1953 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained

The 1953 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 15–22 February 1953.
Janet Morgan won her fourth consecutive title defeating Marjorie Townsend in the 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
Mrs Marjorie Townsend*		bye
Miss S C Palmer		bye
Miss M J Williams		bye
Sheila Speight *		9-3 9-2 9-0
Miss Rosermay Walsh	Mrs D M Cooper	9-1 9-5 3-9 9-5
Miss M E Gowthorpe*	Mrs R A Johnson	w/o
Mrs Alice Teague*	Mrs J L C Cox	9-2 9-1 9-6
Miss Audrey Bates*	Mrs D Rich	9-6 9-3 9-1
Mrs Margot Harris	Miss P Smith	9-3 9-2 9-1
Mrs Helen Lacy-Hulbert	Mrs R B R Wilson	9-5 9-5 9-5
Miss M M Hazell	Miss J Mallen	9-6 9-3 9-6
Miss A Cloke	Miss Joan Kock*	4-9 10-8 9-2 9-5
Miss B Holworthy	Mrs Ruth Turner *	w/o
Mrs Margaret Dawnay	Miss V M J McLernon	9-4 9-3 9-0
Mrs Charlotte Prizer*	Miss Rachel Byrne	w/o
Miss J P Mead	Miss J M Hall	9-2 2-9 3-9 9-4 9-6
Miss A V M Isaac*	Miss M M Sturge	9-10 9-7 9-5 9-3
Mrs E Mostyn	Mrs S Bowyer	9-0 9-1 9-1
Mrs Barbara Laussat Clement *	Miss H A Tucker	9-1 9-2 8-10 9-7
Major Daphne Portway	Miss J Watkins	9-5 3-9 9-4 9-3
Miss K A C Martin	Mrs R B Hawkey	9-4 9-6 9-0
Mrs R Nagle	Mrs M A Williams	6-9 9-6 9-4 9-2
Mrs M Short*	Miss Barraclough	w/o
Mrs Blanche Day*	Miss E Fosbroke-Hobbes	9-1 8-10 9-6 9-4
Miss K A Abbott	Mrs Frances Pilling	9-4 9-1 9-0
Mrs G Riggall	Mrs G W Band	9-5 9-0 9-5
Miss Margaret Morgan	Mrs B A Powell	5-9 9-1 9-6 9-7
Mrs J B Watson	Mrs Maitland-Griggs*	9-4 3-9 9-4 9-1
Miss J Stevens	Captain M E Maclagan	9-6 9-4 9-4
Mrs Pat Gotla (née Cowney)*	Miss Barbara Banks*	9-2 9-10 9-0 9-4
Mrs H Bleasby	Miss W Peile	w/o

seed *

Second round

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Morgan J	Palmer	w/o
Townsend	Williams	9-4 9-2 9-3
Speight	Mostyn	9-3 3-9 9-4 10-8
Walsh	Clement	9-4 9-3 9-5
Gowthorpe	Portway	9-4 9-3 9-4
Teague	Martin	9-1 9-0 9-0
Bates	Nagle	9-2 9-1 9-3
Harris	Short	9-0 9-0 9-4
Lacy-Hulbert	Day	9-4 9-1 9-1
Hazell	Abbott	9-4 9-6 9-0
Cloke	Riggall	0-9 9-5 9-4 7-9 9-4
Holworthy	Morgan M	0-9 5 6-9 3 10-8
Dawnay	Watson	3-9 9-3 9-6 9-1
Prizer	Stevens	9-5 9-3 9-1
Mead	Gotla	10-8 5-9 9-6 9-7
Isaac AV M	Bleasby	7-9 9-7 9-5 9-0

Third round

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Morgan	Lacy-Hulbert	9-5 9-1 9-2
Townsend	Hazell	9-5 9-4 9-1
Speight	Cloke	9-0 9-1 9-1
Walsh	Holworthy	9-2 9-4 9-7
Gowthorpe	Dawnay	9-2 9-0 9-3
Teague	Prizer	9-0 9-3 9-0
Bates	Mead	9-1 9-2 9-5
Harris	Isaac	10-9 9-2 9-4

Quarter-finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Morgan	Gowthorpe	9-5 9-1 9-2
Townsend	Teague	2-9 8-10 9-0 9-5 10-8
Speight	Bates	9-4 6-9 9-1 9-0
Walsh	Harris	9-1 7-9 9-5 9-5

Semi-finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Morgan	Speight	9-6 9-1 9-6
Townsend	Walsh	9-4 5-9 9-6 9-3

Final

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Morgan	Townsend	9-4 9-2 9-4

Notes and References

1. Web site: Times Archives 1953 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. 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.