1939 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
18th Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location London, England
Venue Queen's Club, West Kensington
 1938 1947 

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 defeating Susan Noel in the final. Due to war 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

England Miss Margot Lumb

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

United States Mrs Barbara Williams

Draw & Results

[2]

First Round

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

+ denotes seed

Second Round

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

Third Round

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

Quarter Finals

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

Semi Finals

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

Final

Player One Player Two Score
England Lumb England Noel 9-6 9-1 9-7
Preceded by
1938
British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1939
Succeeded by
1947

References

  1. "Times Archives 1939 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
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