3 4–9 9–5 9–4
Page Howard 9–1 9–3 9–5
Sewell Vickers 10–8 10–9 4–9 9–4
Noel Berrens 9–0 9–3 9–3

Quarter-finals

Player One Player Two Score
Lumb Dalton-White 9–6 9–5 9–0
Lytton–M Knox 4–9 5–9 9–2 9–6 9–0
Page Glascock 10–9 9–3 4–9 9–6
Noel Sewell 9–0 9–0 9–3

Semi-finals

Player One Player Two Score
Lumb Lytton-M 9–6 5–9 9–5 9–2
Noel Page 9–0 9–4 9–2

Final

Player One Player Two Score
Lumb Noel 9–6 9–1 9–7

References

  1. ^ "Times Archives 1939 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
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