1932 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained

British Open Squash Championships
Number:11
Series:Women's British Open Championships
Location:London, England
Venue:Queen's Club, West Kensington
Prevseason:1931
Nextseason:1933

The 1932 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington in London from 1–6 February 1932.
Susan Noel won her first title defeating Joyce Cave in the final. A record 67 entries were received for the 1932 Open Championship. Three times winners Nancy Cave and Cecily Fenwick were missing because both had retired from competition.[1]

Draw and results

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First round

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Mrs J Winser Miss M Fraser 3-9 9-5 9-0 9-4
Mrs Hughes Miss Marjorie Raphael 9-1 8-10 9-0 9-7

Second round

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Miss H Phillimore 9-0 9-0 9-0
Miss W D Oakes Mrs Hilary Stebbing w/o
Miss Elizabeth Knox Miss N Boucher 9-4 8-10 9-4 9-4
Mrs J Winser Mrs Hughes 9-1 9-7 10-8
Miss E Fordham Miss B Pemberton w/o
Miss M O Cane Miss P Bristowe 9-6 9-1 7-9 9-6
Miss R Luard Mrs E Woodforde 9-7 10-8 8-10 8-10 9-0
Miss E C Mogg Mrs Madeline Chichester 9-7 9-0 4-9 9-4
Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke Miss M Page 9-0 9-0 9-1
Miss F B James Mrs Dorothy Crouch 9-3 9-7 9-0
Mrs Elizabeth Bryans-Wolfe Miss N E Hill w/o
Miss M F Barber Miss Phyllis Tew 9-0 9-2 9-6
Mrs Winifred Livingstone-Learmonth Mrs F M Gilroy 9-3 9-3 9-1
Hon Mrs Diana Rhys + Miss M Holden w/o
Miss Kathleen Tew Mrs M Houlder 9-0 9-1 9-0
Mrs Amy Cremer Miss S E Bailey w/o
Miss R Mellor 9-1 9-0 9-3
Miss A V Blake Miss H J Varden 9-7 9-2 9-2
Miss E H Harvey 9-5 9-10 9-6 2-9 9-5
Mrs C Nation Miss Patricia Knox w/o
Miss Joan Huntsman 9-6 9-5 9-4
Mrs Elsie Pittman Miss V M Baker 9-0 9-6 9-1
Lady Abedare ++ Mrs D Page w/o
Mrs Judith Backhouse Mrs Ramsay w/o
Miss J Porter 9-2 9-3 9-0
Miss Phyllis Blake Mrs H A Jones 9-1 9-0 9-3
Mrs Gwendda du Boulay Mrs A Faithfull 9-1 9-2 9-2
Mrs Margaret Dawnay Mrs G Liddle 9-0 9-0 9-6
Miss Sheila Keith-Jones Miss Eileen Nicholson 9-4 9-0 9-1
Mrs W S Gammell Mrs Angela Frisby 9-7 9-3 9-1
Miss C Vickers Mrs E Willis 9-2 9-0 9-0
Mrs Enid Sainsbury Mrs N M B James w/o

Notes

+ Diana Rhys (née Diana Sloane-Stanley)
++ Lady Aberdare is Mrs Margaret Bruce

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Times Archives 1932 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. Web site: Squash Rackets. The Times Archives. 16 June 2015. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.