1959 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
31st Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location London, England
Venue Lansdowne Club
 1958 1960 

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

Draw & Results

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First Round

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

denotes seed (*)

Second Round

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

Third Round

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

Quarter Finals

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

Semi Finals

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

Final

Player One Player Two Score
England Morgan England Speight 9-6 9-4 9-2
Preceded by
1958
British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1959
Succeeded by
1960

References

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