1952 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained
The 1952 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 9 December 1951 – 16 December 1951.
Janet Morgan won her third consecutive title defeating Joan Curry once again in the final. The competition was held during 1951 but formed part of the 1951/1952 season.[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 |
| I M Roe | | bye |
| | bye |
| M J Williams | | bye |
| Sheila Speight * | | bye |
| E Vanner | | bye |
| A L Isaac | | bye |
| I M Wood | | bye |
| J L C Cox | | bye |
| M E Gowthorpe* | | bye |
| A V M Isaac* | Major Daphne Portway | 9-4 9-1 9-0 |
| Marjorie Townsend* | S C Palmer | 9-3 9-2 9-2 |
| Rachel Byrne* | J Capes | 9-1 9-0 9-10 9-2 |
| Pat Gotla (née Cowney)* | B A Powell | 9-5 9-2 9-0 |
| Ruth Turner | Katherine Keith-Steele | 9-3 9-2 9-2 |
| M H Palmer | R B Hawkey | 9-0 9-0 9-2 |
| Helen Lacy-Hulbert | K A Abbott | 9-1 9-5 9-5 |
| R Nagle | Sqd. Off. M M Sturge | 9-7 10-9 10-8 |
| B J Grant | F/Offr. J Pawson | 4-9 9-0 9-0 9-3 |
| J M Hall | H J Stribling | 9-7 9-0 9-4 |
| R Cooper | E I Jonas | 9-1 9-3 9-2 |
| J F Gammon | G Riggall | 9-7 9-2 9-6 |
| E J Boggis | Captain M Walker | 9-4 9-0 9-0 |
| J P Mead | Fru Ellen Kaas | 9-0 9-0 9-1 |
| Margot Harris | S Forsyth | 9-1 10-9 9-7 |
| Margaret Morgan | Major N Christy | 9-4 9-0 9-0 |
| M Richards | A A Hodges | 1-9 9-7 10-8 8-10 10-8 |
| M A Williams | M M Hazell | 7-9 9-5 7-9 9-4 9-1 |
| J M Broad | M Barry | 9-4 9-0 9-3 |
| A Taylor | K A C Martin | w/o |
| A Dudley-Smith | V M J McLernon | 9-1 9-1 9-2 | |
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Second round
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|
| Morgan J | Roe | 9-0 9-0 9-3 |
| Curry | Isaac A L | w/o |
| Isaac A V M | Cooper | 9-5 9-2 9-6 |
| Speight | Vanner | 9-3 9-2 9-3 |
| Townsend | Gammon | 9-3 10-8 9-7 |
| Gowthorpe | Boggis | 9-2 5-9 9-0 9-6 |
| Byrne | Mead | 9-4 9-2 9-1 |
| Gotla | Harris | 9-4 8-10 6-9 4-9 |
| Walsh | Williams | 10-9 9-2 9-1 |
| Wood | Cox | 9-2 9-2 9-4 |
| Turner | Morgan M | 9-6 9-4 9-4 |
| Palmer | Richards | 9-6 9-3 9-5 |
| Lacy-Hulbert | Williams | 10-9 9-2 9-3 |
| Nagle | Broad | 9-7 10-8 9-1 |
| Grant | Taylor | 8-10 9-7 9-0 3-9 9-5 |
| Hall | Dudley-Smith | 3-9 9-2 9-4 7-9 9-6 | |
Third round
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|
| Morgan | Walsh | 9-5 9-1 9-0 |
| Turner | Harris | 9-7 9-3 9-3 |
| Curry | Wood | 9-1 9-4 9-1 |
| Isaac | Hall | 9-2 9-4 9-1 |
| Speight | Lacy-Hulbert | 9-2 9-1 10-8 |
| Townsend | Palmer | 9-1 9-2 9-5 |
| Gowthorpe | Nagle | 9-1 9-2 9-5 |
| Byrne | Grant | 9-3 9-4 9-3 | |
Quarter-finals
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
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| Morgan | Speight | 9-6 9-6 9-2 |
| Turner | Townsend | 9-6 9-5 5-9 5-9 10-8 |
| Curry | Gowthorpe | 9-1 9-5 3-9 9-2 |
| Isaac | Byrne | 9-0 9-2 9-3 | |
Semi-finals
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
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| Morgan | Isaac | 9-2 9-3 3-9 9-0 |
| Curry | Turner | 9-3 10-8 7-9 9-2 | |
Final
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|
| Morgan | Curry | 9-3 9-1 9-5 | |
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.
