1954 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
26th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club

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]

Seeds

  1. England Janet Morgan
  2. England Sheila Speight

England Marjorie Townsend
England M E Gowthorpe
England Alice Teague
England Ruth Turner
Wales Rachel Byrne

England Rosemary Walsh

Draw and results

[2]

First round

Player one Player two Score
EnglandJanet Morgan (1*) bye
EnglandSheila Speight (2*) bye
EnglandW Peile bye
EnglandJ Dannatt bye
EnglandE I Jonas bye
EnglandRosemary Walsh* bye
EnglandD Chalk bye
EnglandBobs Whitehead bye
WalesRachel Byrne* bye
EnglandE J Boggis bye
EnglandPat Gotla (née Cowney) bye
EnglandJ B Watson bye
EnglandMargaret Dawnay bye
EnglandM H Palmer bye
EnglandD C Herman bye
EnglandRuth Turner* AustraliaJudith Tissot 9-7 3-9 9-3 9-7
EnglandAlice Teague* EnglandJennifer Pendered 9-2 9-4 9-3
EnglandM E Gowthorpe * EnglandS Cooper 9-3 9-1 9-1
EnglandMarjorie Townsend* EnglandJ Covell 9-4 9-0 9-1
WalesMargaret Morgan WalesM M Hazell 9-7 8-10 9-7 9-6
EnglandJ M Hall EnglandBarbara Knapp 9-6 6-9 7-9 9-5 9-3
EnglandP Smith EnglandMarion Craig-Smith w/o
KenyaFran Marshall England Captain M U Walker w/o
EnglandV Moore EnglandN A Watkins 9-2 9-0 9-2
EnglandJ P Marshall EnglandM Young 9-3 9-3 9-3
England Major Daphne Portway EnglandR B Hawkey 10-8 9-3 8-10 9-2
EnglandE Wilson EnglandS C Palmer 8-10 10-8 9-1 9-2
EnglandR E G Parsons EnglandE J Boggis w/o
EnglandR Nagle EnglandL Lefevre 9-3 9-2 9-1
EnglandR B R Wilson EnglandAnn Mitham 9-0 9-4 6-9 9-7
EnglandJ Watkins EnglandK Abbott 9-0 9-5 9-6
EnglandJ E Manning EnglandKatherine Keith-Steele w/o

denotes seed *

Second round

Player one Player two Score
England Morgan J England Whitehead 9-1 9-0 9-0
England Speight England Dannatt 9-3 9-2 9-1
England Turner Kenya Marshall 2-9 9-3 9-2 9-1
England Teague England Watson 9-4 9-2 9-1
England Gowthorpe England Moore 9-1 9-3 9-2
Wales Byrne England Dawnay w/o
England Walsh England Palmer 9-2 9-2 9-2
England Townsend England Marshall 9-3 9-5 9-5
England Powell England Herman 10-8 7-9 9-2 9-3
England Gotla England Jonas 9-4 9-4 9-2
Wales Morgan M England Manning 9-3 9-5 7-9 10-9
England Pelle England Portway 9-0 9-2 9-0
England Watson England Wilson 9-6 9-1 9-1
England Chalk England Parsons 9-3 9-1 9-7
England Hall England Nagle 9-7 9-1 7-9 9-3
England Smith England Wilson 4-9 9-2 9-6 10-9

Third round

Player one Player two Score
England Morgan J England Powell 9-2 9-0 9-3
England Speight England Gotla 9-3 9-2 9-1
England Turner Wales Morgan M 9-6 9-0 9-3
England Teague England Pelle 9-3 9-3 9-0
Wales Byrne England Watson 9-4 9-6 9-0
England Walsh England Chalk 9-1 9-3 9-0
England Gowthorpe England Hall 6-9 9-6 9-6 9-3
England Townsend England Smith 6-9 9-4 9-3 9-2

Quarter-finals

Player one Player two Score
England Morgan Wales Byrne 9-0 9-1 6-9 9-2
England Speight England Walsh 9-2 9-5 9-3
England Turner England Gowthorpe 9-6 9-5 9-2
England Teague England Townsend 9-4 5-9 9-1 8-9 9-4

Semi-finals

Player one Player two Score
England Morgan England Turner 9-1 9-3 9-2
England Speight England Teague 9-5 9-1 9-2

Final

Player one Player two Score
England Morgan England Speight 9-3 9-1 9-7

References

  1. ^ "Times Archives 1954 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2015.