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 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]

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

Seeds
Miss Margot Lumb

Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke
Miss Susan Noel
Miss Betty Cooke
Miss Eleonora Sears
Miss Elizabeth Pearson
Miss Ann Page
Mrs Barbara Williams

Draw and results

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First round
Player One Player Two Score
Miss Margot Lumb + Miss D C Wilcox9-0 9-2 9-0
Miss F J Russell Miss A Maclaganw/o
Miss M Riddell Miss N L Kelman5-9 9-3 9-6 9-3
Miss M Johnson Taylor Miss Berenice Lumb9-7 0-9 4-9 9-3 9-7
Miss Helen Stone Mrs E G Chalmers9-0 9-2 9-0
Miss Valerie Dalton-White Mrs D Whitehorn9-3 9-1 9-6
Miss Barbara Williams + Mrs I A Knox9-4 7-9 9-0 9-4
Miss Elizabeth Pearson + Miss M H Palmer9-6 9-6 4-9 9-6
Miss F Berrill Miss P L Hervey4-9 1-9 9-7 9-3 9-6
Miss Elizabeth Knox Mrs Violet St Clair Morford9-0 9-5 9-1
Mrs W D Porter Miss Ursula Foljambe9-0 4-9 1-9 9-2 10-8
Miss E M Walker Mrs E M Jarrett6-9 9-5 9-4 9-3
Miss E B Sandercock Mrs F M Traill9-4 9-6 9-6
Lady Katharine Cairns Mrs Judith Backhouse9-0 9-3 ret
Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke + Mrs Olga MacInnes9-0 9-0 9-1
Mrs A H Luttrell Miss Betty Cooke +w/o
Miss Margaret Bostwick Mrs H Langman9-4 9-5 9-4
Miss Elizabeth Glascock Miss L Prestw/o
Miss Joan Marquis Miss S Toyne9-4 9-0 9-4
Miss J Howard Mrs D M Sinclair10-8 9-4 9-7
Miss Frieda Scharman Miss Marianne Toyne9-4 10-8 9-2
Miss Anne Page + Miss M Murdoch9-0 9-5 9-0
Mrs A Vickers Miss W Peile9-5 9-1 4-9 9-4
Miss E M Browning Miss B J Blanksw/o
Mrs Margaret Dawnay Miss A H Baker9-4 9-2 9-0
Miss T King Miss B E M Brett9-4 9-7 7-9 9-7
Miss Eleonora Sears + Miss Marjorie Raphael9-5 8-10 7-9 9-5 9-5
Mrs E P Sewell Mrs Penelope Durlac9-2 10-8 9-4
Mrs R C Riseley Miss I D Edwards9-1 9-1 2-9 5-9 9-2
Miss R Berens Miss S C Palmer9-3 7-9 1-9 9-2 10-8
Miss Margaret Trehearne Miss Elizabeth Manson Bahr9-1 9-2 9-5
Miss Susan Noel + Mrs H J Stribling9-1 9-2 9-3

+ denotes seed

Second round
Player One Player Two Score
Lumb Russell9-4 9-5 9-2
Dalton-White B Williams9-1 7-9 9-3 9-0
Pearson Berrill9-5 9-1 9-2
Lytton-M Cairns9-1 9-5 3-9 2-9 9-6
Page King7-9 9-5 9-2 9-7
Vickers Sears9-7 7-9 9-1 5-9 9-1
Noel Trehearne9-1 9-7 6-9 9-6
Knox Porter9-1 9-4 9-5
Walker Sandercock9-4 9-2 5-9 9-0
Berens Riseley9-5 9-2 9-4
Sewell Browning9-2 9-2 9-0
Howard Scharman9-7 9-4 9-2
Glascock Marquis9-5 9-1 9-3
Bostwick Luttrell9-7 9-1 9-0
Dawnay Riddell9-0 9-4 9-1
Johnson-Taylor Stone9-3 9-7 7-9 9-4

Third round
Player One Player Two Score
Lumb Dawnay9-3 9-4 9-1
Dalton-White Johnson-Taylor6-9 9-4 6-9 9-0 9-3
Knox Pearson9-4 4-9 9-6 9-5
Lytton-M Walker9-0 9-3 9-1
Glascock Bostwick9-3 4-9 9-5 9-4
Page Howard9-1 9-3 9-5
Sewell Vickers10-8 10-9 4-9 9-4
Noel Berrens9-0 9-3 9-3

Quarter-finals
Player One Player Two Score
Lumb Dalton-White9-6 9-5 9-0
Lytton-M Knox4-9 5-9 9-2 9-6 9-0
Page Glascock10-9 9-3 4-9 9-6
Noel Sewell9-0 9-0 9-3

Semi-finals
Player One Player Two Score
Lumb Lytton-M9-6 5-9 9-5 9-2
Noel Page9-0 9-4 9-2

Final
Player One Player Two Score
Lumb Noel9-6 9-1 9-7
Preceded by
1938		 British Open Squash Championships
England (London)
1939		 Succeeded by
1947
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References
  1. "Times Archives 1939 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
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