1953 Women's British Open Squash Championship
British Open Squash Championships | |||
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25th Women's British Open Championships | |||
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Location | London, England | ||
Venue | Lansdowne Club | ||
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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]
Seeds
Marjorie Townsend
Sheila Speight
M E Gowthorpe
Audrey Bates
Alice Teague
Charlotte Prizer
A V M Isaac
Barbara Laussat Clement
M Short
Blanche Day
Barbara Banks
Pat Gotla née Cowney
Maitland-Griggs
Joan Kock
Draw & Results
First Round
Player One | Player Two | Score |
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Miss Janet Morgan (1*) | bye | |
Mrs Marjorie Townsend* | bye | |
Miss S C Palmer | bye | |
Miss M J Williams | bye | |
Miss 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
Third Round
Quarter Finals
Player One | Player Two | Score |
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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 |
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Morgan | Speight | 9-6 9-1 9-6 |
Townsend | Walsh | 9-4 5-9 9-6 9-3 |
Final
Player One | Player Two | Score |
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Morgan | Townsend | 9-4 9-2 9-4 |
Preceded by 1952 |
British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1953 |
Succeeded by 1954 |
References
- ↑ "Times Archives 1953 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
- ↑ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
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