1956 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
British Open Squash Championships
28th Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location	London, England
Venue	Lansdowne Club
	← 1955 1957 →

The 1956 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 20–26 February 1956.
Janet Morgan won her seventh consecutive title defeating Sheila Speight in the final.^[1]

Seeds

Draw and results

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First round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Mrs Rosemary Deloford (7)	Miss N Sage	9-1 9-0 9-0
Miss D C Herman (8)	Miss A V M Isaac	9-10 9-2 9-2 9-1
Miss Daphne Portway	Miss S Jones	9-6 9-4 9-3
Mrs R Cooper	Miss P Flower	9-0 9-0 9-0
Miss Jenifer Gidwell	Miss A Doe	9-6 9-2 9-7
Mrs P Colyer	Miss J M Gilley	10-8 9-4 9-2
Miss J Duckit	Miss J Covell	w/o
Miss W Peile	Mrs R L Pottinger	9-5 9-5 9-3

denotes seed *

Second round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Miss Janet Morgan (1)	Mrs J B Watson	w/o
Miss Sheila Speight (2)	Mrs B A Powell	9-5 9-0 9-0
Mrs Marjorie Townsend (3)	Miss J Dannatt	9-6 9-2 9-2
Mrs Ruth Turner (4)	Mrs R B Wilson	9-0 9-4 9-2
Mrs Jill Campion (5)	Miss E Wilson	w/o
Miss M E Gowthorpe (6)	Miss J M Martin	9-7 9-0 9-1
Mrs Rosemary Deloford (7)	Miss Jenifer Gidwell	8-10 9-1 4-9 9-2 9-0
Miss D C Herman (8)	Mrs P Colyer	9-3 9-2 9-3
Miss Margaret Morgan	Mrs R B Hawkey	9-2 9-1 9-2
Mrs Pat Gotla (née Cowney)	Miss S Peskett	9-0 9-2 10-8
Mrs R Nagle	Miss P Gates	9-4 9-3 9-3
Miss Daphne Portway	Miss J Duckit	9-4 9-5 9-0
Mrs R Cooper	Miss W Peile	9-1 9-1 9-0
Mrs H Bleasby	Miss P H Smallwood	9-2 9-7 9-1
Miss D Lange	Miss Ann Mitham	9-0 9-5 9-2
Mrs J M Hall	Miss V M J McLernon	9-3 9-6 9-5

Third round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Morgan J (1)	Hall	9-3 9-2 9-4
Speight (2)	Bleasby	9-2 9-3 9-2
Townsend (3)	Lange	9-1 9-3 9-3
Turner (4)	Morgan M	9-7 9-2 9-3
Campion (5)	Nagle	9-3 3-9 9-5 9-2
Gowthorpe (6)	Gotla	10-9 9-2 9-4
Deloford (7)	Portway	9-7 9-4 9-0
Herman (8)	Cooper	4-9 9-2 9-3 9-7

Quarter finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
Morgan J (1)	Campion (5)	9-4 9-6 9-2
Speight (2)	Gowthorpe (6)	9-5 10-8 9-7
Townsend (3)	Herman (8)	10-9 9-4 5-9 9-6
Turner (4)	Deloford (7)	1-9 6-9 9-2 9-4 9-5

Semi finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
Morgan (1)	Turner (4)	9-2 9-2 9-7
Speight (2)	Townsend (3)	9-0 9-3 9-6

Final

Player One	Player Two	Score
Morgan (1)	Speight (2)	9-6 9-4 9-2

Preceded by 1955	British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1956	Succeeded by 1957

References

^ "Times Archives 1956 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2015.

[1] "Times Archives 1956 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.

[2] "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2015.

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