1964 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained

British Open Squash Championships
Number:36
Series:Women's British Open Championships
Location:London, England
Venue:Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club
Prevseason:1963
Nextseason:1965

The 1964 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 15–21 February 1964.Heather Blundell won her third consecutive title defeating Fran Marshall for the third successive year in the final.[1] [2]

Draw and results

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First round

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Anna Craven-Smith R Cooper 9-0 9-1 9-1
P D Gimson 9-1 9-3 9-4
Diane Corbett Sylvia McClure 9-1 9-5 9-7
B M Horton B Law 9-3 5-9 9-2 9-1
Helen Plaisted R B Hawkey 9-3 9-0 9-5
M Ashmore J Young 6-9 9-7 9-2
Claire Chapman A M Backhouse 9-0 9-0 9-3
Barbara McMullen S P Y Whitby w/o
Ann Price Barbara Wheen 9-4 9-3 9-0
Ruth Turner D W Courtney 8-10 9-3 9-5 9-3
J F Leslie M J Danks 0-9 9-2 9-6 9-3
Peggy Mason A M Geddes 9-2 9-4 9-7
Daphne Portway M Rutherford 9-3 3-9 9-3 9-1
A Norval B Knapp 9-2 9-3 7-9 9-5

Second round

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Sheila Cooper 9-0 9-0 9-4
K J Dempsey 9-0 9-1 9-0
Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) A Norval 9-0 9-5 9-1
Anna Craven-Smith Diane Corbett 9-3 9-3 9-2
Mary Muncaster J F Leslie 9-0 9-5 9-5
Jenny Irving Jean Wilson 9-1 9-3 9-0
Pat McClenaughan M Ashmore 9-0 9-0 9-1
Pauline White Barbara Baxter 5-9 9-7 9-0 9-10 9-6
Ursula Smith S M Atherden 9-0 9-1 9-0
Helen Plaisted B M Horton 9-4 9-5 9-4
M Taylor N A Watkins 9-10 9-5 9-4 9-6
Claire Chapman Barbara McMullen 9-4 9-6 9-4
Jill Campion Celeste Dickson w/o
Ruth Turner Ann Price 9-6 9-5 9-2
C Johnson S G Youatt 9-4 9-4 9-5
Daphne Portway Peggy Mason 9-2 9-0 9-3

Third round

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Blundell Johnson 9-0 9-0 9-1
Marshall Smith 9-0 9-1 9-0
Craven-Smith Plaisted 6-9 9-1 9-3 9-1
White Taylor 9-0 9-0 9-0
Macintosh Portway 9-0 9-2 9-0
Irving Campion 9-0 9-2 9-1
McClenaughan Chapman 9-3 9-4 9-4
Muncaster Turner 10-8 9-0 9-3

Quarter-finals

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Blundell White 9-0 9-2 9-0
Craven-Smith McClenaughan 2-9 9-2 9-7 9-7
Marshall Irving 9-6 9-3 9-3
Muncaster Macintosh 9-4 6-9 10-8 9-5

Semi-finals

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Blundell Craven-Smith 9-4 7-9 9-1 9-3
Marshall Muncaster 9-4 9-6 9-5

Final

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Blundell Marshall 9-2 9-2 9-1

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Times Archives 1964 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. Web site: Miss Blundell top seed. 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.