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1937 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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British Open Squash Championships
16th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueQueen's Club, West Kensington
← 1936
1938 →

The 1937 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington in London from 25–31 January 1937.
Margot Lumb won her third consecutive title defeating Mrs Sheila McKechnie in the final.[1]

Seeds

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Draw and results

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First round

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Player one Player two Score
EnglandMargot Lumb bye
England Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke bye
England Miss T King bye
England Miss E Brett bye
England Miss Valerie Dalton-White bye
England Miss M Riddell bye
England Miss H Melsome bye
England Mrs G A Murray bye
England Mrs Sheila McKechnie England Mrs W D Porter 9-5 9-0 9-7
England Miss Elizabeth Knox England Mrs Judith Backhouse 8-10 9-1 9-2 9-5
England Mrs Margaret Dawnay England Miss Marjorie Raphael w/o
England Mrs M G Robertson England Miss Ruth Luard 9-1 9-1 9-4
England Miss E Windsor-Aubrey England Mrs H J Stribling 9-2 9-4 10-9
England Miss U Harris England Miss Daphne Colegrave 9-3 9-0 9-7
England Miss Elizabeth Glascock England Miss S M Holroyd 9-6 5-9 9-6 9-0
England Miss D C Wilcox England Miss Elizabeth Manson Bahr 9-2 9-3 9-4
England Miss N L Kelman England Mrs A Knight 9-7 3-9 10-8 9-4
England Miss M Fraser England Mrs Diana Petitpierre 9-2 9-3 9-1
England Miss G Edwards England Miss P Brown w/o
England Miss M Grant England Miss Peggy Runge 9-6 9-3 9-0
England Mrs Stella Blaxland-Levick England Miss Ursula Foljambe 9-2 9-4 9-0
England Mrs P L Hervey England Miss N Steven 9-0 9-2 9-5
England Miss A Connell England Miss D F Cearns 10-8 9-6 9-3
England Mrs A Vickers England Miss Mary McLintock w/o
England Miss H M H Smeeton England Mrs S M Green w/o
England Mrs Phyllis Philcox England Miss R Vickers 9-5 9-5 9-4
England Miss Joan Marquis England Miss C Babington-Smith 9-6 9-6 9-4
England Mrs F C Thompson England Mrs S B Pakenham 9-1 9-6 1-9 9-4
England Miss Berenice Lumb England Miss E Caldwell 9-7 9-5 9-6
England Mrs Violet St Clair Morford England Mrs D E Patten 9-1 9-3 9-4
England Miss C Vickers England Miss Joan Huntsman 9-2 9-2 9-2
England Miss Olga Klingenberg England Miss K B Jackson 9-2 9-0 9-7

Second round

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Player one Player two Score
England Lumb M England Brett 9-1 9-0 9-1
England Lytton-M England Dalton-W 9-2 9-5 9-0
England McKechnie England Blaxland-L 9-5 9-4 9-1
England Knox England Hervey 6-9 9-0 9-2 9-4
England Dawnay England Connell 9-1 9-3 9-4
England Robertson England Vickers 9-4 9-0 9-2
England Windsor-Aubrey England Smeeton 9-3 9-0 9-6
England Harris England Philcox 2-9 5-9 9-2 9-6 9-0
England King England Murray 9-10 3-3 ret
England Glascock England Marquis 9-1 10-9 9-4
England Wilcox England Thompson 5-9 9-7 9-2 99-3
England Kelman England Lumb B 9-2 10-8 9-6
England Fraser England Morford 9-2 9-6 0-9 7-9 9-0
England Riddell England Melsome 9-1 9-1 9-1
England Edwards England Vickers 9-2 9-2 9-3
England Grant England Klingenberg 9-2 3-9 9-5 9-4

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
England Lumb England King 9-1 9-0 9-5
England McKechnie England Glascock 9-0 9-1 9-0
England Robertson England Wilcox 9-0 9-4 9-4
England Windsor-A England Kelman 9-6 9-4 9-7
England Knox England Fraser 9-5 9-5 0-9 9-1
England Lytton-M England Riddell 9-1 9-2 9-2
England Dawnay England Edwards 4-9 9-7 9-3 9-2
England Harris England Grant 7-9 9-1 9-3 1-9 9-0

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
England Lumb England Dawnay 9-3 9-1 9-4
England McKechnie England Robertson 9-4 9-4 9-5
England Lytton-M England Windsor-Aubrey 9-1 9-0 9-7
England Knox England Harris 9-3 9-3 9-0

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
England Lumb England Knox 9-0 9-0 9-2
England McKechnie England Lytton-M 9-2 9-3 1-9 9-5

Final

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Player one Player two Score
England Lumb England McKechnie 9-3 9-2 9-0
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1937
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1937 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2015.