1923 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained

The 1923 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington in London from 7–12 November 1922.

Sylvia Huntsman won the title defeating Nancy Cave in the final. This was the second championship held during 1922 so is attributed as being the 1923 event.^[1]

Draw and results

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Section A (round robin)

width=250	Player One	width=250	Player Two	width=150	Score
	Miss Joyce Nicholson	18-13 15-4
	Mrs Toye	15-4 15-0
	Hon Miss Beatrice Hope Prothero	15-2 15-0
	Miss Joan Huntsman	15-0 15-6
		15-7 15-8
	Mrs Bruce +	15-1 15-2
	Miss Joan Huntsman	15-5 15-14
	Mrs Toye	15-9 15-4
	Miss Joyce Nicholson	15-0 15-7
	Hon Miss Beatrice Hope Prothero	15-7 15-10
	Mrs Bruce +	15-9 7-15 15-7
Mrs Bruce +	Hon Miss Beatrice Hope Prothero	15-1 15-2
Mrs Bruce +	Miss Joyce Nicholson	15-1 12-15 15-7
Mrs Bruce +	Mrs Toye	15-1 15-0
Mrs Bruce +	Miss Joan Huntsman	9-15 15-4 15-7
Miss Joan Huntsman	Hon Miss Beatrice Hope Prothero	15-6 16-14
Miss Joan Huntsman	Mrs Toye	15-3 15-1
Miss Joan Huntsman	Miss Joyce Nicholson	8-15 15-8 15-4
Hon Miss Beatrice Hope Prothero	Miss J Nicholson	15-8 11-15 18-15
Hon Miss Beatrice Hope Prothero	Mrs Toye	15-2 15-5
Miss J Nicholson	Mrs Toye	15-4 17-14

Section B (round robin)

width=250	Player One	width=250	Player Two	width=150	Score
	Miss Eileen Nicholson	15-1 15-0
	Miss Rotherham	15-3 15-4
	Miss Rudd	15-2 15-2
	Mrs Carthew	15-3 15-3
	Miss B Hussey	15-7 15-4
	Miss Partlington	15-3 15-2
Miss B Hussey	Miss Eileen Nicholson	15-9 15-6
Miss B Hussey	Miss Partlington	15-0 15-3
Miss B Hussey	Miss Rotherham	15-7 15-8
Miss B Hussey	Mrs E Tew ++	15-12 9-15 15-10
Miss B Hussey	Miss Rudd	15-11 10-15 15-10
Mrs E Tew ++	Miss Rotherham	7-15 18-17 15-4
Mrs E Tew ++	Miss Rudd	15-7 15-7
Mrs E Tew ++	Miss Eileen Nicholson	15-1 15-8
Mrs E Tew ++	Mrs Carthew	15-3 15-0
Miss Rotherham	Miss Partlington	13-15 15-1 15-6
Miss Rotherham	Miss Eileen Nicholson	15-12 15-6
Miss Rotherham	Miss Rudd	15-5 0-15 15-5
Miss Rudd	Miss Eileen Nicholson	15-8 15-8
Miss Rudd	Mrs Carthew	15-10 15-10

+ Honourable Mrs Clarence Bruce (née Margaret Bethune Black)
++ Honourable Mrs Edward Tew (née Catherine Hawke)

Final

width=200	Player One	width=200	Player Two	width=200	Score
		6-15 15-9 17-15

Notes and References

1. Web site: Times Archives 1922 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. Web site: Squash Rackets. The Times Archives. 7 June 2015. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.