The 1937 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington in London from 25–31 January 1937.
Margot Lumb won her third consecutive title defeating Mrs Sheila McKechnie in the final.[1]
| British Open Squash Championships | |
|---|---|
| 16th Women's British Open Championships | |
| Details | |
| Location | London, England |
| Venue | Queen's Club, West Kensington |
Seeds edit
Draw and results edit
First round edit
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
 Margot Lumb |
bye | |
| Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke |
bye | |
| Miss T King |
bye | |
| Miss E Brett |
bye | |
| Miss Valerie Dalton-White |
bye | |
| Miss M Riddell |
bye | |
| Miss H Melsome |
bye | |
| Mrs G A Murray |
bye | |
| Mrs Sheila McKechnie |
Mrs W D Porter |
9-5 9-0 9-7 |
| Miss Elizabeth Knox |
Mrs Judith Backhouse |
8-10 9-1 9-2 9-5 |
| Mrs Margaret Dawnay |
Miss Marjorie Raphael |
w/o |
| Mrs M G Robertson |
Miss Ruth Luard |
9-1 9-1 9-4 |
| Miss E Windsor-Aubrey |
Mrs H J Stribling |
9-2 9-4 10-9 |
| Miss U Harris |
Miss Daphne Colegrave |
9-3 9-0 9-7 |
| Miss Elizabeth Glascock |
Miss S M Holroyd |
9-6 5-9 9-6 9-0 |
| Miss D C Wilcox |
Miss Elizabeth Manson Bahr |
9-2 9-3 9-4 |
| Miss N L Kelman |
Mrs A Knight |
9-7 3-9 10-8 9-4 |
| Miss M Fraser |
Mrs Diana Petitpierre |
9-2 9-3 9-1 |
| Miss G Edwards |
Miss P Brown |
w/o |
| Miss M Grant |
Miss Peggy Runge |
9-6 9-3 9-0 |
| Mrs Stella Blaxland-Levick |
Miss Ursula Foljambe |
9-2 9-4 9-0 |
| Mrs P L Hervey |
Miss N Steven |
9-0 9-2 9-5 |
| Miss A Connell |
Miss D F Cearns |
10-8 9-6 9-3 |
| Mrs A Vickers |
Miss Mary McLintock |
w/o |
| Miss H M H Smeeton |
Mrs S M Green |
w/o |
| Mrs Phyllis Philcox |
Miss R Vickers |
9-5 9-5 9-4 |
| Miss Joan Marquis |
Miss C Babington-Smith |
9-6 9-6 9-4 |
| Mrs F C Thompson |
Mrs S B Pakenham |
9-1 9-6 1-9 9-4 |
| Miss Berenice Lumb |
Miss E Caldwell |
9-7 9-5 9-6 |
| Mrs Violet St Clair Morford |
Mrs D E Patten |
9-1 9-3 9-4 |
| Miss C Vickers |
Miss Joan Huntsman |
9-2 9-2 9-2 |
| Miss Olga Klingenberg |
Miss K B Jackson |
9-2 9-0 9-7 |
Second round edit
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Lumb M |
Brett |
9-1 9-0 9-1 |
| Lytton-M |
Dalton-W |
9-2 9-5 9-0 |
| McKechnie |
Blaxland-L |
9-5 9-4 9-1 |
| Knox |
Hervey |
6-9 9-0 9-2 9-4 |
| Dawnay |
Connell |
9-1 9-3 9-4 |
| Robertson |
Vickers |
9-4 9-0 9-2 |
| Windsor-Aubrey |
Smeeton |
9-3 9-0 9-6 |
| Harris |
Philcox |
2-9 5-9 9-2 9-6 9-0 |
| King |
Murray |
9-10 3-3 ret |
| Glascock |
Marquis |
9-1 10-9 9-4 |
| Wilcox |
Thompson |
5-9 9-7 9-2 99-3 |
| Kelman |
Lumb B |
9-2 10-8 9-6 |
| Fraser |
Morford |
9-2 9-6 0-9 7-9 9-0 |
| Riddell |
Melsome |
9-1 9-1 9-1 |
| Edwards |
Vickers |
9-2 9-2 9-3 |
| Grant |
Klingenberg |
9-2 3-9 9-5 9-4 |
Third round edit
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Lumb |
King |
9-1 9-0 9-5 |
| McKechnie |
Glascock |
9-0 9-1 9-0 |
| Robertson |
Wilcox |
9-0 9-4 9-4 |
| Windsor-A |
Kelman |
9-6 9-4 9-7 |
| Knox |
Fraser |
9-5 9-5 0-9 9-1 |
| Lytton-M |
Riddell |
9-1 9-2 9-2 |
| Dawnay |
Edwards |
4-9 9-7 9-3 9-2 |
| Harris |
Grant |
7-9 9-1 9-3 1-9 9-0 |
Quarter-finals edit
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Lumb |
Dawnay |
9-3 9-1 9-4 |
| McKechnie |
Robertson |
9-4 9-4 9-5 |
| Lytton-M |
Windsor-Aubrey |
9-1 9-0 9-7 |
| Knox |
Harris |
9-3 9-3 9-0 |
Semi-finals edit
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Lumb |
Knox |
9-0 9-0 9-2 |
| McKechnie |
Lytton-M |
9-2 9-3 1-9 9-5 |
Final edit
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Lumb |
McKechnie |
9-3 9-2 9-0 |
References edit
- ^ "Times Archives 1937 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
- ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2015.