1948 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained

The 1948 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 19–25 January 1948.
Joan Curry won her second title defeating Janet Morgan in the final.^[1]

Draw and results

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First round

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Miss M H Palmer		bye
Mrs J Hall		bye
Miss M Piper		bye
Mrs M G Magniac		bye
Miss R Howard		bye
Miss P Sutherland		bye
Mrs Alice Teague	Mrs D Hobson	9-4 9-2 9-0
Miss Margaret Carlisle	Miss J Taylor	9-2 9-0 9-2
Mrs Margot Harris	Miss M E Sarel	9-0 9-0 9-2
Miss Myriam De Borman	Miss P R Read	9-1 9-4 9-0
Mrs Betty Hilton	Miss U Trott	9-1 9-6 9-5
Miss Betty Cooke	Mrs L E Lefevre	w/o
	Mrs J L C Cox	10-8 9-1 3-9 9-5
Miss Pat Cowney	Miss P A Morse	9-0 9-2 9-0
Mrs Violet St Clair Morford	Mrs W D Porter	9-3 2-9 9-5 9-3
Mrs V Leakey	Miss Valerie Cooper	9-4 9-2 9-7
Miss Rachel Byrne	Miss Nelly Glamonna	9-2 9-0 9-0
Mrs H Bleasby	Mrs Ginette Germaine	9-0 9-6 9-1
Miss D Salter	Miss D Castle	7-9 9-3 9-5 9-5
Mrs H J Stribling	Mrs G Pottier	9-1 9-6 9-4
Mrs Margaret Dawnay	Miss J M Broad	9-0 9-6 7-9 9-5
Miss Carroll de Courcy-Hamilton	Mrs Lulu Boon	9-6 10-9 9-3
Miss Meg Buxton-Knight	Miss Sheila Speight	9-0 9-3 0-9 6-2 ret
Mrs D F Morgan	Miss K Abbott	9-7 9-3 9-7
Miss V Ord	Mrs E Van der Elst	9-4 9-5 10-8
Mrs R Rathbone	Mrs J Price	4-9 10-8 9-5 9-6
Miss H A Downey	Mrs A F B Standfast	w/o
	Miss Katherine Keith-Steele	9-4 9-0 9-3
Miss K A M Steele	Miss S C Palmer	9-4 9-5 10-8
Miss G James	Miss M A Travers	3-9 9-5 5-9 9-2 10-8

Second round

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Curry	Palmer	9-4 9-3 9-5
J Morgan	Hall	9-1 9-3 9-6
Teague	Salter	9-0 9-4 9-3
Carlisle	Stribling	9-4 9-1 9-2
Harris	Dawnay	9-6 9-5 10-8
De Borman	de Courcy-Hamilton	9-4 9-3 9-0
Hilton	Buxton-Knight	9-1 9-1 4-9 9-3
Cooke	D F Morgan	9-2 9-4 9-1
Dawson-Scott	Ord	9-5 9-3 9-4
Cowney	Rathbone	5-9 9-3 6-9 5 9-6
St Clair Morford	Dawney	1-9 9-5 9-2 5-9 9-5
Piper	Howard	9-4 9-1 9-2
Leakey	Walsh	9-3 9-3 10-8
Byrne	Steele	9-2 9-6 9-2
Magniac	Sutherland	9-6 9-3 9-3
Bleasby	James	4-9 9-2 3-9 9-1 9-4

Third round

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Curry	Magniac	9-2 9-7 9-5
Morgan	Piper	9-1 10-8 6-9 9-1
Teague	Byrne	9-0 9-4 9-1
Carlisle	Dawson-Scott	9-0 9-3 9-5
Hilton	Harris	9-2 9-4 9-2
De Borman	Cowmey	10-8 9-7 9-9
Bleasby	Leakey	9-3 9-3 1-9 5-9 9-5
Cooke	St Clair-Morford	9-2 9-2 9-2

Quarter-finals

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Morgan	Hilton	9-1 9-0 7-9 9-2
Curry	Cooke	3-9 9-1 9-2 9-3
Teague	Bleasby	9-5 9-2 9-1
Carlisle	De Borman	9-7 9-2 9-5

Semi-finals

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Morgan	Teague	9-1 7-9 9-6 9-1
Curry	Carlisle	9-2 9-3 9-4

Final

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Curry	Morgan	9-5 9-0 9-10 6-9 10-8

Notes and References

1. Web site: Times Archives 1948 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. Web site: Squash Rackets. The Times Archives. 26 July 2015. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.