1936 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1936 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington in London from 2–7 March 1936.
Margot Lumb won her second consecutive title defeating the Honourable Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke in a repeat of the 1935 final. Eighty-six competitors entered resulting in the need for the Women's SRA to select fifty-six with the remaining twenty-nine taking part in eliminating events to find the final eight.[1]

British Open Squash Championships
15th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueQueen's Club, West Kensington

Draw and results

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First round
Player one Player two Score
Margot Lumb Mrs Colville9-0 9-0 9-1
Miss E Green Miss Carroll de Courcy-Hamilton10-9 9-6 9-5
Lady Catharine Cairns Miss Edith Drury9-1 9-0 9-0
Miss Agnes Lamme Miss Phyllis Tew10-8 9-7 9-1
Miss Betty Cooke Miss Valerie Dalton-White9-3 9-7 9-1
Miss Elizabeth KnoxEleonora Sears10-9 9-3 9-4
Miss Josephine Ley Miss Marianne Toynew/o
Miss Cecile Bowes Miss D C Wilcock9-4 9-0 9-4
Mrs Sheila McKechnie Miss A Alexander9-6 9-6 9-2
Mrs Margaret Dawnay Miss T King8-10 9-4 4-9 9-3 9-3
Miss Phyllis Blake Mrs Rogers-Dunn9-6 10-9 9-1
Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke Mrs A E Spreckleyw/o
Miss N L Kelman Mrs L Shaw9-0 9-4 9-6
Miss V Marshall Miss Olga Klingenbergw/o
Miss Anne Page Miss Joan Huntsman9-5 9-2 9-0
Miss Mary McLintock Mrs D M Sinclair9-0 9-2 9-0
Mrs Phyllis Philcox Mrs Madeline Chichester9-7 8-10 10-9 4-9 9-5
Miss S Holroyd Mrs Viola Jeannerat9-0 9-6 9-2
Miss E Fordham Miss K Kennedy9-0 9-2 10-8
Mrs Violet St Clair Morford Miss B Melville4-9 9-3 9-2 9-2
Mrs J Higman Mrs S Knight9-1 9-4 9-7
Miss A Connell Miss Wendy St John Maule9-3 9-7 9-5
Miss U Harris Mrs Diana Petitpierre9-6 9-7 9-0
Miss G Lawrence Miss M King4-9 9-7 9-2 5-9 9-5
Miss Kathleen Tew Miss Ursula Foljambe9-1 9-0 9-0
Mrs Judith Backhouse Miss Peggy Runge9-4 9-1 9-2
Miss E M Bain Miss C Vickers9-5 9-1 8-10 4-9 9-6
Miss R Sykes Miss Elizabeth Glascock9-6 9-1 9-5
Mrs M G Robertson Miss Elizabeth Woolseyw/o
Mrs A Knight Miss M Grant9-7 7-9 9-6 9-3
Mrs H J Stribling Miss F N Fryer10-9 9-2 9-7
Miss Peggy Phelps Mrs Fielding-Johnson9-0 9-1 9-5

Second round
Player one Player two Score
Lumb Philcox9-0 9-0 9-0
Green Holroyd9-2 9-5 9-7
Cairns Fordham9-2 9-6 9-0
Lamme Morford9-4 9-0 9-2
Cooke Higman9-4 10-8 9-4
Knox Connell9-2 9-0 9-1
Ley Harris9-6 9-10 9-3 9-2
Bowes Lawrence9-2 9-0 9-1
McKechnie Tew9-0 9-3 9-5
Dawnay Backhouse7-9 4-9 9-2 9-7 9-6
Blake Bain9-6 2-9 9-5 9-7
Lytton-M Sykes9-5 7-9 9-3 9-3
Kelman Robertsonw/o
Marshall Knight7-9 9-5 10-8 9-5
Page Stribling9-0 9-7 9-2
McLintock Phelps1-9 6-9 9-5 9-4 9-4

Third round
Player one Player two Score
Lumb Green9-0 9-0 9-0
Cairns Lamme5-9 9-1 9-3 9-1
Cooke Knox9-10 3-9 9-0 9-6 9-1
Bowes Ley9-4 9-2 9-2
McKechnie McLintock4-9 9-3 9-3 9-0
Dawnay Blake9-5 9-1 9-2
Lytton-M Kelman9-1 5-9 9-0 9-4
Page Marshall7-9 9-5 9-4 9-4

Quarter-finals
Player one Player two Score
Lumb Cairns9-2 9-0 9-0
Lytton-M Page6-9 9-0 7-9 9-5 9-6
Cooke Bowes9-6 9-4 9-2
McKechnie Dawnay9-0 9-6 9-1

Semi-finals
Player one Player two Score
Lumb Cooke9-1 9-0 9-3
Lytton-M McKechnie0-9 9-3 9-6 4-9 9-0

Final
Player one Player two Score
Lumb Lytton-Millbanke9-5 9-5 9-4
Preceded by
1935		 British Open Squash Championships
England (London)
1936		 Succeeded by
1937

References
  1. "Times Archives 1936 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
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