1935 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
British Open Squash Championships
14th Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location	London, England
Venue	Queen'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

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

+ denotes seed

Second round

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

Third round

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

Quarter-finals

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

Semi-finals

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

Final

Player one	Player two	Score
Lumb	Lytton-Millbanke	9-4 9-0 9-1

Preceded by 1934	British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1935	Succeeded by 1936

References

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

[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.

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