1952 Curtis Cup
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- Katharine Cairns (British Isles)
- Aniela Goldthwaite (USA)
| Dates | 6–7 June 1952 | ||||
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| Venue | Muirfield | ||||
| Location | Scotland | ||||
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| British Isles wins the Curtis Cup | |||||
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.[1]
The British Isles won two of the three foursomes matches and tied the singles to win by five matches to four.[2][1][3]
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 | ||||
| Name | Notes | |||
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 Katharine Cairns |
non-playing captain | |||
| Jeanne Bisgood |
played in 1950 | |||
 Jean Donald |
played in 1948 and 1950 | |||
 Philomena Garvey |
played in 1948 and 1950 | |||
| Kitty MacCann |
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| Moira Paterson |
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| Elizabeth Price |
played in 1950 | |||
| Frances Stephens |
played in 1950 | |||
| Jessie Valentine |
played in 1936, 1938 and 1950 | |||
MacCann did not play in any matches
 United States | |||||
| 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 | ||||
