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1938 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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British Open Squash Championships
17th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueQueen's Club, West Kensington
← 1937
1939 →

The 1938 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington, in London from 2–7 February 1938.
Margot Lumb won her fourth consecutive title by defeating Mrs Sheila McKechnie in a repeat of the 1937 final. This fourth win set a new record, surpassing the three wins of Joyce Cave, Nancy Cave, Cecily Fenwick and Susan Noel.[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 Mrs Sheila McKechnie + bye
England Miss T King bye
England Miss S Wilson bye
England Mrs S M Green bye
England Miss Joyce Dudley-Cox bye
England Miss Olga Klingenberg bye
England Mrs H Langman bye
England Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke + England Mrs P Johnston 9–2 9–4 9–1
England Miss Betty Cooke + England Miss U N Harris 9–1 9–0 9–5
England Lady Katharine Cairns England Mrs Stella Blaxland-Levick 9–4 9–1 9–1
England Miss Elizabeth Knox England Mrs Violet St Clair Morford 9–4 9–6 9–1
England Mrs Margaret Dawnay England Miss M Grant 9–4 9–4 9–3
England Mrs Alice Teague England Miss C Douglas 9–4 9–2 9–3
England Miss I Leach England Mrs Phyllis Philcox 6–9 6–9 9–3 10–8 9–6
England Mrs E P Sewell EnglandSylvia Huntsman 10–8 9–6 9–3
England Mrs H J Stribling England Mrs E A Barker 5–9 9–2 9–1 9–1
England Miss M Riddell England Miss Ursula Foljambe w/o
England Miss D C Wilcox England Mrs E G Chalmers 9–5 9–1 9–3
England Miss P L Hervey England Miss S Link w/o
England Miss Berenice Lumb England Miss Joan Huntsman 9–4 9–1 9–1
England Mrs R W M Wetherell England Miss D F Cearns 5–9 10–9 9–3 7–9 9–4
England Mrs Penelope Durlac England Miss M H Palmer 5–9 9–0 10–9 9–6
England Mrs W D Porter England Mrs Pratt 9–3 9–1 9–2
England Miss N L Kelman England Miss E Brett 9–6 9–6 10–8
England Miss S P Brown England Mrs Fielding-Johnson w/o
England Miss K Steele England Miss K B Jackson 9–1 9–3 9–4
England Mrs D M Sinclair England Miss A Manning w/o
England Mrs A I Knox England Miss B J Blanks 9–5 9–0 9–3
England Miss Elizabeth Glascock England Miss E I Caldwell 9–2 9–5 10–8
England Mrs A Vickers England Miss S C Palmer 9–1 9–3 3–9 9–5
England Mrs L E Lefevre England Miss M Burnell 9–6 9–6 9–2

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Second round

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Player one Player two Score
England Lumb M England Wilson 9–0 9–0 9–2
England Lytton-M England Lumb B 9–0 9–3 9–0
England McKechnie England Klingenberg 9–0 9–1 9–0
England Cooke England Wetherell 9–1 9–5 9–7
England Cairns England Durlac 10–9 9–3 9–4
England Knox E England Porter 9–4 9–3 9–0
England Dawnay England Kelman 9–5 9–7 9–5
England Teague England Brown 9–1 9–3 9–4
England King England Langman 9–1 9–4 9–0
England Leach England Steele 9–5 9–5 10–8
England Sewell England Sinclair w/o
England Stribling England Knox A 9–1 9–4 9–5
England Riddell England Glascock 6–9 9–5 9–1 9–4
England Wilcox England Vickers 9–6 9–5 9–7
England Hervey England Lefevre 9–0 5–9 9–5 6–9 9–5
England Green England Dudley-Cox 9–3 9–1 9–0

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
England Lumb England Green 9–6 9–2 9–0
England McKechnie England King 9–3 9–2 9–3
England Lytton-M England Stribling 9–2 9–1 9–1
England Cooke England Riddell 9–5 9–1 9–6
England Knox England Hervey 9–1 9–4 9–0
England Teague England Leach 9–5 9–0 9–0
England Dawnay England Sewell 9–5 9–7 9–4
England Cairns England Wilcox 9–6 9–7 9–1

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
England Lumb England Knox 9–0 9–1 9–2
England McKechnie England Teague 9–4 6–9 9–6 9–3
England Lytton-M England Dawnay 9–0 9–3 9–5
England Cooke England Cairns 9–4 9–5– 9–0

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
England Lumb England Cooke 9–1 9–4 6–9 9–3
England McKechnie England Lytton-M 9–4 6–9 9–3 9–0

Final

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Player one Player two Score
England Lumb England McKechnie 9–3 9–2 9–1
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1938
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1938 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2015.