Seeds
Miss Margot Lumb Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke
Miss Susan Noel
Miss Betty Cooke
Miss Eleonora Sears
Miss Elizabeth Pearson
Miss Ann Page
Mrs Barbara Williams | British Open Squash Championships | |
|---|---|
| 18th Women's British Open Championships | |
| Details | |
| Location | London, England |
| Venue | Queen's Club, West Kensington |
The 1939 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington in London from 28 February - 6 March 1939.
Margot Lumb won her fifth consecutive title defeating Susan Noel in the final. Due to war Margot Lumb was unable to defend her title and missed the opportunity to increase her number of victories over the next seven years. [1]
Miss Margot Lumb Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke
Miss Susan Noel
Miss Betty Cooke
Miss Eleonora Sears
Miss Elizabeth Pearson
Miss Ann Page
Mrs Barbara Williams | Player One | Player Two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Miss Margot Lumb + | Miss D C Wilcox | 9-0 9-2 9-0 |
| Miss F J Russell | Miss A Maclagan | w/o |
| Miss M Riddell | Miss N L Kelman | 5-9 9-3 9-6 9-3 |
| Miss M Johnson Taylor | Miss Berenice Lumb | 9-7 0-9 4-9 9-3 9-7 |
| Miss Helen Stone | Mrs E G Chalmers | 9-0 9-2 9-0 |
| Miss Valerie Dalton-White | Mrs D Whitehorn | 9-3 9-1 9-6 |
| Miss Barbara Williams + | Mrs I A Knox | 9-4 7-9 9-0 9-4 |
| Miss Elizabeth Pearson + | Miss M H Palmer | 9-6 9-6 4-9 9-6 |
| Miss F Berrill | Miss P L Hervey | 4-9 1-9 9-7 9-3 9-6 |
| Miss Elizabeth Knox | Mrs Violet St Clair Morford | 9-0 9-5 9-1 |
| Mrs W D Porter | Miss Ursula Foljambe | 9-0 4-9 1-9 9-2 10-8 |
| Miss E M Walker | Mrs E M Jarrett | 6-9 9-5 9-4 9-3 |
| Miss E B Sandercock | Mrs F M Traill | 9-4 9-6 9-6 |
| Lady Katharine Cairns | Mrs Judith Backhouse | 9-0 9-3 ret |
| Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke + | Mrs Olga MacInnes | 9-0 9-0 9-1 |
| Mrs A H Luttrell | Miss Betty Cooke + | w/o |
| Miss Margaret Bostwick | Mrs H Langman | 9-4 9-5 9-4 |
| Miss Elizabeth Glascock | Miss L Prest | w/o |
| Miss Joan Marquis | Miss S Toyne | 9-4 9-0 9-4 |
| Miss J Howard | Mrs D M Sinclair | 10-8 9-4 9-7 |
| Miss Frieda Scharman | Miss Marianne Toyne | 9-4 10-8 9-2 |
| Miss Anne Page + | Miss M Murdoch | 9-0 9-5 9-0 |
| Mrs A Vickers | Miss W Peile | 9-5 9-1 4-9 9-4 |
| Miss E M Browning | Miss B J Blanks | w/o |
| Mrs Margaret Dawnay | Miss A H Baker | 9-4 9-2 9-0 |
| Miss T King | Miss B E M Brett | 9-4 9-7 7-9 9-7 |
| Miss Eleonora Sears + | Miss Marjorie Raphael | 9-5 8-10 7-9 9-5 9-5 |
| Mrs E P Sewell | Mrs Penelope Durlac | 9-2 10-8 9-4 |
| Mrs R C Riseley | Miss I D Edwards | 9-1 9-1 2-9 5-9 9-2 |
| Miss R Berens | Miss S C Palmer | 9-3 7-9 1-9 9-2 10-8 |
| Miss Margaret Trehearne | Miss Elizabeth Manson Bahr | 9-1 9-2 9-5 |
| Miss Susan Noel + | Mrs H J Stribling | 9-1 9-2 9-3 |
+ denotes seed
| Player One | Player Two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Lumb | Russell | 9-4 9-5 9-2 |
| Dalton-White | B Williams | 9-1 7-9 9-3 9-0 |
| Pearson | Berrill | 9-5 9-1 9-2 |
| Lytton-M | Cairns | 9-1 9-5 3-9 2-9 9-6 |
| Page | King | 7-9 9-5 9-2 9-7 |
| Vickers | Sears | 9-7 7-9 9-1 5-9 9-1 |
| Noel | Trehearne | 9-1 9-7 6-9 9-6 |
| Knox | Porter | 9-1 9-4 9-5 |
| Walker | Sandercock | 9-4 9-2 5-9 9-0 |
| Berens | Riseley | 9-5 9-2 9-4 |
| Sewell | Browning | 9-2 9-2 9-0 |
| Howard | Scharman | 9-7 9-4 9-2 |
| Glascock | Marquis | 9-5 9-1 9-3 |
| Bostwick | Luttrell | 9-7 9-1 9-0 |
| Dawnay | Riddell | 9-0 9-4 9-1 |
| Johnson-Taylor | Stone | 9-3 9-7 7-9 9-4 |
| Player One | Player Two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Lumb | Dawnay | 9-3 9-4 9-1 |
| Dalton-White | Johnson-Taylor | 6-9 9-4 6-9 9-0 9-3 |
| Knox | Pearson | 9-4 4-9 9-6 9-5 |
| Lytton-M | Walker | 9-0 9-3 9-1 |
| Glascock | Bostwick | 9-3 4-9 9-5 9-4 |
| Page | Howard | 9-1 9-3 9-5 |
| Sewell | Vickers | 10-8 10-9 4-9 9-4 |
| Noel | Berrens | 9-0 9-3 9-3 |
| Player One | Player Two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Lumb | Dalton-White | 9-6 9-5 9-0 |
| Lytton-M | Knox | 4-9 5-9 9-2 9-6 9-0 |
| Page | Glascock | 10-9 9-3 4-9 9-6 |
| Noel | Sewell | 9-0 9-0 9-3 |
| Player One | Player Two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Lumb | Lytton-M | 9-6 5-9 9-5 9-2 |
| Noel | Page | 9-0 9-4 9-2 |
| Player One | Player Two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Lumb | Noel | 9-6 9-1 9-7 |
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