1968 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained

British Open Squash Championships
Number:	40
Series:	Women's British Open Championships
Location:	London, England
Venue:	Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club
Prevseason:	1967
Nextseason:	1969

The 1968 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 16–22 February 1968. Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her seventh consecutive title by defeating Bev Johnson 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)	A Williams	9–0 9–1 9–0
Bev Johnson	R Riley	9–5 9–4 9–0
Ann Price	P A Brown	9–0 9–1 9–0
Mrs Gay Erskine	E Lendrum	9–2 9–7 9–1
Mrs Jill Eckstein	A Geddes	9–0 9–0 9–0
Sylvia McClure	E Taylor	9–2 9–0 9–6
R F Turner	E Carnegie	4–9 9–7 4–9 9–6 9–1
A Norval	Tessa Lawrence	9–7 3–9 10–9 9–6
Peggy Mason	Daphne Portway	3–9 9–4 1–9 10–9
Margaret Burke	Di Fuller	9–6 9–7 9–4
Miss Marcia Roche	J Whitehead	9–3 9–1 9–1
I V Sanderson	M A Young	9–1 9–1 9–1
Sheila Cooper	K Gardner	9–5 9–1 9–6
Claire Chapman	J Mortlock	9–3 9–4 9–1
Miss Cathy Van Veen	V Manning	9–0 9–0 9–4
Sheila Ervin	E M Boswell	9–0 9–6 9–1
Ursula Smith	S Broadway	9–3 9–1 9–1
M Makower	J Hedges	w/o
A Bixler	C Heath	9–7 9–7 9–1
Dianne Corbett	Janet Ledger	9–0 9–2 9–2
Mary Alan	Bobs Whitehead	6–9 1–9 1–8 ret
Bronwyn Barton	Goldie Edwards	9–6 1–9 9–4 10–8

Second round

width=270	Player one	width=270	Player two	width=150	Score
Sheila Macintosh (née Speight)	Miss Marcia Roche	9–3 5–9 9–7 2–9 7–9

Third round

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
McKay	Barton	9–0 9–0 9–3
Johnson	McMullen	9–0 9–3 9–0
Price	Allnut	3–9 0–9 9–1 6–9
Erskine	Cooper	9–2 9–2 9–7
Eckstein	Chapman	1–9 9–0 6–9 9–3 9–6
McClure	Van Veen	0–9 8–10 3–9
Holton	Ervin	9–1 9–0 9–2
Roche	Burke	9–5 9–5 9–5

Quarter–finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
McKay	Holton	9–2 9–0 9–0
Johnson	Van Veen	9–1 9–0 0–9 9–2
Allnut	Eckstein	9–7 9–6 9–7
Erskine	Roche	9–5 3–9 9–6 9–6

Semi–finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Heather McKay	Gay Erskine	9–0 9–0 9–0
Bev Johnson	Allnut	9–10 9–4 9–2 9–1

Final

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Heather McKay	Bev Johnson	9–0 9–0 9–0

Notes and References

1. Web site: Times Archives 1968 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. Web site: Heather McKay scores again. 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.