1957 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained

British Open Squash Championships
Number:29
Series:Women's British Open Championships
Location:London, England
Venue:Lansdowne Club
Prevseason:1956
Nextseason:1958

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]

Draw and results

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First round

width=270Player onewidth=270Player twowidth=150Score
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 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
J Covell 9-3 9-4 9-4

denotes seed *

Second round

width=170Player onewidth=170Player twowidth=150Score
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
Lewis 9-4 9-2 9-1

Third round

width=170Player onewidth=170Player twowidth=150Score
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 9-7 9-3 9-2
Townsend Mitham 9-3 9-3 9-5

Quarter-finals

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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

width=170Player onewidth=170Player twowidth=150Score
Morgan Turner 9-6 9-5 9-7
Speight Campion 9-5 9-0 9-3

Final

width=170Player onewidth=170Player twowidth=150Score
Morgan Speight 4-9 9-5 9-1 9-6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Times Archives 1957 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. Web site: Squash Rackets. The Times Archives. 31 July 2015. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.