1950 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
British Open Squash Championships
22nd Women's British Open Championships
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Location	London, England
Venue	Lansdowne Club
	← 1949 1951 →

LocationLondon, England

VenueLansdowne Club

The 1950 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 19 to 26 February 1950.
Janet Morgan won her first title defeating Joan Curry in the final. Former multiple champion Margot Lumb returned to competition as Mrs Margot Gordon.^[1]

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Player one	Player two	Score
Joan Curry (*1)	A L Isaac	9-3 9-0 9–1
Janet Morgan (*2)	Carroll de Courcy-Hamilton	9-0 9-2 9–0
Margaret Carlisle*	S C Palmer	9-3 9-4 9–1
Margot Harris *	A E Timson	9-1 9-5 9–1
Betty Hilton *	Katherine Keith-Steele	9-1 9-1 9–3
Margot Gordon (née Lumb)*	J P Mead	9-1 9-3 9–1
Peggy Howe *	M H Palmer	9-0 9-6 9–4
Rachel Byrne	S Forsyth	9-2 9-5 9–0
Audrey Bates	H Selkirk-Wills	9-0 9-0 9–0
Ruth Turner	H A Downey	9-1 9-2 8-10 9–2
V Ord	C Scott Evans	9-5 7-9 9-7 8-10 9–3
M E Gowthorpe	R G Rolls	9-5 9-6 9–7
D P Chalkin	Barbara Banks	9-3 9-2 9–1
A V M Isaac	V Hodgson	9-0 9-1 9–0
B Cowderoy	J M Broad	9-3 9-5 9–6
Sheila Speight	B J Grant	9-1 9-0 9–0
Betty Cooke	P Marshall	9-1 9-6 9–3
Charlotte Prizer	Jnr. Cdr. M Walker	9-2 9-7 9–0
M B Lewis	U Trott	3-9 7-9 9-6 9-2 9–6
Pat Cowney	J E Manning	9-1 9-1 5-9 9–1
Betty Meagher	R Nagle	9-1 9-7 9–2
M A Illing	A Kaye	9-4 9-1 9–0
M M Bourne	Snr. Cdr. Daphne Portway	9-7 7-9 8-10 9-4 10–9
H Bleasby	Sally-Anne Jackson	9-3 9-3 9–5
Nancy Bayard-Stockton	J B Martin	9-1 9-4 9–1
K A Abbott	R Raikes	9-1 9-5 9–1
Inger Gelardi	Sqd. Off. M M Sturge	9-3 9-5 9–4
A F B Stanfast	Elizabeth Pearson	9-6 3-9 10-9 3-9 9–4
Barbara Knapp	P R Sutherland	9-2 9-1 9–2
Margaret Dawnay	M S Armytage-MacDonald	9-4 9-10 7-9 9-7 9–3
Margaret Morgan	Helen Stone	9-3 9-2 9–3
Helen Lacy-Hulbert	2/O N A Swainson	9-7 9-4 9–3

Player one	Player two	Score
Curry	Cooke	10-8 9-4 9–1
Morgan J	Prizer	9-4 9-0 9–1
Carlisle	Lewis	9-1 9-2 9–2
Harris	Cowney	9-5 9-6 9–5
Hilton	Meagher	9-7 9-6 9–0
Gordon	Illing	9-4 9-1 9–2
Howe	Bourne	9-3 9-0 9–4
Byrne	Bleasby	8-10 9-1 9-4 9–3
Bates	Martin	9-0 9-1 10–8
Turner	Abbott	9-2 9-3 9–0
Ord	Gelardi	5-9 9-5 5-9 10-8 9–2
Gowthorpe	Stanfast	7-9 9-1 9-3 5-9 10–8
Chalkin	Knapp	9-6 9-3 8-10 9–1
Isaac	Dawnay	10-8 9-6 9–3
Cowderoy	Morgan M	10-8 10-8 9–7
Speight	Lacy-Hulbert	10-8 4-9 5-9 9-5 9–5

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Byrne	5-9 9-2 9-3 10–8
Howe	Bates	9-5 10-8 9–4
Carlisle	Turner	9-3 9-7 9–1
Harris	Ord	9-1 9-6 9–6
Hilton	Gowthorpe	9-7 9-5 9–0
Gordon	Chalkin	9-1 9-4 9–2
Isaac	Cowderoy	9-4 9-3 9–3
Curry	Speight	9-1 9-7 9–4

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan J	Howe	9-4 9-5 9–7
Curry	Isaac	9-2 9-5 9–3
Hilton	Gordon	9-5 9-8 9–5
Carlisle	Harris	1-9 2-9 9-4 9-1 9–0

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Carlisle	9-3 9-2 9–4
Curry	Hilton	10-8 9-5 9–2

1950 Women's British Open Squash Championship

Draw and results

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References

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