1957 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
29th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club

The 1957 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 18 to 23 February.
Janet Morgan won her eighth consecutive title defeating Sheila Speight in a repeat of the 1956 final.[1]

Seeds

  1. Janet Morgan
  2. Sheila Speight
  3. Marjorie Townsend
  4. Ruth Turner
  5. Rosemary Deloford
  6. D C Herman
  7. Jill Campion
  8. Margaret Morgan

Draw and results

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First round

Player one Player two Score
Janet Morgan (1) B A Powell 9-4 9-0 9-1
Sheila Speight (2) H E Bond 9-3 9-0 9-3
Marjorie Townsend (3) J Kinghorn 9-4 9-1 9-6
Ruth Turner (4) A Roynon 9-4 9-1 9-2
Rosemary Deloford (5) J M Goodin 9-4 9-2 9-4
D C Herman (6) P Creek 9-1 9-0 9-3
Jill Campion (7) R B Hawkey 9-3 10-8 9-0
Margaret Morgan (8) N A Watkins 9-2 9-1 9-3
Pat Gotla (née Cowney) R Nagle 9-2 9-4 9-2
M C Willcox Captain M U Walker w/o
J B Watson Peggy White 10-8 10-8 5-9 9-7
Barbara Laussat Clement A Cloke 9-0 9-2 9-7
R Cooper E L Curtis 9-0 9-0 9-1
Ann Wetzel T Stevenson 9-5 9-5 9-4
Ann Mitham K Abbott 9-4 9-4 9-5
B Davidson Louisa Manly-Power 9-7 1-9 7-9 10-8 9-5
J M Gilley S Jones 9-6 9-2 9-5
Frances Pilling P Flower 9-0 4-9 1-9 9-6 9-3
Peggy Carrott V J Foster 9-5 9-3 9-2
J M Hall C E Harrison 9-0 8-10 9-6 9-4
M E Gowthorpe M M Hazell 9-4 9-3 9-5
Daphne Portway L Malone 10-9 9-5 1-9 9-5
R L Pottinger Charlotte Prizer 7-9 9-5 9-2 9-6
E Foden P Gates 9-2 9-1 1-9 9-4
G Macpherson P Colyer 10-8 9-6 3-9 9-7
Carol Haussermann P H Smallwood 9-5 9-1 9-7
J Jamin J Dannatt w/o
J Butler S Shand 2-9 7-9 9-5 9-5 9-2
J McCormick N Sage 9-3 9-0 9-2
Ann Price A Shephard 9-0 9-7 9-1
B Lewis S Cook 9-3 10-8 9-0
Betty Constable J Covell 9-3 9-4 9-4

denotes seed *

Second round

Player one Player two Score
Morgan J Davidson 9-7 9-0 9-1
Speight Gilley 9-4 9-0 9-2
Townsend Pilling 9-0 9-0 9-3
Turner Carrott 9-2 9-1 9-0
Deloford Hall 9-1 9-1 9-5
Herman Gowthorpe 10-8 2 3
Campion Portway 9-2 9-4 9-6
Morgan M Pottinger 9-4 9-1 9-2
Gotla Foden 9-4 9-1 9-1
Willcox Macpherson 4-9 10-9 9-5 7-9 9-7
Watson Haussermann 9-2 9-1 9-3
Clement Jamin 9-0 9-10 9-0 9-1
Cooper Butler 9-5 9-1 9-2
Wetzel McCormick 9-2 8-10 9-6 10-8
Mitham Price 9-2 9-3 10-8
Betty Constable Lewis 9-4 9-2 9-1

Third round

Player one Player two Score
Morgan J Cooper 9-3 9-4 9-1
Speight Gotla 9-1 9-4 9-3
Turner Willcox 9-0 9-0 9-1
Campion Watson 6-9 9-2 9-1 9-1
Deloford Clement 9-1 9-1 9-2
Morgan M Wetzel 6-9 9-5 9-6 9-4
Herman Betty Constable 9-7 9-3 9-2
Townsend Mitham 9-3 9-3 9-5

Quarter-finals

Player one Player two Score
Morgan J Deloford 9-2 9-2 7-9 9-4
Speight Morgan M 9-3 9-3 9-5
Turner Herman 10-9 9-0 9-2
Campion Townsend 9-0 5-9 6-9 9-4 9-2

Semi-finals

Player one Player two Score
Morgan Turner 9-6 9-5 9-7
Speight Campion 9-5 9-0 9-3

Final

Player one Player two Score
Morgan Speight 4-9 9-5 9-1 9-6

References

  1. ^ "Times Archives 1957 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2015.