1963 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained

British Open Squash Championships
Number:35
Series:Women's British Open Championships
Location:London, England
Venue:Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club
Prevseason:1962
Nextseason:1964

The 1963 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 1–7 December 1962.Heather Blundell won her second title defeating Fran Marshall in a repeat of the 1962 final. The championships were held in December 1962 which formed part of the 1962/1963 season so is classed as the 1963 edition.[1] [2]

Draw and results

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First round

width=270Player onewidth=270Player twowidth=150Score
Brenda Carmichael J M Mallen 9-1 9-3 9-2
Jill Campion S P Y Whitby w/o
B J Holt N A Watkins w/o
Bobs Whitehead Jennifer Crane w/o
Marjorie Townsend Ann Price 9-4 9-10 6-9 9-4 9-7
M Taylor P Gimson w/o
J E A Lanning S G Youatt 9-1 7-9 9-4 5-9 9-0
Ruth Turner Annette Picton w/o
Sheila Ervin K Maltby 9-0 6-9 9-4 9-0
A Norval C E Harrison 9-2 9-1 9-2
Mary Muncaster Peggy Mason 9-0 9-0 9-0
M Ashmore H M Sedman 9-3 9-4 9-4
R Cooper D Escott w/o
Daphne Portway D M Holman w/o

Second round

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Barbara Wheen 9-0 9-0 9-1
J F Leslie 9-2 9-4 9-1
Anna Craven-Smith Di Fuller 9-2 9-3 9-2
Pauline White A M Backhouse 9-4 9-3 9-2
Claire Hargreaves Daphne Portway 9-3 9-0 9-1
Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) Brenda Carmichael 8-10 9-1 9-3 9-0
Bobs Whitehead Marjorie Townsend 9-3 9-5 9-5
Ruth Turner Sheila Ervin 9-4 9-4 4-9 9-6
D W Courtney H E S Hutchins 9-2 9-4 9-6
R Cooper M Ashmore 9-0 9-3 9-0
J C Hodson J Banks 4-9 3-8 3-8 ret
K J Dempsey D E A Wright w/o
Mary Muncaster A Norval 4-9 9-2 9-7 9-3
J E A Lanning M Taylor 10-8 10-8 9-3
R B Hawkey J Arckedekne-Butler 9-0 9-0 9-0
Jill Campion B J Holt 9-0 9-0 9-2

Third round

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Marshall Dempsey 9-1 9-1 9-0
Macintosh Campion 9-1 9-1 9-7
Muncaster Turner 9-7 9-3 9-7
Blundell Hodson 9-0 9-0 9-1
White Hawkey 9-4 9-0 9-5
Whitehead Lanning 9-3 9-5 9-0
Hargreaves Cooper 9-1 9-2 9-2
Craven-Smith Courtney 9-6 9-4 9-3

Quarter-finals

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Marshall White 9-3 9-8 9-1
Macintosh Whitehead 9-4 9-7 9-6
Muncaster Hargreaves 9-2 9-5 3-9 7-9 9-5
Blundell Craven-Smith 9-4 9-1 9-2

Semi-finals

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Blundell Muncaster 9-6 9-2 9-6
Marshall Macintosh 9-5 9-4 9-5

Final

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Blundell Marshall 9-4 9-2 9-6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Times Archives 1962 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. Web site: Easy win for Miss Blundell. Trove.
  3. Web site: Squash Rackets. The Times Archives. 2 August 2015. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.