1935 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
14th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueQueen's Club, West Kensington
← 1934
1936 →

The 1935 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington in London from 3–8 December 1934.
Margot Lumb won her first title defeating the Honourable Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke in the final. Three times champion Miss Susan Noel decided not to defend her title. Seeds were inaugurated and the slower ball used in men's competitions was also introduced. The event took place in December 1934 which formed part of the 1934-1935 season.[1]

Draw and results

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First round

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Player one Player two Score
EnglandMargot Lumb + England Miss C Vickers 9-0 9-0 9-2
England Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke + England Mrs C Pinckney 9-0 9-3 9-1
England Mrs Elsie Pittman + England Miss G Lawrence 9-1 9-1 9-1
England Mrs Sheila McKechnie + England Miss Betty Cooke 9-0 10-9 9-2
England Miss Kathleen Tew England Miss S Keane w/o
England Miss R Sykes England Miss Joan Huntsman 9-4 9-4 9-7
England Miss N L Kelman England Miss E Windsor-Aubrey 9-7 9-4 9-2
England Mrs Edith Strawson England Miss Alexandra McOstrich 7-9 9-5 9-10 9-2 9-4
England Mrs Judith Backhouse England Miss J Pearson 9-6 9-2 9-4
EnglandSylvia Huntsman England Miss G Babington-Smith 9-7 9-0 9-5
England Miss Mary McLintock England Mrs Waymouth 9-0 9-6 9-0
England Miss J E Cunningham England Miss E Fordham 0-9 4-9 9-3 9-1 9-4
England Miss M Fraser England Mrs M Gill 9-2 7-9 9-3 9-5
England Miss E M Bain England Miss T Rowland 9-1 9-2 9-0
England Miss J Porter England Miss I W Leach 9-0 9-2 9-0
England Mrs E C M Sewell England Miss K M Roberts 9-7 9-0 9-1
England Miss M E L Haynes England Mrs Dorothy Crouch 9-6 9-6 9-3
England Miss Marjorie Raphael England Miss K Steele 0-9 9-6 9-2 10-8
England Miss Phyllis Tew England Mrs Madeline Chichester 9-6 9-2 9-0
England Mrs Angela Frisby England Miss D Winterbotham 9-0 9-3 9-3
England Miss P Phelps England Mrs H M Jones 9-6 9-7 9-0
England Miss Diana Lamplough England Miss M E Hayes 9-6 9-5 9-6
England Mrs V S Daniell England Miss A Connell 9-4 9-0 9-2
England Mrs Barbara Shakerley England Mrs E Jordan w/o
England Mrs Phyllis Philcox England Miss Margery Alabaster 9-0 9-0 9-5
England Miss Josephine Ley England Mrs S Fisk 9-5 10-8 9-6
England Miss W E Murphy England Mrs D R Hicks 7-9 9-4 9-5 9-4
England Mrs G Craig Lucy England Miss W M H Wild 9-3 9-3 9-3
England Mrs Violet St Clair Morford England Miss J Mardon 9-1 9-0 9-4
England Mrs Margaret Dawnay England Mrs D Page 10-8 9-6 9-1
England Miss C Mellor England Miss Elizabeth Manson Bahr 10-8 7-9 9-7 3-9 9-5
England Miss M G Roberston England Miss E Dewhurst 9-0 9-1 10-8

+ denotes seed

Second round

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Player one Player two Score
England Lumb England Haynes 9-0 9-0 9-1
England Lytton-M England Raphael 9-4 9-4 9-1
England Pittman England Tew 9-5 9-3 9-2
England McKechnie England Frisby 9-2 9-0 9-0
England Tew England Phelps 9-5 9-2 9-0
England Sykes England Lamplough 9-6 9-2 9-3
England Kelman England Daniell 9-4 9-5 9-3
England Strawson England Shakerley 9-7 9-3 9-5
England Backhouse England Philcox 9-3 9-0 9-3
England Huntsman England Ley 10-8 9-0 9-0
England McLintock England Murphy 9-5 9-2 9-0
England Cunningham England Lucy 9-2 9-1 9-1
England Fraser England St Clair Morford 9-3 9-3 9-6
England Bain England Dawnay 9-5 9-6 9-3
England Porter England Mellor 9-2 9-2 9-6
England Sewell England Roberston 9-3 9-7 9-2

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
England Lumb England Fraser 9-2 9-2 9-6
England Lytton-M England Backhouse 9-0 9-2 9-3
England Pittman England McLintock 9-7 5-9 3-9 9-6 9-3
England McKechnie England Bain 9-3 9-0 9-0
England Tew England Cunningham 5-9 9-3 9-6 5-9 9-7
England Sykes England Huntsman 2-9 1-9 9-3 9-6 9-0
England Kelman England Sewell 8-10 9-6 10-8 9-7
England Strawson England Porter 9-7 9-4 9-1

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
England Lumb England Tew 9-1 9-4 9-0
England Lytton-M England Sykes 9-2 9-1 9-4
England Pittman England Kelman 2-9 9-3 9-3 7-9 9-4
England McKechnie England Strawson 9-4 9-1 9-4

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
England Lytton-M England McKechnie 9-4 5-9 10-8 9-5
England Lumb England Pittman 9-2 9-0 9-2

Final

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Player one Player two Score
England Lumb England Lytton-Millbanke 9-4 9-0 9-1
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1935
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1934 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2015.