1932 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1932 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington in London from 1–6 February 1932.
Susan Noel won her first title defeating Joyce Cave in the final. A record 67 entries were received for the 1932 Open Championship. Three times winners Nancy Cave and Cecily Fenwick were missing because both had retired from competition.[1]

British Open Squash Championships
11th Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location	London, England
Venue	Queen's Club, West Kensington

Draw and results

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First round

Player one	Player two	Score
Mrs J Winser	Miss M Fraser	3-9 9-5 9-0 9-4
Mrs Hughes	Miss Marjorie Raphael	9-1 8-10 9-0 9-7

Second round

Player one	Player two	Score
Susan Noel	Miss H Phillimore	9-0 9-0 9-0
Miss W D Oakes	Mrs Hilary Stebbing	w/o
Miss Elizabeth Knox	Miss N Boucher	9-4 8-10 9-4 9-4
Mrs J Winser	Mrs Hughes	9-1 9-7 10-8
Miss E Fordham	Miss B Pemberton	w/o
Miss M O Cane	Miss P Bristowe	9-6 9-1 7-9 9-6
Miss R Luard	Mrs E Woodforde	9-7 10-8 8-10 8-10 9-0
Miss E C Mogg	Mrs Madeline Chichester	9-7 9-0 4-9 9-4
Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke	Miss M Page	9-0 9-0 9-1
Miss F B James	Mrs Dorothy Crouch	9-3 9-7 9-0
Mrs Elizabeth Bryans-Wolfe	Miss N E Hill	w/o
Miss M F Barber	Miss Phyllis Tew	9-0 9-2 9-6
Mrs Winifred Livingstone-Learmonth	Mrs F M Gilroy	9-3 9-3 9-1
Hon Mrs Diana Rhys +	Miss M Holden	w/o
Miss Kathleen Tew	Mrs M Houlder	9-0 9-1 9-0
Mrs Amy Cremer	Miss S E Bailey	w/o
Joyce Cave	Miss R Mellor	9-1 9-0 9-3
Miss A V Blake	Miss H J Varden	9-7 9-2 9-2
Miss E H Harvey	Lady Katherine Cairns	9-5 9-10 9-6 2-9 9-5
Mrs C Nation	Miss Patricia Knox	w/o
Margot Lumb	Miss Joan Huntsman	9-6 9-5 9-4
Mrs Elsie Pittman	Miss V M Baker	9-0 9-6 9-1
Lady Abedare ++	Mrs D Page	w/o
Mrs Judith Backhouse	Mrs Ramsay	w/o
Sylvia Huntsman	Miss J Porter	9-2 9-3 9-0
Miss Phyllis Blake	Mrs H A Jones	9-1 9-0 9-3
Mrs Gwendda du Boulay	Mrs A Faithfull	9-1 9-2 9-2
Mrs Margaret Dawnay	Mrs G Liddle	9-0 9-0 9-6
Miss Sheila Keith-Jones	Miss Eileen Nicholson	9-4 9-0 9-1
Mrs W S Gammell	Mrs Angela Frisby	9-7 9-3 9-1
Miss C Vickers	Mrs E Willis	9-2 9-0 9-0
Mrs Enid Sainsbury	Mrs N M B James	w/o

Main draw

	Third Round									Fourth Round									Quarter Finals									Semi-finals
		Noel	9	9	9
		Oakes	0	0	0						Noel	9	9	9
		Knox	2	10	7	9	9				Knox	0	0	1
		Winser	9	8	9	0	5													Noel	9	9	9
		Fordham	9	9	9															Fordham	3	2	1
		Crane	1	7	2						Fordham	3	9	9	9
		Luard	9	9	9						Luard	9	7	2	6
		Mogg	5	0	0																								Noel	5	9	9	10
		Lytton-M	9	9	9																								Lytton-M	9	6	4	8
		James	2	2	0						Lytton-M	9	9	9
		B-Wolfe	9	9	9						B-Wolfe	5	6	3
		Barber	0	0	7															Lytton-M	9	9	10
		Livingstone-L	9	9	9															Livingstone-L	0	3	9
		Rhys	5	6	3						Livingstone-L	9	9	8	1	9												Final
		Tew K	w/o								Tew	5	1	10	9	6
		Cremer																											Noel	9	9	9
		Cave	9	9	9																								Cave	5	7	1
		Blake A	3	6	0						Cave	9	9	9
		Harvey	9	9	9						Harvey	0	1	0
		Nation	1	3	0															Cave	9	9	9
		Lumb	9	6	9	1	9													Lumb	7	2	3
		Pittman	7	9	1	9	3				Lumb	6	9	5	9	9
		Lady Aberdare	9	9	9						Lady Aberdare	9	3	9	0	3
		Backhouse	6	3	2																								Cave	9	10	9
		Huntsman S	9	5	9	7	9																						Huntsman	2	8	2
		Blake P	3	9	7	9	1				Huntsman	9	10	6	9
		du Boulay	9	9	10						du Boulay	5	8	9	7
		Dawnay	5	1	9															Huntsman	6	10	9	9
		K-Jones	9	9	9															K-Jones	9	9	7	1
		Gammell	0	5	7						K-Jones	9	9	9
		Vickers	9	9	10						Vickers	2	4	0
		Sainsbury	2	0	8

Notes

+ Diana Rhys (née Diana Sloane-Stanley)
++ Lady Aberdare is Mrs Margaret Bruce

Preceded by 1931	British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1932	Succeeded by 1933

References

1. "Times Archives 1932 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.