| Dates | 6–7 June 1952 | ||||
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| Venue | Muirfield | ||||
| Location | Scotland | ||||
| Captains |
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| British Isles wins the Curtis Cup | |||||
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The 7th Curtis Cup Match was played on 6 and 7 June 1952 at Muirfield in Scotland. The British Isles won by 5 matches to 4, to win the Curtis Cup for the first time.
The British Isles won two of the three foursomes matches and tied the singles to win by five matches to four.
Format
The contest was played over two days, with three foursomes on the first day and six singles matches on the second day, a total of 9 points. Matches were over 36 holes.
Each of the 9 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th hole extra holes were not played. Rather, each side earned 1⁄2 a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 5 points won the competition.
Teams
 &  British Isles
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| Name | Notes | |||
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 Katharine Cairns
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non-playing captain | |||
| Jeanne Bisgood
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played in 1950 | |||
 Jean Donald
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played in 1948 and 1950 | |||
 Philomena Garvey
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played in 1948 and 1950 | |||
| Kitty MacCann
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| Moira Paterson
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| Elizabeth Price
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played in 1950 | |||
| Frances Stephens
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played in 1950 | |||
| Jessie Valentine
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played in 1936, 1938 and 1950 | |||
MacCann did not play in any matches
 United States
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| Name | Notes | ||||
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| Aniela Goldthwaite | non-playing captain, played in 1934 and 1936 | ||||
| Grace DeMoss | |||||
| Claire Doran | |||||
| Dorothy Kirby | played in 1948 and 1950 | ||||
| Marjorie Lindsay | |||||
| Mae Murray | |||||
| Patricia O'Sullivan | |||||
| Polly Riley | played in 1948 and 1950 | ||||
Friday's foursomes matches
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Results | 
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| Donald/Price |  3 & 2
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Kirby/DeMoss |
| Stephens/Valentine |  6 & 4
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Doran/Lindsay |
| Paterson/Garvey | 2 & 1
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Riley/O'Sullivan |
| 2 | Session | 1 |
| 2 | Overall | 1 |
18-hole scores: Donald/Price 4 up, Doran/Lindsay 6 up, Paterson/Garvey 1 up
Saturday's singles matches
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Results |
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| Jean Donald | 1 up
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Dorothy Kirby |
| Frances Stephens | 2 & 1
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Marjorie Lindsay |
| Moira Paterson | 6 & 4
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Polly Riley |
| Jeanne Bisgood | 6 & 5
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Mae Murray |
| Philomena Garvey | 3 & 2
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Claire Doran |
| Elizabeth Price | 3 & 2
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Grace DeMoss |
| 3 | Session | 3 |
| 5 | Overall | 4 |
18-hole scores: Donald 2 up, Stephens/Lindsay all square, Riley 4 up, Bisgood 4 up, Garvey 2 up, Price 1 up
References
- ^ "Britain's first Curtis Cup victory". The Glasgow Herald. 9 June 1952. p. 9.
- "Britain leads in Curtis Cup foursomes". The Glasgow Herald. 7 June 1952. p. 6.
- "Britain wins the Curtis Cup" (PDF). USGA Journal and Turf Management: 9. July 1952.
- "The ladies look to Muirfield" (PDF). USGA Journal and Turf Management: 9. April 1952.
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