1967 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained

British Open Squash Championships
Number:	39
Series:	Women's British Open Championships
Location:	London, England
Venue:	Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club
Prevseason:	1966
Nextseason:	1968

The 1967 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 10–16 February 1967.Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her sixth consecutive title defeating Anna Craven-Smith for a third successive year in the final.^{[1] [2]}

Draw and results

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First round

width=270	Player one	width=270	Player two	width=150	Score
Heather McKay (née Blundell)	M Makower	w/o
	C Hitchman	9–1 9–1 9–1
	Marjorie Townsend	9–2 9–3 9–1
	A Geddes	9–1 9–1 9–0
Sheila Macintosh (née Speight)	C Heath	9–3 9–0 9–0
Barbara Baxter	J Pallister	9–3 9–1 9–0
	B Law	9-0 9–1 9–1
Sylvia McClure	Barbara McMullen	w/o
M Taylor	V Delaney	w/o
A Norval	Janet Ledger	9–0 9–2 9–1
E Taylor	E B Ward	8–10 6–9 9–4 9–6 9–6
Bronwyn Barton	R Cooper	9–6 9–5 7–9 9–3
	Celeste Dickson	9–5 9–4 6–9 9–4
J Dixon	G Hogan	w/o
Thea Moore	O Weldon-Corkery	w/o
Margaret Burke	N A Watkins	w/o
Jenny McDevitt	Barbara Sanderson	9–0 9–2 9–1
Jennifer Crane	J M Ward	9–3 9–0 9–4
Marlene Tierney	M Ashmore	9–0 9–0 9–0
Jean Wilson	M White	9–0 9–4 9–0
Di Fuller	S Youatt	9–1 9–2 9–0
Betty Keenan	M J Bassett	9–1 9–2 9–0
S Holmes	S M Atherden	9–3 9–1 9–4
Daphne Portway	J Price	9–0 9–1 9–3
Ann Price	P Rundle	w/o
Dianne Corbett	Ursula Smith	2–9 9–1 9–2 9–3
A G Williams	D Ibrahim	7–9 9–2 9–3 9–4
Annette Picton	Bobs Whitehead	9–1 9–4 9–0
Robyn Kennedy	M A Young	9–0 9–3 9–0
Helen Jackson	Elizabeth Fraser	9–7 9–0 9–5
Sheila Cooper	P Brown	9–0 9–5 9–1
Peggy Mason	P Pratt	9–5 9–5 9–5

Second round

width=270	Player one	width=270	Player two	width=150	Score
McKay	Portway	9–0 9–0 9–0
Craven-Smith	Price	9–0 9–1 9–0
Marshall	Wilson	9–3 9–3 9–0
Hawcroft	Norval	9–2 9–0 9–0
Macintosh	Taylor	9–0 9–3 9–0
Baxter	Corbett	9–6 9–4 9–4
McClure	Picton	9–4 10–8 9–2
Johnson	Greville-Collins	9–3 9–4 9–4
Burke	Cooper	9–7 9–3 9–0
McDevitt	Mason	9–0 9–2 9–0
Crane	Fuller	9–7 9–3 9–3
Kennedy	Dixon	9–3 9–3 9–1
Moore	Jackson	10–9 9–0 9–3
Barton	Holmes	9–3 9–6 0–9 3–9 9–4
Keenan	Williams	5–9 2–9 9–3 9–4 9–6
Tierney	Taylor	w/o

Third round

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
McKay	Burke	9–1 9–0 9–0
Craven-Smith	McDevitt	9–1 9–0 9–0
Marshall	Crane	9–4 9–5 9–1
Hawcroft	Kennedy	9–6 9–4 9–1
Macintosh	Moore	9–4 9–0 9–1
Johnson	Barton	9–2 9–3 9–3
Baxter	Keenan	9–0 9–0 9–2
Tierney	McClure	9–3 9–2 9–0

Quarter-finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
McKay	Macintosh	9–3 9–1 9–5
Craven-Smith	Johnson	9–5 9–5 9–7
Marshall	Baxter	9–4 9–2 9–7
Hawcroft	Tierney	9–7 9–1 9–2

Semi-finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
McKay	Hawcroft	9–1 9–0 9–3
Craven-Smith	Marshall	9–1 8–10 9–4 9–3

Final

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
McKay	Craven-Smith	9–1 10–8 9–6

Notes and References

1. Web site: Times Archives 1967 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. Web site: British squash title for McKay. Canberra Times . 18 February 1967 . 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.