Joyce Cave

'''Joyce Irene Cave''' (2 June 1902<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5O_7lyAUuRYC&dq=%22Susan+Noel%22+squash+youngest&pg=PT109|title=Play and Learn Squash|isbn=9781618200129|last1=Jain|first1=N.|date=5 May 2003}}</ref> – 13 March 1953<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/joyce-irene-cave-24-1w2jy3|title=Joyce Irene Cave 1902-1953 - Ancestry®|website=www.ancestry.com}}</ref>) was an English squash player who won the inaugural women's British Open tournament in 1922, defeating her older sister Nancy Cave in the final 11–15, 15–10, 15–9. She also won the tournament in 1925 and 1929, defeating Nancy Cave and Cecily Fenwick, respectively, in the final.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100116212049/http://squashtalk.com/html/history/britishopen.htm British Open Tournaments - Historical Data]}}, at SquashTalk.com; via archive.org; archived January 16, 2010</ref> She was one of three sisters who participated in the British Open. Her sister Nancy also won the title on three occasions and their oldest 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/|title=Squash Rackets|work=The Times Archives}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081222104531/http://www.britishopensquash.com/ Official British Open Squash Championships website] *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100116212049/http://squashtalk.com/html/history/britishopen.htm British Open historical data at Squashtalk.com]}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cave, Joyce}} Category:English female squash players Category:1902 births Category:1953 deaths Category:20th-century English sportswomen