1957 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1957 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 18 to 23 February.
Janet Morgan won her eighth consecutive title defeating Sheila Speight in a repeat of the 1956 final.[1]

British Open Squash Championships
29th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club
← 1956
1958 →

Seeds

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Draw and results

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[2]

First round

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Player one Player two Score
 Janet Morgan (1)  B A Powell 9-4 9-0 9-1
 Sheila Speight (2)  H E Bond 9-3 9-0 9-3
 Marjorie Townsend (3)  J Kinghorn 9-4 9-1 9-6
 Ruth Turner (4)  A Roynon 9-4 9-1 9-2
 Rosemary Deloford (5)  J M Goodin 9-4 9-2 9-4
 D C Herman (6)  P Creek 9-1 9-0 9-3
 Jill Campion (7)  R B Hawkey 9-3 10-8 9-0
 Margaret Morgan (8)  N A Watkins 9-2 9-1 9-3
 Pat Gotla (née Cowney)  R Nagle 9-2 9-4 9-2
 M C Willcox   Captain M U Walker w/o
 J B Watson  Peggy White 10-8 10-8 5-9 9-7
 Barbara Laussat Clement  A Cloke 9-0 9-2 9-7
 R Cooper  E L Curtis 9-0 9-0 9-1
 Ann Wetzel  T Stevenson 9-5 9-5 9-4
 Ann Mitham  K Abbott 9-4 9-4 9-5
 B Davidson  Louisa Manly-Power 9-7 1-9 7-9 10-8 9-5
 J M Gilley  S Jones 9-6 9-2 9-5
 Frances Pilling  P Flower 9-0 4-9 1-9 9-6 9-3
 Peggy Carrott  V J Foster 9-5 9-3 9-2
 J M Hall  C E Harrison 9-0 8-10 9-6 9-4
 M E Gowthorpe  M M Hazell 9-4 9-3 9-5
 Daphne Portway  L Malone 10-9 9-5 1-9 9-5
 R L Pottinger  Charlotte Prizer 7-9 9-5 9-2 9-6
 E Foden  P Gates 9-2 9-1 1-9 9-4
 G Macpherson  P Colyer 10-8 9-6 3-9 9-7
 Carol Haussermann  P H Smallwood 9-5 9-1 9-7
 J Jamin  J Dannatt w/o
 J Butler  S Shand 2-9 7-9 9-5 9-5 9-2
 J McCormick  N Sage 9-3 9-0 9-2
 Ann Price  A Shephard 9-0 9-7 9-1
 B Lewis  S Cook 9-3 10-8 9-0
 Betty Constable  J Covell 9-3 9-4 9-4

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Second round

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Player one Player two Score
  Morgan J   Davidson 9-7 9-0 9-1
  Speight   Gilley 9-4 9-0 9-2
  Townsend   Pilling 9-0 9-0 9-3
  Turner   Carrott 9-2 9-1 9-0
  Deloford   Hall 9-1 9-1 9-5
  Herman   Gowthorpe 10-8 2 3
  Campion   Portway 9-2 9-4 9-6
  Morgan M   Pottinger 9-4 9-1 9-2
  Gotla   Foden 9-4 9-1 9-1
  Willcox   Macpherson 4-9 10-9 9-5 7-9 9-7
  Watson   Haussermann 9-2 9-1 9-3
  Clement   Jamin 9-0 9-10 9-0 9-1
  Cooper   Butler 9-5 9-1 9-2
  Wetzel   McCormick 9-2 8-10 9-6 10-8
  Mitham   Price 9-2 9-3 10-8
  Betty Constable   Lewis 9-4 9-2 9-1

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
  Morgan J   Cooper 9-3 9-4 9-1
  Speight   Gotla 9-1 9-4 9-3
  Turner   Willcox 9-0 9-0 9-1
  Campion   Watson 6-9 9-2 9-1 9-1
  Deloford   Clement 9-1 9-1 9-2
  Morgan M   Wetzel 6-9 9-5 9-6 9-4
  Herman   Betty Constable 9-7 9-3 9-2
  Townsend   Mitham 9-3 9-3 9-5

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  Morgan J   Deloford 9-2 9-2 7-9 9-4
  Speight   Morgan M 9-3 9-3 9-5
  Turner   Herman 10-9 9-0 9-2
  Campion   Townsend 9-0 5-9 6-9 9-4 9-2

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  Morgan   Turner 9-6 9-5 9-7
  Speight   Campion 9-5 9-0 9-3

Final

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Player one Player two Score
  Morgan   Speight 4-9 9-5 9-1 9-6
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1957
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1957 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2015.