1913 Alfred Hutton Memorial Challenge Cup

The **1913 Alfred Hutton Memorial Challenge Cup** was a women's international fencing competition held at the Bertand's School of Arms in London, the United Kingdom, from 26 to 27 November 1913. A total of 36 fencers from three nations (the United Kingdon, the Netherlands and the United States) competed against each other.

## Entrants

A total of 36 fencers entered for the competition. 30 fencers from the United Kingdom, 5 from the Netherlands and one from the United States. Among the British fencers did not participated: Gladys Daniell the champion of 1911-12 and C. E. Martin Edmunds who won the fencing competition in Ghent.

#### Pool 1

|Rank|Name|Affiliation|Lost matches|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||Tassart|0|Q|
|2||Queen Alexandra House Gymnasium|1|Q|
|3||Salle de Vos (The Hague)|2||
|4||Royal Free Hospital L.F.C.|3||
|5||Academy of Dramatic Art|4||

#### Pool 2

|Rank|Name|Affiliation|Lost matches|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2|1||Salle Giandomenici|1|Q, after barrage|
||Salle Bertrand|1|Q, after barrage|||
|3||Salle Alibert|1|||
|4||Ealing Gymnasium|3|||
|5||Academy of Dramatic Art|4|||

#### Pool 3

|Rank|Name|Affiliation|Lost matches|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2|1||Salle Bertrand|0|Q|
||Salle Alibert|0|Q|||
|3||Tassart|2|||
|rowspan=2|4||Queen Alexandra House Gymnasium|3||
||Mimiague|3||||
|6||Acadamy of Dramatic Art|5|||

#### Pool 4

|Rank|Name|Affiliation|Lost matches|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||Salle Bertrand|0|Q|
|2||Tassart|1|Q|
|3||Mimiague|2||
|4||Salle de Vos (The Hague)|3||
|5||Gravé|4||
|6||Salle Bertrand|5||

#### Pool 5

|Rank|Name|Affiliation|Lost matches|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||Salle Bertrand|0|Q||
|2||Tassart|1|Q||
|3||Salle de Vos (The Hague)|2|||
|4||Queen Alexandra House Gymnasium|3|||
|rowspan=2|5||Salle Bertrand|4||
||Ladies' Cercle d'Escrime|4||||

#### Pool 6

|Rank|Name|Affiliation|Lost matches|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||Mimiague|0|Q||
|2||Salle Bertrand|1|Q||
|rowspan=3|3||Salle Bertrand|3||
||Salle de Vos (The Hague)|3||||
||Ladies' Cercle d'Escrime|3||||
|6||Academy of Dramatic Art|5|||

#### Pool 1

|Rank|Name|Affiliation|Lost matches|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||Tassart|0|Q|
|2||Queen Alexandra House Gymnasium|2|Q|
|3||Salle Bertrand|3|Q, 3rd after barrage|
|4||Salle Giandomenici|3|4th after barrage|
|5||Salle Alibert|3|5th after barrage|
|6||Salle Bertrand|4||

#### Pool 2

|Rank|Name|Affiliation|Lost matches|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||Salle Bertrand|0|Q||
|rowspan=2|2||Tassart|2|Q|
||Mimiague|2|Q|||
|rowspan=2|4||Salle Bertrand|3||
||Tassart|3||||
|5||Salle Bertrand|5|||

### Final

The final was held in the evening. Alice Walker was not in her best, and lost her firts match against Jean Colmer with 5-3. However, she won against all the other opponents and so the final classification.
|Rank|Name|Affiliation|Lost matches|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||Tassart|1|1st place after barrage||
|2||Queen Alexandra House Gymnasium|1|2nd place after barrage||
|3||Salle Bertrand|2|||
|4||Salle Bertrand|3|||
|rowspan=2|5||Tassart|4||
||Mimiague|4||||

- Best foreigner
The Dutch Esther Bekkers-Lopes Cardozo was the best foreigner and won the "strangers cup".

<small>Reference full results</small>

## Related pages

- 1911 England–Holland women's fencing competitions

## Infobox (sports competition event)

- **event**: 1913 Alfred Hutton Memorial Challenge Cup
- **venue**: Bertand's School of Arms
- **location**: London, Great Britain
- **dates**: 26-27 November 1913
- **competitors**: 36
- **nations**: 3