1950 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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

The 1950 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 19–26 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]

Seeds

  1. England Joan Curry
  2. England Janet Morgan

England Betty Hilton
England Margaret Carlisle
England Margot Harris
England Margot Gordon (née Lumb)

United States Peggy Howe

Draw & Results

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First Round

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

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Second Round

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

Third Round

Player One Player Two Score
England Morgan Wales Byrne 5-9 9-2 9-3 10-8
United States Howe Wales Bates 9-5 10-8 9-4
England Carlisle England Turner 9-3 9-7 9-1
England Harris England Ord 9-1 9-6 9-6
England Hilton England Gowthorpe 9-7 9-5 9-0
England Gordon England Chalkin 9-1 9-4 9-2
England Isaac England Cowderoy 9-4 9-3 9-3
England Curry England Speight 9-1 9-7 9-4

Quarter Finals

Player One Player Two Score
England Morgan J United States Howe 9-4 9-5 9-7
England Curry England Isaac 9-2 9-5 9-3
England Hilton England Gordon 9-5 9-8 9-5
England Carlisle England Harris 1-9 2-9 9-4 9-1 9-0

Semi Finals

Player One Player Two Score
England Morgan England Carlisle 9-3 9-2 9-4
England Curry England Hilton 10-8 9-5 9-2

Final

Player One Player Two Score
England Morgan England Curry 9-4 9-3 9-0
Preceded by
1949
British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1950
Succeeded by
1951

References

  1. "Times Archives 1950 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
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