1928 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1928 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington in London from 24–29 January 1928.
Joyce Cave won her third title defeating Cecily Fenwick in the final. The championship was switched to a straight knockout format replacing the group format previously used. Joyce Cave returned after missing the two previous tournaments but Nancy Cave could not compete due to illness.[1] Joyce Cave was still unable to compete due to a wrist injury.

British Open Squash Championships
7th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueQueen's Club, West Kensington
← 1927
1929 →

Draw and results edit

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First Round Second Round Quarter Finals Semi-finals
  Miss Joyce Cave 9 10 9
  Mrs Urwick 1 8 1   Cave 9 9 9
  Miss Imogen Grenfell 9 10 9   Grenfell 2 0 0
  Mrs Davidson 2 8 5   Cave 9 9 9
  Miss C Vickers   Vickers 6 3 0
bye   Vickers 9 9 9
  Miss E C Mogg   Mogg 5 0 1
bye   Cave 9 9 10
  Miss Susan Noel 10 9 9   Noel 5 4 8
  Miss Stobart 8 0 6   Noel 7 9 9 9
  Miss Joan Huntsman 9 9 9   Huntsman J 9 4 4 5
  Mrs Elizabath Bryans-Wolfe 1 0 7   Noel 8 9 4 9 10
  Miss Eileen Nicholson w/o   Nicholson 10 6 9 2 8
  Mrs Naylor   Nicholson 9 10 9 Final
  Mrs Hartley 10 9 2 9   Hartley 6 8 2
  Mrs Maine 8 4 9 2   Cave 4 9 10 9
  Miss Cecily Fenwick 9 9 9   Fenwick 9 5 9 6
  Mrs Miller 0 0 1   Fenwick 9 9 9
  Mrs Winifred Kittermaster 1 9 2 4 10 9   Kittermaster 0 0 1
  Mrs Winifred Livingstone-Learmonth 6 9 9 8 7   Fenwick 9 9 9
  Miss A Blake   Blake 2 0 1
bye   Blake w/o
  Miss V Wagg   Wagg
bye   Fenwick 9 9 9
  Miss Sylvia Huntsman   Huntsman S 6 3 2
  Mrs Molly Quetteville w/o   Huntsman S 9 9 9
  Lady Olive Smith-Dorrien 9 6 9 9   Smith-Dorrien 5 3 7
  Mrs Judith Backhouse 2 9 5 3   Huntsman S 9 9 9
  Miss P Slagg 9 9 5 5 9   Slagg 5 5 1
  Miss M J Hutton 3 2 9 9 6   Slagg 9 9 9
  Mrs Hilary Stebbing w/o   Stebbing 4 3 5
  Miss P Broadbent

Notes edit

1 Mrs Winifred Kittermaster (née Miss Winifred Rotherham)

Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1928
Succeeded by

References edit

  1. ^ "Times Archives 1928 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2015.