1922 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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British Open Squash Championships
1st Women's British Open Championships
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LocationLondon, England
Venue Queen's Club, West Kensington
1923  

The 1922 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington in London from 7 February to 9 February 1922.
Joyce Cave won the title defeating her older sister Nancy Cave in the final. [1]

Contents

Draw and results

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Section A (Round Robin)

Player OnePlayer TwoScore
Flag of England.svg Miss Margorie Cave Flag of England.svg Miss Joyce Cave 18-15
Flag of England.svg Miss Margorie Cave Flag of England.svg Miss Partlington15-2
Flag of England.svg Miss Margorie Cave Flag of England.svg Mrs Carthew15-1
Flag of England.svg Miss Margorie Cave Flag of England.svg Miss Hope Prothero15-5
Flag of England.svg Miss Joyce Cave Flag of England.svg Miss Partlington15-0
Flag of England.svg Miss Joyce Cave Flag of England.svg Mrs Carthew15-3
Flag of England.svg Miss Joyce Cave Flag of England.svg Miss Hope Prothero17-14
Flag of England.svg Miss Partlington Flag of England.svg Miss Carthew11-15
Flag of England.svg Miss Partlington Flag of England.svg Miss Hope Prothero4-15
Flag of England.svg Mrs Carthew Flag of England.svg Miss Hope Prothero4-15

Section B (Round Robin)

Player OnePlayer TwoScore
Flag of England.svg Miss Nancy Cave Flag of England.svg Mrs J Boldero15-0
Flag of England.svg Miss Nancy Cave Flag of England.svg Mrs Bruce +15-6
Flag of England.svg Miss Nancy Cave Flag of England.svg Miss Eileen Nicholson15-3
Flag of England.svg Miss Nancy Cave Flag of England.svg Miss Joyce Nicholson15-2
Flag of England.svg Mrs Bruce + Flag of England.svg Mrs J Boldero15-10
Flag of England.svg Mrs Bruce + Flag of England.svg Miss Eileen Nicholson15-10
Flag of England.svg Mrs Bruce + Flag of England.svg Miss Joyce Nicholson15-0
Flag of England.svg Miss Joyce Nicholson Flag of England.svg Miss Eileen Nicholson15-9
Flag of England.svg Miss Joyce Nicholson Flag of England.svg Mrs J Boldero15-11
Flag of England.svg Miss Eileen Nicholson Flag of England.svg Mrs J Boldero15-5

Semi finals

Player OnePlayer TwoScore
Flag of England.svg Miss Joyce Cave Flag of England.svg Margorie Cave11-15 17-16 15-12
Flag of England.svg Miss Nancy Cave Flag of England.svg Mrs Bruce +15-2 16-13

Final

Player OnePlayer TwoScore
Flag of England.svg Miss Joyce Cave Flag of England.svg Miss Nancy Cave 11-15 15-10 15-9

+ Honourable Mrs Clarence Bruce (née Margaret Bethune Black)

Preceded by
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British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1922
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Nancy Cave won the title defeating her sister Joyce Cave in the final. This championship was held in the 1923 but in the 1923/24 season so is attributed as being the 1924 event.

The 1925 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington in London from 1–7 December 1924.
Joyce Cave won the title defeating her sister Nancy Cave in the final. This championship was held in the 1924 but in the 1924/25 season so is attributed as being the 1925 event.

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Cecily Fenwick won the title defeating Nancy Cave in the final. This championship was held in the 1925 but in the 1925/26 season so is attributed as being the 1926 event. Joyce Cave was unable to defend her title due to injury and the Times reported that due to her injury she was unable to train with her sister Nancy Cave which had a bearing on the result of the final.

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References

  1. "Times Archives 1922 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2015.