1955 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained
The 1955 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 7–12 December 1954.
Janet Morgan won her sixth consecutive title defeating Ruth Turner in the final. The competition was held during December 1954 but formed part of the 1954/1955 season.[1]
Draw and results
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First round
| width=270 | Player one | width=270 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|
| V Lowe * | | 9-5 9-4 8-10 9-5 |
| P Chalk | Capt M U Walker | 9-3 9-0 9-3 |
 Judith Tissot | J B Watson | 9-5 9-4 9-3 |
| E Wilson | A E Cox | w/o |
| D C Herman | W Peile | 9-1 9-1 9-4 |
| Margaret Morgan | P M Smith | 9-3 9-7 9-2 |
| J P Marshall | V J Mercer | 9-4 9-3 9-0 |
| B A Powell | Major Daphne Portway | 10-8 9-4 5-9 9-4 |
| Ann Mitham | G Riggall | 2-9 5-9 9-6 9-3 9-0 |
| J Covell | Audrey Bates* | w/o | |
denotes seed *
Second round
| width=270 | Player one | width=270 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|
| Janet Morgan * | J Dannatt | 9-2 9-2 9-0 |
| Ruth Turner * | E J Boggis | 9-5 9-0 9-0 |
| Rosemary Walsh * | A Dudley-Smith | 9-3 9-2 9-1 |
| Miss V Lowe * | Margaret Morgan | 6-9 10-8 7-9 8-10 |
| M E Gowthorpe * | Marion Craig-Smith | 9-2 9-1 10-8 |
| Rachel Byrne* | H Bleasby | 9-5 9-3 9-3 |
| P Chalk | K A Abbott | 9-3 4-9 9-6 3-9 9-1 |
| Jennifer Pendered | R Nagle | 10-9 9-10 9-1 9-5 |
| R B Hawkey | M A Young | w/o |
| Judith Tissot | J P Marshall | 9-3 9-5 9-1 |
| V A Moore | B A Powell | 9-3 9-6 2-9 5-9 9-7 |
| E Wilson | Ann Mitham | 7-9 3-9 9-1 9-6 9-3 |
| M M Hazell | S Peskett | 9-1 9-1 9-0 |
| E I Mostyn | J M Hall | 9-5 9-3 9-6 |
| D C Herman | J Covell | 9-0 9-1 9-6 |
| Marjorie Townsend | V J Foster | 9-3 9-1 9-0 | |
Third round
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|
| Morgan J | Mostyn | 9-1 9-2 9-1 |
| Turner | Pendered | 9-5 7-9 9-4 10-8 |
| Walsh | Chalk | 9-2 9-2 9-4 |
| Gowthorpe | Hazell | 9-0 9-2 9-4 |
| Byrne | Moore | 9-2 9-0 9-4 |
| Townsend | Hawkey | 9-0 9-2 9-0 |
| Tissot | Morgan M | 6-9 9-5 9-7 9-5 |
| Herman | Wilson | 9-0 9-2 9-4 | |
Quarter-finals
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
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| Morgan | Townsend | 9-3 9-0 9-7 |
| Turner | Gowthorpe | 9-5 9-2 9-3 |
| Byrne | Tissot | 10-9 4-9 7-9 9-5 9-5 |
| Walsh | Herman | 9-0 9-2 9-6 | |
Semi-finals
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|
| Morgan | Walsh | 9-4 9-2 9-7 |
| Turner | Byrne | 7-9 9-4 9-2 10-9 | |
Final
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|
| Morgan | Curry | 9-1 2-9 9-3 9-4 | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Times Archives 1955 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.
