1937 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1937 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington in London from 25–31 January 1937. Margot Lumb won her third consecutive title defeating Mrs Sheila McKechnie in the final.

Seeds

Draw and results

First round Player onePlayer twoScoreMargot Lumb bye Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke bye Miss T King bye Miss E Brett bye Miss Valerie Dalton-White bye Miss M Riddell bye Miss H Melsome bye Mrs G A Murray bye Mrs Sheila McKechnie Mrs W D Porter 9-5 9-0 9-7 Miss Elizabeth Knox Mrs Judith Backhouse 8-10 9-1 9-2 9-5 Mrs Margaret Dawnay Miss Marjorie Raphael w/o Mrs M G Robertson Miss Ruth Luard 9-1 9-1 9-4 Miss E Windsor-Aubrey Mrs H J Stribling 9-2 9-4 10-9 Miss U Harris Miss Daphne Colegrave 9-3 9-0 9-7 Miss Elizabeth Glascock Miss S M Holroyd 9-6 5-9 9-6 9-0 Miss D C Wilcox Miss Elizabeth Manson Bahr 9-2 9-3 9-4 Miss N L Kelman Mrs A Knight 9-7 3-9 10-8 9-4 Miss M Fraser Mrs Diana Petitpierre 9-2 9-3 9-1 Miss G Edwards Miss P Brown w/o Miss M Grant Miss Peggy Runge 9-6 9-3 9-0 Mrs Stella Blaxland-Levick Miss Ursula Foljambe 9-2 9-4 9-0 Mrs P L Hervey Miss N Steven 9-0 9-2 9-5 Miss A Connell Miss D F Cearns 10-8 9-6 9-3 Mrs A Vickers Miss Mary McLintock w/o Miss H M H Smeeton Mrs S M Green w/o Mrs Phyllis Philcox Miss R Vickers 9-5 9-5 9-4 Miss Joan Marquis Miss C Babington-Smith 9-6 9-6 9-4 Mrs F C Thompson Mrs S B Pakenham 9-1 9-6 1-9 9-4 Miss Berenice Lumb Miss E Caldwell 9-7 9-5 9-6 Mrs Violet St Clair Morford Mrs D E Patten 9-1 9-3 9-4 Miss C Vickers Miss Joan Huntsman 9-2 9-2 9-2 Miss Olga Klingenberg Miss K B Jackson 9-2 9-0 9-7

Second round Player onePlayer twoScore Lumb M Brett 9-1 9-0 9-1 Lytton-M Dalton-W 9-2 9-5 9-0 McKechnie Blaxland-L 9-5 9-4 9-1 Knox Hervey 6-9 9-0 9-2 9-4 Dawnay Connell 9-1 9-3 9-4 Robertson Vickers 9-4 9-0 9-2 Windsor-Aubrey Smeeton 9-3 9-0 9-6 Harris Philcox 2-9 5-9 9-2 9-6 9-0 King Murray 9-10 3-3 ret Glascock Marquis 9-1 10-9 9-4 Wilcox Thompson 5-9 9-7 9-2 99-3 Kelman Lumb B 9-2 10-8 9-6 Fraser Morford 9-2 9-6 0-9 7-9 9-0 Riddell Melsome 9-1 9-1 9-1 Edwards Vickers 9-2 9-2 9-3 Grant Klingenberg 9-2 3-9 9-5 9-4

Third round Player onePlayer twoScore Lumb King 9-1 9-0 9-5 McKechnie Glascock 9-0 9-1 9-0 Robertson Wilcox 9-0 9-4 9-4 Windsor-A Kelman 9-6 9-4 9-7 Knox Fraser 9-5 9-5 0-9 9-1 Lytton-M Riddell 9-1 9-2 9-2 Dawnay Edwards 4-9 9-7 9-3 9-2 Harris Grant 7-9 9-1 9-3 1-9 9-0

Quarter-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Lumb Dawnay 9-3 9-1 9-4 McKechnie Robertson 9-4 9-4 9-5 Lytton-M Windsor-Aubrey 9-1 9-0 9-7 Knox Harris 9-3 9-3 9-0

Semi-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Lumb Knox 9-0 9-0 9-2 McKechnie Lytton-M 9-2 9-3 1-9 9-5

Final Player onePlayer twoScore Lumb McKechnie 9-3 9-2 9-0

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