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Nancy Cave

Nancy Cave

English squash player


Nancy Frances Cave (2 March 1896 1989)[1] was an English squash player who won the British Open three times in 1924, 1929 and 1930. She was also the runner-up in the championship in 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927 and 1931.[2] She was one of three sisters that participated in the British Open, her younger sister Joyce Cave also won the title on three occasions and her older sister Margorie Maude Cave competed in 1922. All three sisters were taught by their father Harold Watkin Cave who was a rackets player during the 1880s.[3]


References

  1. "Nancy Frances Cave 1896-1991 - Ancestry®". www.ancestry.com.
  2. "SquashTalk - History - British Open Records". SquashTalk. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.



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