1949 Women's British Open Squash Championship
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Squash tournament held in London, England
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club
| British Open Squash Championships | |
|---|---|
| 21st Women's British Open Championships | |
| Details | |
| Location | London, England |
| Venue | Lansdowne Club |
The 1949 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 10–16 January 1949.
Joan Curry won her third title defeating Janet Morgan in the final.[1]
Draw and results
First round
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
 Janet Morgan * | bye | |
| Joan Curry * | Miss T Stevenson | 9-0 9-0 9-3 |
| Mrs Betty Hilton* | Sqd. Off. M M Sturge | 9-2 9-1 9-2 |
| Miss Margaret Carlisle* | Mrs D Hobson | 9-0 9-0 9-0 |
| Mrs Margot Harris * | Miss U Trott | 9-6 9-2 9-4 |
 Miss Myriam De Borman* | Miss M J Mayer | 9-2 9-2 9-0 |
 Miss G W James | Miss M A Travers | w/o |
| Miss Betty Cooke * | Miss K Abbot | 9-3 9-1 9-2 |
| Miss Audrey Bates | Junior Cdr. Daphne Portway | 9-3 9-7 9-2 |
| Miss Pat Cowney | Mrs M B Lewis | 9-4 9-5 9-1 |
| Mrs D F Morgan | Mrs A E Timson | 9-1 9-2 9-2 |
 Mrs M S Armytage-MacDonald | Miss D Castle | 7-6 ret hurt |
| Sheila Speight | Miss S C Palmer | 9-1 9-6 9-4 |
| Mrs J L C Cox | Mrs M Pacquet | 9-7 9-0 9-0 |
| Miss A L Isaac | Mrs E Van der Elst | w/o |
| Mrs Marjorie Townsend | Mrs F M Edmonds | 9-0 9-0 9-1 |
| Mrs J Hall | Mrs G E Baker | 9-1 9-7 9-0 |
| Rosemary Walsh | Miss K M A Steele | 9-7 9-6 9-1 |
| Mrs Helen Lacy-Hulbert | Mrs H J Stribling | 9-10 9-1 9-6 10-8 |
| Miss M A Iling | Miss J M Broad | 0-9 9-4 9-5 9-6 |
| Miss A V M Isaac | Mrs M Richards | 9-0 9-2 9-2 |
| Mrs M Anthony-Davies | Mrs W D Porter | 9-6 9-4 9-1 |
| Mrs M M Bourne | Mrs Alice Teague* | w/o |
| Miss A A Hodges | Miss Kay Tuckey | 9-4 10-8 9-7 |
| Miss M H Palmer | Miss Nelly Glamonna | 9-2 9-6 9-6 |
| Miss V Ord | 2/O N A Swainson | 5-9 9-4 9-7 9-4 |
| Mrs Violet St Clair Morford | Miss P R Sutherland | 9-7 9-5 9-10 9-4 |
| Mrs J B Parker | Mrs D Liddell | w/o |
 Mrs M Van Laer | Miss R McClenaghan | 9-0 9-1 5-9 10-8 |
| Mrs A Mostyn | Mrs H A Downey | 6-9 9-2 7-9 9-2 9-1 |
| Mrs J Rathbone | Peggy Dawson-Scott | w/o |
| Mrs J Pottier | Sub. M Walker ATS | 9-7 6-9 6-9 9-4 9-3 |
seed *
Second round
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Curry | Hall | 9-2 9-5 9-4 |
| Morgan J | Walsh | 9-1 9-1 9-0 |
| Hilton | Lacy-Hulbert | 9-2 9-0 9-1 |
| Carlisle | Iling | 9-0 9-2 9-0 |
| Harris | A L Isaac | 9-2 9-3 9-1 |
| De Borman | Anthony-Davies | 9-2 9-0 9-3 |
| James | Bourne | 10-8 5 6 |
| Cooke | Hodges | 9-3 9-2 9-1 |
| Bates | Palmer | 9-2 9-3 9-1 |
| Cowney | Ord | 9-0 9-4 9-6 |
| Morgan D F | St Clair Morford | 9-2 9-7 4-9 9-7 |
| Armytage-M | Parker | 9-1 9-0 9-5 |
| Speight | Van Laer | 9-0 9-3 9-2 |
| Cox | Mostyn | 9-4 9-6 9-4 |
| A V M Isaac | Rathbone | 9-7 3-9 0-9 9-3 9-7 |
| Townsend | Pottier | 9-0 9-0 9-3 |
Third round
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Curry | Bates | 9-4 9-1 9-2 |
| Morgan J | Isaac | 9-3 9-2 9-3 |
| Hilton | Townsend | 9-2 4-9 9-2 9-4 |
| Carlisle | Cowney | 9-0 9-4 6-9 9-1 |
| Harris | Cox | 9-2 9-1 9-2 |
| De Borman | Armytage-M | 9-7 6-9 9-5 9-2 |
| James | Speight | 4-9 9-4 10-8 9-2 |
| Cooke | Morgan D F | 9-5 9-1 9-6 |
Quarter-finals
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan | Harris | 9-0 9-3 9-2 |
| Curry | De Borman | 9-1 9-1 9-7 |
| Hilton | James | 9-4 9-4 9-3 |
| Carlisle | Cooke | 9-0 9-6 9-2 |
Semi-finals
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan | Hilton | 9-1 9-3 9-2 |
| Curry | Carlisle | 0-9 9-2 9-0 9-0 |
Final
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Curry | Morgan | 2-9 9-3 10-8 9-0 |
| Preceded by | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1949 |
Succeeded by |
References
- ↑ "Times Archives 1949 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
- ↑ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2015.