1954 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained
The 1954 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 15–21 February 1954.
Janet Morgan won her fifth consecutive title defeating Sheila Speight 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 |
| Sheila Speight (2*) | | bye |
| W Peile | | bye |
| J Dannatt | | bye |
| E I Jonas | | bye |
| Rosemary Walsh* | | bye |
| D Chalk | | bye |
| Bobs Whitehead | | bye |
| Rachel Byrne* | | bye |
| E J Boggis | | bye |
| Pat Gotla (née Cowney) | | bye |
| J B Watson | | bye |
| Margaret Dawnay | | bye |
| M H Palmer | | bye |
| D C Herman | | bye |
| Ruth Turner* |  Judith Tissot | 9-7 3-9 9-3 9-7 |
| Alice Teague* | Jennifer Pendered | 9-2 9-4 9-3 |
| M E Gowthorpe * | S Cooper | 9-3 9-1 9-1 |
| Marjorie Townsend* | J Covell | 9-4 9-0 9-1 |
| Margaret Morgan | M M Hazell | 9-7 8-10 9-7 9-6 |
| J M Hall | | 9-6 6-9 7-9 9-5 9-3 |
| P Smith | Marion Craig-Smith | w/o |
 Fran Marshall | Captain M U Walker | w/o |
| V Moore | N A Watkins | 9-2 9-0 9-2 |
| J P Marshall | M Young | 9-3 9-3 9-3 |
| Major Daphne Portway | R B Hawkey | 10-8 9-3 8-10 9-2 |
| E Wilson | S C Palmer | 8-10 10-8 9-1 9-2 |
| R E G Parsons | E J Boggis | w/o |
| R Nagle | L Lefevre | 9-3 9-2 9-1 |
| R B R Wilson | Ann Mitham | 9-0 9-4 6-9 9-7 |
| J Watkins | K Abbott | 9-0 9-5 9-6 |
| J E Manning | Katherine Keith-Steele | w/o | |
denotes seed *
Second round
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|
| Morgan J | Whitehead | 9-1 9-0 9-0 |
| Speight | Dannatt | 9-3 9-2 9-1 |
| Turner | Marshall | 2-9 9-3 9-2 9-1 |
| Teague | Watson | 9-4 9-2 9-1 |
| Gowthorpe | Moore | 9-1 9-3 9-2 |
| Byrne | Dawnay | w/o |
| Walsh | Palmer | 9-2 9-2 9-2 |
| Townsend | Marshall | 9-3 9-5 9-5 |
| Powell | Herman | 10-8 7-9 9-2 9-3 |
| Gotla | Jonas | 9-4 9-4 9-2 |
| Morgan M | Manning | 9-3 9-5 7-9 10-9 |
| Pelle | Portway | 9-0 9-2 9-0 |
| Watson | Wilson | 9-6 9-1 9-1 |
| Chalk | Parsons | 9-3 9-1 9-7 |
| Hall | Nagle | 9-7 9-1 7-9 9-3 |
| Smith | Wilson | 4-9 9-2 9-6 10-9 | |
Third round
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|
| Morgan J | Powell | 9-2 9-0 9-3 |
| Speight | Gotla | 9-3 9-2 9-1 |
| Turner | Morgan M | 9-6 9-0 9-3 |
| Teague | Pelle | 9-3 9-3 9-0 |
| Byrne | Watson | 9-4 9-6 9-0 |
| Walsh | Chalk | 9-1 9-3 9-0 |
| Gowthorpe | Hall | 6-9 9-6 9-6 9-3 |
| Townsend | Smith | 6-9 9-4 9-3 9-2 | |
Quarter-finals
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|
| Morgan | Byrne | 9-0 9-1 6-9 9-2 |
| Speight | Walsh | 9-2 9-5 9-3 |
| Turner | Gowthorpe | 9-6 9-5 9-2 |
| Teague | Townsend | 9-4 5-9 9-1 8-9 9-4 | |
Semi-finals
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|
| Morgan | Turner | 9-1 9-3 9-2 |
| Speight | Teague | 9-5 9-1 9-2 | |
Final
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|
| Morgan | Speight | 9-3 9-1 9-7 | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Times Archives 1954 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.
