1950 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained

The 1950 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 19 to 26 February 1950.
Janet Morgan won her first title defeating Joan Curry in the final. Former multiple champion Margot Lumb returned to competition as Mrs Margot Gordon.^[1]

Draw and results

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First round

width=270	Player one	width=270	Player two	width=150	Score
Joan Curry (*1)	A L Isaac	9-3 9-0 9–1
Janet Morgan (*2)	Carroll de Courcy-Hamilton	9-0 9-2 9–0
Margaret Carlisle*	S C Palmer	9-3 9-4 9–1
Margot Harris *	A E Timson	9-1 9-5 9–1
Betty Hilton *	Katherine Keith-Steele	9-1 9-1 9–3
Margot Gordon (née Lumb)	J P Mead	9-1 9-3 9–1
Peggy Howe *	M H Palmer	9-0 9-6 9–4
Rachel Byrne	S Forsyth	9-2 9-5 9–0
Audrey Bates	H Selkirk-Wills	9-0 9-0 9–0
Ruth Turner	H A Downey	9-1 9-2 8-10 9–2
V Ord	C Scott Evans	9-5 7-9 9-7 8-10 9–3
M E Gowthorpe	R G Rolls	9-5 9-6 9–7
D P Chalkin	Barbara Banks	9-3 9-2 9–1
A V M Isaac	V Hodgson	9-0 9-1 9–0
B Cowderoy	J M Broad	9-3 9-5 9–6
	B J Grant	9-1 9-0 9–0
Betty Cooke	P Marshall	9-1 9-6 9–3
Charlotte Prizer	Jnr. Cdr. M Walker	9-2 9-7 9–0
M B Lewis	U Trott	3-9 7-9 9-6 9-2 9–6
Pat Cowney	J E Manning	9-1 9-1 5-9 9–1
Betty Meagher	R Nagle	9-1 9-7 9–2
M A Illing	A Kaye	9-4 9-1 9–0
M M Bourne	Snr. Cdr. Daphne Portway	9-7 7-9 8-10 9-4 10–9
H Bleasby	Sally-Anne Jackson	9-3 9-3 9–5
Nancy Bayard-Stockton	J B Martin	9-1 9-4 9–1
K A Abbott	R Raikes	9-1 9-5 9–1
Inger Gelardi	Sqd. Off. M M Sturge	9-3 9-5 9–4
A F B Stanfast	Elizabeth Pearson	9-6 3-9 10-9 3-9 9–4
	P R Sutherland	9-2 9-1 9–2
Margaret Dawnay	M S Armytage-MacDonald	9-4 9-10 7-9 9-7 9–3
Margaret Morgan	Helen Stone	9-3 9-2 9–3
Helen Lacy-Hulbert	2/O N A Swainson	9-7 9-4 9–3

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Second round

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Curry	Cooke	10-8 9-4 9–1
Morgan J	Prizer	9-4 9-0 9–1
Carlisle	Lewis	9-1 9-2 9–2
Harris	Cowney	9-5 9-6 9–5
Hilton	Meagher	9-7 9-6 9–0
Gordon	Illing	9-4 9-1 9–2
Howe	Bourne	9-3 9-0 9–4
Byrne	Bleasby	8-10 9-1 9-4 9–3
Bates	Martin	9-0 9-1 10–8
Turner	Abbott	9-2 9-3 9–0
Ord	Gelardi	5-9 9-5 5-9 10-8 9–2
Gowthorpe	Stanfast	7-9 9-1 9-3 5-9 10–8
Chalkin	Knapp	9-6 9-3 8-10 9–1
Isaac	Dawnay	10-8 9-6 9–3
Cowderoy	Morgan M	10-8 10-8 9–7
Speight	Lacy-Hulbert	10-8 4-9 5-9 9-5 9–5

Third round

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Morgan	Byrne	5-9 9-2 9-3 10–8
Howe	Bates	9-5 10-8 9–4
Carlisle	Turner	9-3 9-7 9–1
Harris	Ord	9-1 9-6 9–6
Hilton	Gowthorpe	9-7 9-5 9–0
Gordon	Chalkin	9-1 9-4 9–2
Isaac	Cowderoy	9-4 9-3 9–3
Curry	Speight	9-1 9-7 9–4

Quarter-finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Morgan J	Howe	9-4 9-5 9–7
Curry	Isaac	9-2 9-5 9–3
Hilton	Gordon	9-5 9-8 9–5
Carlisle	Harris	1-9 2-9 9-4 9-1 9–0

Semi-finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Morgan	Carlisle	9-3 9-2 9–4
Curry	Hilton	10-8 9-5 9–2

Final

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Morgan	Curry	9-4 9-3 9–0

Notes and References

1. Web site: Times Archives 1950 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. Web site: Squash Rackets. The Times Archives. 27 July 2015. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.