1947 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
British Open Squash Championships
19th Women's British Open Championships
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Location	London, England
Venue	Lansdowne Club
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LocationLondon, England

VenueLansdowne Club

The 1947 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 27 January - 2 February 1947.
Joan Curry won her first title defeating Alice Teague in the final.^[1]

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Player one	Player two	Score
Miss Joan Curry		bye
Miss Janet Morgan	Mrs Lewis-Shaw	9-5 9-0 9-0
Mrs Alice Teague	Miss Pat Cowney	9-0 9-4 9-4
Mrs G F Powell		bye
Miss Margaret Carlisle	Miss C Werner	9-0 9-1 9-1
Miss Myriam De Borman	Miss Rachel Byrne	9-7 9-1 9-6
Miss Betty Cooke	Miss J Wilson	9-3 9-1 9-0
Miss E E Knox	Miss A de Kettenis	9-1 9-0 9-2
Miss A Taylor		bye
Miss A Gowthorpe	Miss M Dens	8-10 9-2 9-0 9-2
Miss Barbara Knapp	Miss R Howard	9-1 9-4 9-3
Mrs V Leaky		bye
Miss M Piper	Miss K M A Steele	9-3 9-3 10-8
Mrs A Smith		bye
Miss B Cowderoy		bye
Miss V M Ord		bye
Mrs G Pottier		bye
Miss Katherine Keith-Steele	Miss T Caldwell	9-7 9-3 9-10 9-3
Mrs A F B Standfast	Miss A Pratt	9-5 10-8 9-3
Mrs S Woodhouse		bye
Mrs J Price	Miss G W James	9-3 3-9 5-9 9-1 9-6
Miss B Kentfield	Mrs D Morgan	10-9 9-4 9-5
Miss J Howard		bye
Mrs M van der Elst		bye
Mrs H S Hughes		bye
Mrs J Bleasby	Sqd. Off. M M Sturge	9-3 9-5 7-9 9-10 9-1
Mrs H A Downey	Miss E Walker	1-9 7-9 9-5 9-6 9-5
Mrs H J Stribling	Miss I J Trangmer	9-10 9-1 10-9 9-6
Mrs W D Porter		bye

Player one	Player two	Score
Curry	Pottier	9-0 9-1 9-1
Morgan	Keith-Steele	9-0 9-1 9-0
Teague	Standfast	9-1 9-0 9-3
Powell	Woodhouse	9-0 9-0 9-0
Carlisle	Price	9-1 9-3 9-1
Borman	Kentfield	9-6 9-4 9-4
Cooke	Howard	9-2 9-5 9-4
Knox	van der Elst	9-0 9-0 9-4
Taylor	Hughes	9-0 9-1 9-4
Gowthorpe	Bleasby	2-9 9-3 9-3 9-0
Knapp	Downey	9-1 2-9 9-1 9-6
Piper	Stribling	9-4 9-0 9-0
Ord	Porter	9-2 9-1 7-9 9-2
Smith		bye
Cowderoy		bye
Leakey		bye

Player one	Player two	Score
Curry	Taylor	9-0 9-1 9-0
Morgan	Gowthorpe	9-4 9-0 9-1
Teague	Knapp	9-1 9-0 9-1
Powell	Leakey	9-2 9-0 9-2
Piper	Carlisle	9-5 9-10 9-4 9-4
De Borman	Ord	9-1 10-8 9-3
Cooke	Cowderoy	9-0 9-3 9-1
Knox	Smith	9-2 9-1 9-3

Player one	Player two	Score
Piper	De Borman	2-9 9-3 9-7 9-4
Curry	Knox	6-9 9-1 9-2 9-5
Teague	Morgan	7-9 3-9 9-2 9-4 9-2
Powell	Cooke	9-6 9-3 0-9 9-0

Player one	Player two	Score
Teague	Powell	8-10 9-1 9-1 9-4
Curry	Piper	9-1 9-2 9-2

1947 Women's British Open Squash Championship

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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