1953 Women's British Open Squash Championship
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Squash tournament held in London, England
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club
| British Open Squash Championships | |
|---|---|
| 25th Women's British Open Championships | |
| Details | |
| Location | London, England |
| Venue | Lansdowne Club |
The 1953 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 15–22 February 1953.
Janet Morgan won her fourth consecutive title defeating Marjorie Townsend in the final.[1]
Draw and results
First round
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
 Janet Morgan (1*) | bye | |
| Mrs Marjorie Townsend* | bye | |
| Miss S C Palmer | bye | |
| Miss M J Williams | bye | |
| Sheila Speight * | Miss Barbara Knapp | 9-3 9-2 9-0 |
| Miss Rosermay Walsh | Mrs D M Cooper | 9-1 9-5 3-9 9-5 |
| Miss M E Gowthorpe* | Mrs R A Johnson | w/o |
| Mrs Alice Teague* | Mrs J L C Cox | 9-2 9-1 9-6 |
 Miss Audrey Bates* | Mrs D Rich | 9-6 9-3 9-1 |
| Mrs Margot Harris | Miss P Smith | 9-3 9-2 9-1 |
| Mrs Helen Lacy-Hulbert | Mrs R B R Wilson | 9-5 9-5 9-5 |
| Miss M M Hazell | Miss J Mallen | 9-6 9-3 9-6 |
| Miss A Cloke |  Miss Joan Kock* | 4-9 10-8 9-2 9-5 |
| Miss B Holworthy | Mrs Ruth Turner * | w/o |
| Mrs Margaret Dawnay | Miss V M J McLernon | 9-4 9-3 9-0 |
| Mrs Charlotte Prizer* | Miss Rachel Byrne | w/o |
| Miss J P Mead | Miss J M Hall | 9-2 2-9 3-9 9-4 9-6 |
| Miss A V M Isaac* | Miss M M Sturge | 9-10 9-7 9-5 9-3 |
| Mrs E Mostyn | Mrs S Bowyer | 9-0 9-1 9-1 |
| Mrs Barbara Laussat Clement * | Miss H A Tucker | 9-1 9-2 8-10 9-7 |
| Major Daphne Portway | Miss J Watkins | 9-5 3-9 9-4 9-3 |
| Miss K A C Martin | Mrs R B Hawkey | 9-4 9-6 9-0 |
| Mrs R Nagle | Mrs M A Williams | 6-9 9-6 9-4 9-2 |
| Mrs M Short* | Miss Barraclough | w/o |
| Mrs Blanche Day* | Miss E Fosbroke-Hobbes | 9-1 8-10 9-6 9-4 |
| Miss K A Abbott | Mrs Frances Pilling | 9-4 9-1 9-0 |
| Mrs G Riggall |  Mrs G W Band | 9-5 9-0 9-5 |
| Miss Margaret Morgan | Mrs B A Powell | 5-9 9-1 9-6 9-7 |
| Mrs J B Watson | Mrs Maitland-Griggs* | 9-4 3-9 9-4 9-1 |
| Miss J Stevens | Captain M E Maclagan | 9-6 9-4 9-4 |
| Mrs Pat Gotla (née Cowney)* | Miss Barbara Banks* | 9-2 9-10 9-0 9-4 |
| Mrs H Bleasby | Miss W Peile | w/o |
seed *
Second round
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan J | Palmer | w/o |
| Townsend | Williams | 9-4 9-2 9-3 |
| Speight | Mostyn | 9-3 3-9 9-4 10-8 |
| Walsh | Clement | 9-4 9-3 9-5 |
| Gowthorpe | Portway | 9-4 9-3 9-4 |
| Teague | Martin | 9-1 9-0 9-0 |
| Bates | Nagle | 9-2 9-1 9-3 |
| Harris | Short | 9-0 9-0 9-4 |
| Lacy-Hulbert | Day | 9-4 9-1 9-1 |
| Hazell | Abbott | 9-4 9-6 9-0 |
| Cloke | Riggall | 0-9 9-5 9-4 7-9 9-4 |
| Holworthy | Morgan M | 0-9 5 6-9 3 10-8 |
| Dawnay | Watson | 3-9 9-3 9-6 9-1 |
| Prizer | Stevens | 9-5 9-3 9-1 |
| Mead | Gotla | 10-8 5-9 9-6 9-7 |
| Isaac AV M | Bleasby | 7-9 9-7 9-5 9-0 |
Third round
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan | Lacy-Hulbert | 9-5 9-1 9-2 |
| Townsend | Hazell | 9-5 9-4 9-1 |
| Speight | Cloke | 9-0 9-1 9-1 |
| Walsh | Holworthy | 9-2 9-4 9-7 |
| Gowthorpe | Dawnay | 9-2 9-0 9-3 |
| Teague | Prizer | 9-0 9-3 9-0 |
| Bates | Mead | 9-1 9-2 9-5 |
| Harris | Isaac | 10-9 9-2 9-4 |
Quarter-finals
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan | Gowthorpe | 9-5 9-1 9-2 |
| Townsend | Teague | 2-9 8-10 9-0 9-5 10-8 |
| Speight | Bates | 9-4 6-9 9-1 9-0 |
| Walsh | Harris | 9-1 7-9 9-5 9-5 |
Semi-finals
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan | Speight | 9-6 9-1 9-6 |
| Townsend | Walsh | 9-4 5-9 9-6 9-3 |
Final
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan | Townsend | 9-4 9-2 9-4 |
| Preceded by | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1953 |
Succeeded by |
References
- ↑ "Times Archives 1953 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
- ↑ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2015.