1935 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1935 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington in London from 3–8 December 1934.
Margot Lumb won her first title defeating the Honourable Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke in the final. Three times champion Miss Susan Noel decided not to defend her title. Seeds were inaugurated and the slower ball used in men's competitions was also introduced. The event took place in December 1934 which formed part of the 1934-1935 season.[1]

British Open Squash Championships
14th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueQueen's Club, West Kensington
← 1934
1936 →

Draw and results edit

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First round edit

Player one Player two Score
 Margot Lumb +   Miss C Vickers 9-0 9-0 9-2
  Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke +   Mrs C Pinckney 9-0 9-3 9-1
  Mrs Elsie Pittman +   Miss G Lawrence 9-1 9-1 9-1
  Mrs Sheila McKechnie +   Miss Betty Cooke 9-0 10-9 9-2
  Miss Kathleen Tew   Miss S Keane w/o
  Miss R Sykes   Miss Joan Huntsman 9-4 9-4 9-7
  Miss N L Kelman   Miss E Windsor-Aubrey 9-7 9-4 9-2
  Mrs Edith Strawson   Miss Alexandra McOstrich 7-9 9-5 9-10 9-2 9-4
  Mrs Judith Backhouse   Miss J Pearson 9-6 9-2 9-4
 Sylvia Huntsman   Miss G Babington-Smith 9-7 9-0 9-5
  Miss Mary McLintock   Mrs Waymouth 9-0 9-6 9-0
  Miss J E Cunningham   Miss E Fordham 0-9 4-9 9-3 9-1 9-4
  Miss M Fraser   Mrs M Gill 9-2 7-9 9-3 9-5
  Miss E M Bain   Miss T Rowland 9-1 9-2 9-0
  Miss J Porter   Miss I W Leach 9-0 9-2 9-0
  Mrs E C M Sewell   Miss K M Roberts 9-7 9-0 9-1
  Miss M E L Haynes   Mrs Dorothy Crouch 9-6 9-6 9-3
  Miss Marjorie Raphael   Miss K Steele 0-9 9-6 9-2 10-8
  Miss Phyllis Tew   Mrs Madeline Chichester 9-6 9-2 9-0
  Mrs Angela Frisby   Miss D Winterbotham 9-0 9-3 9-3
  Miss P Phelps   Mrs H M Jones 9-6 9-7 9-0
  Miss Diana Lamplough   Miss M E Hayes 9-6 9-5 9-6
  Mrs V S Daniell   Miss A Connell 9-4 9-0 9-2
  Mrs Barbara Shakerley   Mrs E Jordan w/o
  Mrs Phyllis Philcox   Miss Margery Alabaster 9-0 9-0 9-5
  Miss Josephine Ley   Mrs S Fisk 9-5 10-8 9-6
  Miss W E Murphy   Mrs D R Hicks 7-9 9-4 9-5 9-4
  Mrs G Craig Lucy   Miss W M H Wild 9-3 9-3 9-3
  Mrs Violet St Clair Morford   Miss J Mardon 9-1 9-0 9-4
  Mrs Margaret Dawnay   Mrs D Page 10-8 9-6 9-1
  Miss C Mellor   Miss Elizabeth Manson Bahr 10-8 7-9 9-7 3-9 9-5
  Miss M G Roberston   Miss E Dewhurst 9-0 9-1 10-8

+ denotes seed

Second round edit

Player one Player two Score
  Lumb   Haynes 9-0 9-0 9-1
  Lytton-M   Raphael 9-4 9-4 9-1
  Pittman   Tew 9-5 9-3 9-2
  McKechnie   Frisby 9-2 9-0 9-0
  Tew   Phelps 9-5 9-2 9-0
  Sykes   Lamplough 9-6 9-2 9-3
  Kelman   Daniell 9-4 9-5 9-3
  Strawson   Shakerley 9-7 9-3 9-5
  Backhouse   Philcox 9-3 9-0 9-3
  Huntsman   Ley 10-8 9-0 9-0
  McLintock   Murphy 9-5 9-2 9-0
  Cunningham   Lucy 9-2 9-1 9-1
  Fraser   St Clair Morford 9-3 9-3 9-6
  Bain   Dawnay 9-5 9-6 9-3
  Porter   Mellor 9-2 9-2 9-6
  Sewell   Roberston 9-3 9-7 9-2

Third round edit

Player one Player two Score
  Lumb   Fraser 9-2 9-2 9-6
  Lytton-M   Backhouse 9-0 9-2 9-3
  Pittman   McLintock 9-7 5-9 3-9 9-6 9-3
  McKechnie   Bain 9-3 9-0 9-0
  Tew   Cunningham 5-9 9-3 9-6 5-9 9-7
  Sykes   Huntsman 2-9 1-9 9-3 9-6 9-0
  Kelman   Sewell 8-10 9-6 10-8 9-7
  Strawson   Porter 9-7 9-4 9-1

Quarter-finals edit

Player one Player two Score
  Lumb   Tew 9-1 9-4 9-0
  Lytton-M   Sykes 9-2 9-1 9-4
  Pittman   Kelman 2-9 9-3 9-3 7-9 9-4
  McKechnie   Strawson 9-4 9-1 9-4

Semi-finals edit

Player one Player two Score
  Lytton-M   McKechnie 9-4 5-9 10-8 9-5
  Lumb   Pittman 9-2 9-0 9-2

Final edit

Player one Player two Score
  Lumb   Lytton-Millbanke 9-4 9-0 9-1
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1935
Succeeded by

References edit

  1. ^ "Times Archives 1934 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2015.