1934 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1934 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington in London from 5–11 February 1934.
Susan Noel won her third consecutive title defeating Margot Lumb in the final. The Championship attracted the top players from the United States for the first time.^[1]

Draw & Results

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First Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Miss Susan Noel	Mrs Violet St Clair Morford	9-2 9-4 9-0
Miss Margot Lumb	Miss N Kelman	9-2 9-0 9-0
Mrs Sheila McKechnie	Miss Elizabeth Knox	9-1 9-1 9-1
Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke	Miss W E Murphy	9-1 9-1 9-0
Miss Alexandra McOstrich	Mrs D Page	9-6 9-7 5-9 6-9 9-1
Miss Anne Page	Miss E Fordham	9-1 9-6 9-1
Miss Agnes Lamme	Miss M Maclagan	9-4 9-0 9-0
Mrs Margaret Howe	Lady Katherine Cairns	9-6 9-7 9-2
Mrs J Winser	Miss N Boucher	9-2 9-5 9-0
Mrs Janet Barrett	Mrs Adelaide Stuart-Green	9-2 9-4 10-8
Miss C Vickers	Miss Peggy Runge	9-1 9-2 9-1
Mrs Judith Backhouse	Mrs Madeline Chichester	9-3 9-3 10-8
Miss J L Seymour	Miss J Cunningham	9-2 9-5 9-7
Lady Aberdare +	Mrs Nowell Clark	9-0 9-3 9-2
Miss N E Hill	Miss A Brown	w/o
Miss Betty Cooke	Miss E H Harvey	9-4 9-5 9-7
Miss Cecile Bowes	Miss Elizabeth Manson Bahr	9-1 9-3 9-10 9-4
Miss E C M Toyne	Miss Marguerite Anderson	9-2 5-9 9-3 9-4
Mrs Elsie Pittman	Miss O L Webb	9-2 9-4 9-6
Miss Sylvia Huntsman	Miss N M Lyle	w/o
Miss K M Roberts	Miss E H Pemberton	9-3 9-7 9-0
Miss Phyllis Tew	Miss M E Hayes	5-9 9-4 9-6 9-2
Mrs Edith Strawson	Miss J Porter	9-4 9-7 9-1
Miss Wendy St John Maule	Miss Diana Lamplough	9-0 9-3 9-5
Mrs D R Hicks	Miss Joan Huntsman	10-9 9-1 9-5
Mrs Elizabeth Bryans-Wolfe	Miss Eleonora Sears	9-1 5-9 9-4 9-4
Mrs Barbara Shakerley	Miss Phyllis Blake	9-5 5-9 10-8 8-10 10-8
Mrs E M Bain	Mrs Curlewis	9-5 4-9 9-7 9-3
Mrs M Gill	Miss A Connell	9-7 5-9 9-5 9-2
Miss Josephine Ley	Mrs L E Houlder	9-2 9-3 9-7
Mrs Margaret Dawnay	Miss R Sykes	10-8 9-6 9-6

Second Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Noel	Bowes	9-0 9-1 9-6
Lumb	Toyne	9-0 9-2 9-0
McKechnie	Pittman	7-9 9-0 6-9 9-1 9-3
Lytton-M	Huntsman	9-4 9-1 9-1
McOstrich	Roberts	9-6 9-2 9-0
Page	Freeman	9-2 9-4 9-6
Lamme	Tew	9-3 5-9 9-19- 6
Howe	Strawson	9-7 5-9 9-7 9-3
Winser	St John Maule	10-8 9-1 9-3
Barrett	Hicks	9-2 9-5 10-8
Vickers	Bryans-Wolfe	2-9 9-3 9-5 10-8
Backhouse	Shakerley	9-10 9-5 9-7 9-4
Seymour	Bain	9-4 9-7 9-2
Lady Aberdare +	Gill	9-0 3-9 9-3 9-1
Hill	Ley	5-9 8-10 9-4 9-5 9-5
Cooke	Dawnay	9-6 3-9 9-6 1-9 9-2

Third Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Noel	Winser	9-0 9-0 9-1
Lumb	Hill	9-0 9-1 9-0
McKechnie	Barrett	9-2 9-10 9-4 9-0
Lytton-M	Seymour	9-0 9-1 9-5
McOstrich	Vickers	10-9 9-4 9-5
Howe	Cooke	8-10 10-8 7-9 9-1 9-2
Page	Backhouse	9-5 9-6 9-1
Lamme	Lady Aberdare	9-4 9-4 9-6

Quarter Finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
Noel	McOstrich	9-4 9-0 9-1
Lumb	Howe	9-3 9-0 9-7
McKechnie	Page	9-3 9-4 5-9 3-9 9-3
Lytton-M	Lamme	9-2 7-9 10-8 9-1

Semi Finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
Noel	McKechnie	9-2 9-7 5-9 9-?
Lumb	Lytton-Millbanke	9-2 9-2 9-1

Final

Player One	Player Two	Score
Noel	Lumb	9-7 9-9 9-6

+ Lady Aberdare also known Mrs Margaret Bruce.

References