1958 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained
The 1958 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 17–23 February 1958.
Janet Morgan won her ninth consecutive title defeating Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) for the third successive year in the final.[1]
Draw and results
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First round
| width=270 | Player one | width=270 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|
| Ruth Turner (3) | R Nagle | 9-3 9-4 9-0 |
| Rosemary Deloford * | E Fagan | 9-0 9-0 9-1 |
| M E Gowthorpe (7) | J Butler | 9-0 9-2 9-1 |
| Marjorie Townsend* | H F Newberry | 9-3 9-1 9-4 |
| D M Holman | J Dannatt | 9-4 8-10 9-7 9-2 |
| J B Watson | Major M U Walker | 9-2 9-1 9-1 |
| J M Hall | A Cloke | w/o |
| M Cunneen | R Waterhouse | w/o |
| H E Bond | K Tomlin | 10-8 5-9 9-5 9-2 |
| G A Pears | J Sciver | 9-3 8-10 9-4 9-1 |
| J M Gilley | B M Horton | 7-9 9-1 1-9 10-9 9-5 |
| Bobs Whitehead | Annette Picton | 9-1 9-1 9-1 |
| C E Harrison | G Macpherson | 4-9 5-9 9-1 9-3 9-4 |
| M M Hazell | A Doe | 9-4 9-4 2-9 9-7 |
| B Davidson | K Abbott | 9-2 4-9 1-9 9-5 9-4 |
| V J Foster | Corporal L Collins | 9-4 9-0 9-7 |
| J M Goodin | Marion Lloyd | 9-1 9-0 9-3 | |
denotes seed *
Second round
| width=270 | Player one | width=270 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|
| Janet Morgan (1) | R B Hawkey | 9-1 9-2 9-2 |
| Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) (2) | | 9-7 9-1 9-3 |
| Ruth Turner (3) | G A Pears | 9-3 9-4 9-3 |
| Rosemary Deloford (4) | J M Gilley | 9-3 9-2 9-0 |
| D C Herman * | Daphne Portway | 9-0 10-8 9-0 |
| R Cooper* | Ann Mitham | 9-5 9-1 9-2 |
| M E Gowthorpe (7) | Bobs Whitehead | 9-1 9-0 9-6 |
| Marjorie Townsend* | C E Harrison | 9-2 9-0 9-2 |
| D M Holman | M M Hazell | 9-1 9-3 9-7 |
| J B Watson | B Davidson | 8-10 9-4 9-6 9-5 |
| J M Hall | Ann Price | 9-2 4-9 9-4 9-1 |
| S McMullan | C J Taunton | 9-4 4-9 9-6 5-9 9-2 |
| M Cunneen | V J Foster | 1-9 4-9 1 10-9 0 |
| H E Bond | J M Goodin | 9-6 5-9 8-9 9-3 9-5 |
| J Paterson | E Sprawson | 9-3 9-1 9-1 |
| Claire Hargreaves | N A Watkins | 9-3 2-9 9-2 2-9 9-0 | |
Third round
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|
| Morgan | Paterson | 9-3 9-1 9-0 |
| Macintosh | Hargreaves | 9-0 9-0 9-2 |
| Townsend | Watson | 9-2 9-3 9-5 |
| Herman | McMullan | 9-1 9-3 9-0 |
| Gowthorpe | Holman | 9-5 9-6 9-2 |
| Deloford | Cunneen | 9-0 ret |
| Turner | Bond | 9-0 9-1 9-6 |
| Cooper | Hall | 9-2 9-0 9-7 | |
Quarter-finals
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
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| Morgan | Cooper | 9-2 9-2 9-6 |
| Macintosh | Herman | 3-9 9-3 9-7 9-4 |
| Deloford | Towsend | 9-5 2-9 3-9 10-9 9-3 |
| Gowthorpe | Turner | 6-9 9-6 9-2 9-5 | |
Semi-finals
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
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| Morgan | Gowthorpe | 9-5 9-1 9-2 |
| Macintosh | Deloford | 9-7 9-6 9-6 | |
Final
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
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| Morgan | Macintosh | 9-2 9-4 9-2 | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Times Archives 1958 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
- 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.
