1951 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained
The 1951 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 5–11 February 1951.
Janet Morgan won her second title defeating Joan Curry in a repeat of the 1950 final.[1]
Draw and results
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First round
| width=270 | Player one | width=270 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|
| Janet Morgan (*1) | | bye |
| Joan Curry (*2) | | bye |
| Mrs E Vanner | | bye |
 Miss Nelly Glamonna | | bye |
| Mrs H A Downey | | bye |
| Mrs J L C Cox | | bye |
| Mrs R Nagle | | bye |
| Mrs M Richards | | bye |
| Mrs Marjorie Townsend* | Mrs A E Timson | 9-0 9-2 9-2 |
| Mrs Helen Lacy-Hulbert * | Miss K A Abbott | 9-2 9-5 9-4 |
| Mrs Margot Harris (*3) | 3/O J M Morgan | 9-1 9-0 9-0 |
| Miss A V M Isaac* | Mrs T Veith-Brown | 9-2 9-0 9-1 |
| Mrs J E Manning | Miss S C Palmer | 9-2 9-4 9-4 |
| Miss M H Palmer | L/Wren A Tate | 9-4 9-0 10-8 |
| Mrs Margaret Dawnay | 9-3 5-9 9-4 9-5 |
| Mrs M B Lewis | Miss H Selkirk-Wells | 9-0 9-0 9-0 |
| Mrs D Cooper | Mrs J Mills | 9-0 9-0 9-0 |
| Miss M Gowthorpe | Miss Carroll de Courcy-Hamilton | 9-5 9-0 9-4 |
| Miss J Capes | Miss L Jackson | 1-9 9-7 9-1 9-6 |
| Mrs Pat Gotla (née Cowney) | Miss Rachel Byrne * | 9-5 5-9 9-5 9-7 |
| Mrs J M Hall | | 9-1 7-9 9-7 10-9 |
| Mrs M Cunneen | Fru Ellen Kaas | 9-4 9-0 9-2 |
| Mrs H J Stribling | Mrs G Riggall | 9-7 5-9 5-9 9-1 9-4 |
| Miss Margaret Morgan | Mrs R B Hawkey | 9-2 9-0 10-9 |
| Miss Katherine Keith-Steele | Miss Linda Winkel | 9-3 9-6 9-0 |
| Miss P Marshall | 2/O H M Jones | 9-5 9-0 9-7 |
| Miss E Wilson | Mrs Y Barbor | 9-1 9-0 9-4 |
| Major N Christy | Miss M Dwelly | 9-2 5-9 10-8 9-3 |
| Mrs Sheila McKechnie | F/Officer J Pawson | 9-3 9-7 9-5 |
| Mrs B A Powell | Miss J P Mead | 9-7 9-4 9-1 |
| Mrs Van der Geissen | Mrs J Evers | 9-3 9-4 3-9 9-5 |
| Miss A L Isaac | Miss W Josephs | 9-7 6-9 9-3 9-3 | |
denotes seed *
Mrs Audrey Bayes (Wal 4*) withdrew because of influenza
Second round
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|
| Morgan | Downey | 9-1 9-1 9-1 |
| Townsend | Hall | 9-5 7-9 9-4 9-7 |
| Lacy-Hulbert | Cunneen | 9-0 9-1 9-1 |
| Harris | Stribling | 9-4 9-2 9-0 |
| Isaac A V | Morgan M | 9-3 9-3 5-9 9-3 |
| Curry | Cox | 9-4 9-2 9-4 |
| Richards | Nagle | 9-6 6-9 9-3 9-4 |
| Manning | Keith-Steele | 9-4 9-5 9-1 |
| Vanner | Glamonna | w/o |
| Palmer | Marshall | 10-8 9-4 9-2 |
| Speight | Wilson | 9-1 9-0 9-1 |
| Lewis | Christy | 9-1 2-9 9-3 9-3 |
| Cooper | McKechnie | 9-0 9-0 9-6 |
| Gowthorpe | Powell | 9-0 3-9 3 9-2 |
| Capes | Van der Geissen | 9-0 9-0 9-7 |
| Gotla | Isaac A L | 9-1 9-1 9-0 | |
Third round
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|
| Morgan J | Vanner | 9-1 9-2 9-1 |
| Speight | Lacy-Hulbert | 9-4 10-9 9-3 |
| Curry | Richards | 9-4 9-2 9-1 |
| Gowthorpe | Harris | 9-3 9-0 2-9 8-10 9-2 |
| Townsend | Palmer | 9-2 9-6 9-4 |
| Cooper | Lewis | 9-3 9-3 9-1 |
| Isaac | Manning | 9-5 9-2 9-3 |
| Gotla | Capes | 9-3 9-1 9-3 | |
Quarter-finals
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|
| Morgan | Townsend | 9-1 9-0 9-3 |
| Speight | Cooper | 9-5 9-1 9-0 |
| Curry | Isaac | 9-4 9-6 9-1 |
| Gowthorpe | Gotla | 9-7 7-9 1-9 10-8 9-6 | |
Semi-finals
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
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| Morgan | Speight | 9-3 9-1 9-1 |
| Curry | Gowthorpe | 9-3 9-0 9-2 | |
Final
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|
| Morgan | Curry | 9-1 2-9 9-3 9-4 | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Times Archives 1951 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
- Web site: Squash Rackets. The Times Archives. 29 July 2015. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.
