1939 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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]

British Open Squash Championships
18th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueQueen's Club, West Kensington
← 1938
1947 →

Seeds

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Draw and results

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First round

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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

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Second round

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

1939
Succeeded by

References

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  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.