1956 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
British Open Squash Championships
28th Women's British Open Championships
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Location	London, England
Venue	Lansdowne Club
	← 1955 1957 →

LocationLondon, England

VenueLansdowne Club

The 1956 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 20–26 February 1956.
Janet Morgan won her seventh consecutive title defeating Sheila Speight in the final.^[1]

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Player One	Player Two	Score
Mrs Rosemary Deloford (7)	Miss N Sage	9-1 9-0 9-0
Miss D C Herman (8)	Miss A V M Isaac	9-10 9-2 9-2 9-1
Miss Daphne Portway	Miss S Jones	9-6 9-4 9-3
Mrs R Cooper	Miss P Flower	9-0 9-0 9-0
Miss Jenifer Gidwell	Miss A Doe	9-6 9-2 9-7
Mrs P Colyer	Miss J M Gilley	10-8 9-4 9-2
Miss J Duckit	Miss J Covell	w/o
Miss W Peile	Mrs R L Pottinger	9-5 9-5 9-3

Player One	Player Two	Score
Miss Janet Morgan (1)	Mrs J B Watson	w/o
Miss Sheila Speight (2)	Mrs B A Powell	9-5 9-0 9-0
Mrs Marjorie Townsend (3)	Miss J Dannatt	9-6 9-2 9-2
Mrs Ruth Turner (4)	Mrs R B Wilson	9-0 9-4 9-2
Mrs Jill Campion (5)	Miss E Wilson	w/o
Miss M E Gowthorpe (6)	Miss J M Martin	9-7 9-0 9-1
Mrs Rosemary Deloford (7)	Miss Jenifer Gidwell	8-10 9-1 4-9 9-2 9-0
Miss D C Herman (8)	Mrs P Colyer	9-3 9-2 9-3
Miss Margaret Morgan	Mrs R B Hawkey	9-2 9-1 9-2
Mrs Pat Gotla (née Cowney)	Miss S Peskett	9-0 9-2 10-8
Mrs R Nagle	Miss P Gates	9-4 9-3 9-3
Miss Daphne Portway	Miss J Duckit	9-4 9-5 9-0
Mrs R Cooper	Miss W Peile	9-1 9-1 9-0
Mrs H Bleasby	Miss P H Smallwood	9-2 9-7 9-1
Miss D Lange	Miss Ann Mitham	9-0 9-5 9-2
Mrs J M Hall	Miss V M J McLernon	9-3 9-6 9-5

Player One	Player Two	Score
Morgan J (1)	Hall	9-3 9-2 9-4
Speight (2)	Bleasby	9-2 9-3 9-2
Townsend (3)	Lange	9-1 9-3 9-3
Turner (4)	Morgan M	9-7 9-2 9-3
Campion (5)	Nagle	9-3 3-9 9-5 9-2
Gowthorpe (6)	Gotla	10-9 9-2 9-4
Deloford (7)	Portway	9-7 9-4 9-0
Herman (8)	Cooper	4-9 9-2 9-3 9-7

Player One	Player Two	Score
Morgan J (1)	Campion (5)	9-4 9-6 9-2
Speight (2)	Gowthorpe (6)	9-5 10-8 9-7
Townsend (3)	Herman (8)	10-9 9-4 5-9 9-6
Turner (4)	Deloford (7)	1-9 6-9 9-2 9-4 9-5

Player One	Player Two	Score
Morgan (1)	Turner (4)	9-2 9-2 9-7
Speight (2)	Townsend (3)	9-0 9-3 9-6

1956 Women's British Open Squash Championship

Draw and results

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

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