1948 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
20th Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location London, England
Venue Lansdowne Club
 1947 1949 

The 1948 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 19–25 January 1948.
Joan Curry won her second title defeating Janet Morgan in the final.[1]

Seeds

  1. England Joan Curry
  2. England Janet Morgan
  3. England Alice Teague
  4. England Margaret Carlisle

Draw & Results

[2]

First Round

Player One Player Two Score
England Miss Joan Curry bye
England Miss Janet Morgan bye
England Miss M H Palmer bye
England Mrs J Hall bye
England Miss M Piper bye
England Mrs M G Magniac bye
England Miss R Howard bye
England Miss P Sutherland bye
England Mrs Alice Teague England Mrs D Hobson 9-4 9-2 9-0
England Miss Margaret Carlisle England Miss J Taylor 9-2 9-0 9-2
England Mrs Margot Harris England Miss M E Sarel 9-0 9-0 9-2
Belgium Miss Myriam De Borman England Miss P R Read 9-1 9-4 9-0
England Mrs Betty Hilton England Miss U Trott 9-1 9-6 9-5
England Miss Betty Cooke England Mrs L E Lefevre w/o
England Mrs Peggy Dawson-Scott England Mrs J L C Cox 10-8 9-1 3-9 9-5
England Miss Pat Cowney England Miss P A Morse 9-0 9-2 9-0
England Mrs Violet St Clair Morford England Mrs W D Porter 9-3 2-9 9-5 9-3
England Mrs V Leakey England Miss Valerie Cooper 9-4 9-2 9-7
Wales Miss Rachel Byrne Belgium Miss Nelly Glamonna 9-2 9-0 9-0
England Mrs H Bleasby Belgium Mrs Ginette Germaine 9-0 9-6 9-1
England Miss D Salter England Miss D Castle 7-9 9-3 9-5 9-5
England Mrs H J Stribling Belgium Mrs G Pottier 9-1 9-6 9-4
England Mrs Margaret Dawnay England Miss J M Broad 9-0 9-6 7-9 9-5
England Miss Carroll de Courcy-Hamilton Belgium Mrs Lulu Boon 9-6 10-9 9-3
England Miss Meg Buxton-Knight England Miss Sheila Speight 9-0 9-3 0-9 6-2 ret
England Mrs D F Morgan England Miss K Abbott 9-7 9-3 9-7
England Miss V Ord Belgium Mrs E Van der Elst 9-4 9-5 10-8
England Mrs R Rathbone England Mrs J Price 4-9 10-8 9-5 9-6
England Miss H A Downey England Mrs A F B Standfast w/o
England Miss Rosemary Walsh England Miss Katherine Keith-Steele 9-4 9-0 9-3
England Miss K A M Steele England Miss S C Palmer 9-4 9-5 10-8
Wales Miss G James England Miss M A Travers 3-9 9-5 5-9 9-2 10-8

Second Round

Player One Player Two Score
England Curry England Palmer 9-4 9-3 9-5
England J Morgan England Hall 9-1 9-3 9-6
England Teague England Salter 9-0 9-4 9-3
England Carlisle England Stribling 9-4 9-1 9-2
England Harris England Dawnay 9-6 9-5 10-8
Belgium De Borman England de Courcy-Hamilton 9-4 9-3 9-0
England Hilton England Buxton-Knight 9-1 9-1 4-9 9-3
England Cooke England D F Morgan 9-2 9-4 9-1
England Dawson-Scott England Ord 9-5 9-3 9-4
England Cowney England Rathbone 5-9 9-3 6-9 5 9-6
England St Clair Morford England Dawney 1-9 9-5 9-2 5-9 9-5
England Piper England Howard 9-4 9-1 9-2
England Leakey England Walsh 9-3 9-3 10-8
Wales Byrne England Steele 9-2 9-6 9-2
England Magniac England Sutherland 9-6 9-3 9-3
England Bleasby Wales James 4-9 9-2 3-9 9-1 9-4

Third Round

Player One Player Two Score
England Curry England Magniac 9-2 9-7 9-5
England Morgan England Piper 9-1 10-8 6-9 9-1
England Teague Wales Byrne 9-0 9-4 9-1
England Carlisle England Dawson-Scott 9-0 9-3 9-5
England Hilton England Harris 9-2 9-4 9-2
Belgium De Borman England Cowmey 10-8 9-7 9-9
England Bleasby England Leakey 9-3 9-3 1-9 5-9 9-5
England Cooke England St Clair-Morford 9-2 9-2 9-2

Quarter Finals

Player One Player Two Score
England Morgan England Hilton 9-1 9-0 7-9 9-2
England Curry England Cooke 3-9 9-1 9-2 9-3
England Teague England Bleasby 9-5 9-2 9-1
England Carlisle Belgium De Borman 9-7 9-2 9-5

Semi Finals

Player One Player Two Score
England Morgan England Teague 9-1 7-9 9-6 9-1
England Curry England Carlisle 9-2 9-3 9-4

Final

Player One Player Two Score
England Curry England Morgan 9-5 9-0 9-10 6-9 10-8
Preceded by
1947
British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1948
Succeeded by
1949

References

  1. "Times Archives 1948 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
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