1959 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
31st Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location	London, England
Venue	Lansdowne Club
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The 1959 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 20–26 February 1956.
Janet Morgan announced that she was to retire on medical advice after the 1959 Championship; she duly won an incredible tenth consecutive title defeating Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) for the fourth successive year in the final. Later in the year Morgan retired and married becoming Janet Bisley and the following year Macintosh would finally have the chance to compete without having to play Morgan.^[1]

Seeds

1. Miss Janet Morgan
2. Mrs Sheila Macintosh (née Speight)
3. Mrs Rosemary Deloford
4. Miss D C Herman
5. Miss M E Gowthorpe
6. Mrs Marjorie Townsend
7. Mrs Ruth Turner
8. Mrs R Cooper

Draw & Results

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First Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Mrs Rosemary Deloford (3)	Miss Claire Hargreaves	9-3 9-1 9-5
Mrs Ruth Turner (7)	Miss T Stevenson	9-1 9-1 9-5
Mrs R Cooper (8)	Miss B M Horton	9-2 9-1 9-5
Mrs C Ashton	Miss J M Gilley	9-0 9-0 9-5
Mrs H Bleasby	Miss H F Newberry	9-4 9-4 9-2
Mrs Bobs Whitehead	Miss P Drew	6-9 9-0 9-1 3-9 9-2
Miss Annette Picton	Miss P H Smallwood	9-1 9-0 9-4
Mrs R Nagle	Mrs Whitby	9-3 9-1 9-4
Mrs Fran Marshall	Miss J M Goodin	9-6 9-2 9-2
Mrs J M Hall	Miss J Lancaster	5-9 7-9 9-4 9-3 9-5
Miss M M Hazell	Miss H Jolly	9-7 9-0 9-1
Mrs C E Harrison	Miss J M Mallen	9-3 7-9 9-5 3-9 9-5
Miss Marion Lloyd	Miss B E Simister	9-5 9-5 9-6
Miss G Pears	Mrs Pat Gotla (née Cowney)	9-6 9-4 2-9 9-5
Mrs R B Hawkey	Major M U Walker	9-2 9-6 9-4
Miss S McMullan	Miss C J Taunton	2-9 6-9 9-7 9-2 9-3

denotes seed (*)

Second Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Miss Janet Morgan (1)	Miss H E Bond	w/o
Mrs Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) (2)	Miss H J Bell	9-2 9-1 9-0
Mrs Rosemary Deloford (3)	Mrs Bobs Whitehead	9-5 6-9 9-6 9-2
Miss D C Herman (4)	Mrs R Nagle	9-2 9-1 9-0
Miss M E Gowthorpe (5)	Mrs N A Watkins	9-2 9-1 9-1
Mrs Marjorie Townsend (6)	Miss J Covell	9-2 9-1 9-3
Mrs Ruth Turner (7)	Miss M M Hazell	9-4 7-9 9-1 9-1
Mrs R Cooper (8)	Mrs C E Harrison	9-3 9-0 9-1
Mrs D M Holman	Miss Ann Mitham	9-5 9-0 9-1
Miss D Lange	Miss K A Abbott	9-5 9-0 9-7
Mrs J M Hall	Miss Marion Lloyd	9-4 9-2 1-9 9-3
Miss R Waterhouse	Miss G Pears	4-9 9-7 9-4 9-3
Mrs Fran Marshall	Miss Annette Picton	9-2 9-0 9-0
Mrs C Ashton	Mrs R B Hawkey	9-2 9-3 9-6
Mrs H Bleasby	Miss V J Foster	9-3 9-8 8-10 1-9 9-4
Mrs K Tomlin	Miss S McMullan	5-9 4-9 9-7 9-3 9-1

Third Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Morgan	Holman	9-2 9-0 9-2
Macintosh	Lange	9-1 9-7 9-1
Marshall	Deloford	9-6 9-2 3-9 2-9 9-5
Herman	Hall	9-1 9-0 9-0
Gowthorpe	Waterhouse	9-2 9-0 9-0
Townsend	Ashton	9-3 9-1 9-1
Turner	Bleasby	9-4 9-2 9-6
Cooper	Tomlin	6-9 9-3 9-5 2-9 9-1

Quarter Finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
Morgan	Gowthorpe	9-7 9-7 9-2
Macintosh	Townsend	9-7 9-7 9-1
Marshall	Turner	10-9 9-10 2-5 ret
Herman	Cooper	9-2 9-3 9-1

Semi Finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
Morgan	Marshall	4-9 4-9 9-2 9-3 9-0
Macintosh	Herman	9-5 9-6 9-4

Final

Player One	Player Two	Score
Morgan	Speight	9-6 9-4 9-2

References

1. "Times Archives 1959 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.