1938 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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]

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

Seeds

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Draw and results

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First round

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Player one Player two Score
 Margot Lumb + bye
  Mrs Sheila McKechnie + bye
  Miss T King bye
  Miss S Wilson bye
  Mrs S M Green bye
  Miss Joyce Dudley-Cox bye
  Miss Olga Klingenberg bye
  Mrs H Langman bye
  Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke +   Mrs P Johnston 9–2 9–4 9–1
  Miss Betty Cooke +   Miss U N Harris 9–1 9–0 9–5
  Lady Katharine Cairns   Mrs Stella Blaxland-Levick 9–4 9–1 9–1
  Miss Elizabeth Knox   Mrs Violet St Clair Morford 9–4 9–6 9–1
  Mrs Margaret Dawnay   Miss M Grant 9–4 9–4 9–3
  Mrs Alice Teague   Miss C Douglas 9–4 9–2 9–3
  Miss I Leach   Mrs Phyllis Philcox 6–9 6–9 9–3 10–8 9–6
  Mrs E P Sewell  Sylvia Huntsman 10–8 9–6 9–3
  Mrs H J Stribling   Mrs E A Barker 5–9 9–2 9–1 9–1
  Miss M Riddell   Miss Ursula Foljambe w/o
  Miss D C Wilcox   Mrs E G Chalmers 9–5 9–1 9–3
  Miss P L Hervey   Miss S Link w/o
  Miss Berenice Lumb   Miss Joan Huntsman 9–4 9–1 9–1
  Mrs R W M Wetherell   Miss D F Cearns 5–9 10–9 9–3 7–9 9–4
  Mrs Penelope Durlac   Miss M H Palmer 5–9 9–0 10–9 9–6
  Mrs W D Porter   Mrs Pratt 9–3 9–1 9–2
  Miss N L Kelman   Miss E Brett 9–6 9–6 10–8
  Miss S P Brown   Mrs Fielding-Johnson w/o
  Miss K Steele   Miss K B Jackson 9–1 9–3 9–4
  Mrs D M Sinclair   Miss A Manning w/o
  Mrs A I Knox   Miss B J Blanks 9–5 9–0 9–3
  Miss Elizabeth Glascock   Miss E I Caldwell 9–2 9–5 10–8
  Mrs A Vickers   Miss S C Palmer 9–1 9–3 3–9 9–5
  Mrs L E Lefevre   Miss M Burnell 9–6 9–6 9–2

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Second round

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

Third round

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

Quarter-finals

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

Semi-finals

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

Final

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Player one Player two Score
  Lumb   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.