1927 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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British Open Squash Championships
6th Women's British Open Championships
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LocationLondon, England
Venue Queen's Club, West Kensington
  1926
1928  

The 1927 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington in London from 28 November - 4 December 1926.
Cecily Fenwick won her second successive title defeating Nancy Cave in a repeat of the 1926 final. This championship was held during 1926 but in the 1926/27 season so is attributed as being the 1927 event. [1] Joyce Cave was still unable to compete due to a wrist injury.

Contents

Draw and results

[2]

Section A (round robin)

Player OnePlayer TwoScore
Flag of England.svg Miss Cecily Fenwick Flag of England.svg Miss Elizabeth Foster9-0 9-0
Flag of England.svg Miss Cecily Fenwick Flag of England.svg Miss Joan Huntsman9-2 9-7
Flag of England.svg Miss Cecily Fenwick Flag of England.svg Miss P Slagg9-0 9-0
Flag of England.svg Miss Elizabeth Foster Flag of England.svg Miss Joan Huntsman9-6 9-2
Flag of England.svg Miss Elizabeth Foster Flag of England.svg Miss P Slagg9-7 8-10 9-5
Flag of England.svg Miss Joan Huntsman Flag of England.svg Miss P Slagg9-2 9-5

Section B (round robin)

Player OnePlayer TwoScore
Flag of England.svg Miss Nancy Cave Flag of England.svg Mrs Hartley9-4 9-0
Flag of England.svg Miss Nancy Cave Flag of England.svg Mrs Urwick9-0 9-0
Flag of England.svg Miss Nancy Cave Flag of England.svg Miss Eileen Nicholson9-2 9-3
Flag of England.svg Miss Eileen Nicholson Flag of England.svg Mrs Urwick9-3 9-0
Flag of England.svg Miss Eileen Nicholson Flag of England.svg Mrs Hartley9-6 9-5
Flag of England.svg Mrs Hartley Flag of England.svg Mrs Urwick9-3 10-8

Section C (round robin)

Player OnePlayer TwoScore
Flag of England.svg Miss Sylvia Huntsman Flag of England.svg Miss Phyllis Blake9-2 9-4
Flag of England.svg Miss Sylvia Huntsman Flag of England.svg Miss Susan Noel 9-2 9-0
Flag of England.svg Miss Sylvia Huntsman Flag of England.svg Mrs Potter9-0 9-2
Flag of England.svg Miss Phyllis Blake Flag of England.svg Miss Susan Noel 9-2 9-1
Flag of England.svg Miss Phyllis Blake Flag of England.svg Mrs Potter9-1 9-0
Flag of England.svg Miss Susan Noel Flag of England.svg Mrs Potter10-8 9-4

Section D (round robin)

Player OnePlayer TwoScore
Flag of England.svg Hon Mrs Margaret Bruce Flag of England.svg Miss A Blake9-2 9-1
Flag of England.svg Hon Mrs Margaret Bruce Flag of England.svg Miss Joyce Nicholson2-9 9-5 9-4
Flag of England.svg Hon Mrs Margaret Bruce Flag of England.svg Mrs Naylor9-0 9-4
Flag of England.svg Hon Mrs Margaret Bruce Flag of England.svg Miss Carter9-0 9-2
Flag of England.svg Miss Joyce Nicholson Flag of England.svg Miss A Blake9-1 4-9 9-1
Flag of England.svg Miss Joyce Nicholson Flag of England.svg Miss Carter9-0 9-0
Flag of England.svg Miss Joyce Nicholson Flag of England.svg Mrs Naylor9-6 9-4
Flag of England.svg Miss A Blake Flag of England.svg Miss Carter9-0 9-0
Flag of England.svg Miss A Blake Flag of England.svg Mrs Naylor9-0 2-9 9-5
Flag of England.svg Mrs Naylor Flag of England.svg Miss Carter9-0 9-3

Second round

Player OnePlayer TwoScore
Flag of England.svg Mrs Margaret Bruce Flag of England.svg Miss Eileen Nicholson9-2 9-0 9-5
Flag of England.svg Miss Nancy Cave Flag of England.svg Miss Phyllis Blake4-9 9-8 0-9 0-1 9-1
Flag of England.svg Miss Sylvia Huntsman Flag of England.svg Miss Elizabeth Foster9-3 9-4 9-0
Flag of England.svg Miss Cecily Fenwick Flag of England.svg Miss Joyce Nicholson9-7 9-2 9-3

Semi finals

Player OnePlayer TwoScore
Flag of England.svg Miss Cecily Fenwick Flag of England.svg Miss Sylvia Huntsman 3 games to 1
Flag of England.svg Miss Nancy Cave Flag of England.svg Mrs Margaret Bruce3 games to 2

Final

Player OnePlayer TwoScore
Flag of England.svg Miss Cecily Fenwick Flag of England.svg Miss Nancy Cave 4-9 9-6 9-2 9-5
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1927
Succeeded by

References

  1. "Times Archives 1926 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2015.