1951 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
23rd Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location London, England
Venue Lansdowne Club
 1950 1952 

The 1951 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 5–11 February 1951.
Janet Morgan won her second title defeating Joan Curry in a repeat of the 1950 final.[1]

Seeds

  1. England Janet Morgan
  2. England Joan Curry
  3. England Margot Harris
  4. Wales Audrey Bates - withdrew

England A V M Isaac
England Marjorie Townsend
England Helen Lacy-Hulbert

Wales Rachel Byrne

Draw & Results

[2]

First Round

Player One Player Two Score
England Miss Janet Morgan (*1) bye
England Miss Joan Curry (*2) bye
England Mrs E Vanner bye
Belgium Miss Nelly Glamonna bye
England Mrs H A Downey bye
England Mrs J L C Cox bye
England Mrs R Nagle bye
England Mrs M Richards bye
England Mrs Marjorie Townsend* England Mrs A E Timson 9-0 9-2 9-2
England Mrs Helen Lacy-Hulbert * England Miss K A Abbott 9-2 9-5 9-4
England Mrs Margot Harris (*3) England 3/O J M Morgan 9-1 9-0 9-0
England Miss A V M Isaac* England Mrs T Veith-Brown 9-2 9-0 9-1
England Mrs J E Manning England Miss S C Palmer 9-2 9-4 9-4
England Miss M H Palmer England L/Wren A Tate 9-4 9-0 10-8
England Miss Sheila Speight England Mrs Margaret Dawnay 9-3 5-9 9-4 9-5
England Mrs M B Lewis England Miss H Selkirk-Wells 9-0 9-0 9-0
England Mrs D Cooper England Mrs J Mills 9-0 9-0 9-0
England Miss M Gowthorpe England Miss Carroll de Courcy-Hamilton 9-5 9-0 9-4
England Miss J Capes Republic of Ireland Miss L Jackson 1-9 9-7 9-1 9-6
England Mrs Pat Gotla (née Cowney) Wales Miss Rachel Byrne * 9-5 5-9 9-5 9-7
England Mrs J M Hall England Miss Rosemary Walsh 9-1 7-9 9-7 10-9
England Mrs M Cunneen Denmark Fru Ellen Kaas 9-4 9-0 9-2
England Mrs H J Stribling England Mrs G Riggall 9-7 5-9 5-9 9-1 9-4
Wales Miss Margaret Morgan England Mrs R B Hawkey 9-2 9-0 10-9
England Miss Katherine Keith-Steele Denmark Miss Linda Winkel 9-3 9-6 9-0
England Miss P Marshall England 2/O H M Jones 9-5 9-0 9-7
England Miss E Wilson England Mrs Y Barbor 9-1 9-0 9-4
England Major N Christy England Miss M Dwelly 9-2 5-9 10-8 9-3
England Mrs Sheila McKechnie England F/Officer J Pawson 9-3 9-7 9-5
England Mrs B A Powell England Miss J P Mead 9-7 9-4 9-1
Netherlands Mrs Van der Geissen England Mrs J Evers 9-3 9-4 3-9 9-5
England Miss A L Isaac England Miss W Josephs 9-7 6-9 9-3 9-3

denotes seed *
Mrs Audrey Bayes (Wal 4*) withdrew because of influenza

Second Round

Player One Player Two Score
England Morgan England Downey 9-1 9-1 9-1
England Townsend England Hall 9-5 7-9 9-4 9-7
England Lacy-Hulbert England Cunneen 9-0 9-1 9-1
England Harris England Stribling 9-4 9-2 9-0
England Isaac A V Wales Morgan M 9-3 9-3 5-9 9-3
England Curry England Cox 9-4 9-2 9-4
England Richards England Nagle 9-6 6-9 9-3 9-4
England Manning England Keith-Steele 9-4 9-5 9-1
England Vanner Belgium Glamonna w/o
England Palmer England Marshall 10-8 9-4 9-2
England Speight England Wilson 9-1 9-0 9-1
England Lewis England Christy 9-1 2-9 9-3 9-3
England Cooper England McKechnie 9-0 9-0 9-6
England Gowthorpe England Powell 9-0 3-9 3 9-2
England Capes Netherlands Van der Geissen 9-0 9-0 9-7
England Gotla England Isaac A L 9-1 9-1 9-0

Third Round

Player One Player Two Score
England Morgan J England Vanner 9-1 9-2 9-1
England Speight England Lacy-Hulbert 9-4 10-9 9-3
England Curry England Richards 9-4 9-2 9-1
England Gowthorpe England Harris 9-3 9-0 2-9 8-10 9-2
England Townsend England Palmer 9-2 9-6 9-4
England Cooper England Lewis 9-3 9-3 9-1
England Isaac England Manning 9-5 9-2 9-3
England Gotla England Capes 9-3 9-1 9-3

Quarter Finals

Player One Player Two Score
England Morgan England Townsend 9-1 9-0 9-3
England Speight England Cooper 9-5 9-1 9-0
England Curry England Isaac 9-4 9-6 9-1
England Gowthorpe England Gotla 9-7 7-9 1-9 10-8 9-6

Semi Finals

Player One Player Two Score
England Morgan England Speight 9-3 9-1 9-1
England Curry England Gowthorpe 9-3 9-0 9-2

Final

Player One Player Two Score
England Morgan England Curry 9-1 2-9 9-3 9-4
Preceded by
1950
British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1951
Succeeded by
1952

References

  1. "Times Archives 1951 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
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