1972 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained

British Open Squash Championships
Number:44
Series:Women's British Open Championships
Location:London, England
Venue:BP Club, Lower Sydenham
Prevseason:1971
Nextseason:1973

The 1972 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the BP Club in Lower Sydenham, London from 4–9 March 1972.Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her eleventh consecutive title defeating Kathy Malan in the final. This surpassed the previous record of ten wins set by Janet Morgan from 1950 through to 1959.[1] [2]

Draw and results

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First round

width=280Player onewidth=270Player twowidth=150Score
Mrs Heather McKay (née Blundell) Mrs Ann Jee 9-0 9-0 9-0
Miss Kathy Malan Miss Ann Price 9-0 9-0 9-0
Mrs V Power J O'Neill 9-1 9-1 9-1
Miss Teresa Lawes Mrs C R Bourdon 9-0 9-1 9-4
Miss Jean Wilson Miss Karen Gardner
Miss M Brodie Ada Bakker
Mrs Fran Marshall
Mrs Claire Chapman
Mrs Margaret Claughton
Miss Jane Barham
Mrs Janice Wainwright (née Townsend)
Miss Sue Cogswell
Mrs Dianne Corbett
Miss Brenda Carmichael
Mrs Alex Cowie
Mrs Ruth Turner
Mrs Sheila Macintosh (née Speight)
Miss Heather Rhead
Mrs Barbara Sanderson
Mrs Valerie Watson
Miss Theo Veltman
Mrs Irene Rowe
Mrs Jean Reynolds (née McFarlane)
Mrs Marjorie Townsend
Mrs Sue Pexman
Miss Kathy Brabin
Mrs Maureen Morgan
Mrs Bobs Whitehead
Mrs M James
Miss Janet Ledger
Mrs Di Fuller
Miss B Dinsmore

Second round

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McKay Lawes 9-2 9-0 9-0
Marshall Rhead 9-10 9-1 9-4 9-7
Claughton Sanderson 9-10 9-10 9-3 9-2 9-0
Wainwright Watson 9-6 10-8 9-10 1-9 9-4
Wilson Veltman 9-6 9-0 9-6
Cogswell Brodie 9-4 9-3 9-5
Cowie Reynolds 6-9 9-2 9-4 9-7
Chapman Townsend 9-1 9-1 9-1
Corbett Pexman 9-4 9-7 9-0
Malan Brabin 9-0 9-0 9-2
Carmichael Morgan 9-6 3-9 9-5 9-5
Barham Whitehead 9-3 9-3 9-5
Turner James 7-9 10-8 9-6 9-4
Macintosh Ledger 9-3 9-6 9-5
Power Fuller 10-8 9-6 9-7
Rowe Dinsmore 9-1 9-4 9-5

Third round

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McKay Rowe 9-0 9-0 9-1
Marshall Cogswell 9-1 9-1 9-2
Malan Power 9-1 9-0 9-1
Wilson Cowie 9-0 9-3 10-9
Chapman Macintosh 9-3 9-2 9-0
Barham Turner 9-0 9-3 9-10 9-3
Corbett Claughton 7-9 9-7 9-3 9-1
Wainwright Carmichael 9-10 9-2 9-1 3-9 9-0

Quarter-finals

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McKay Chapman 9-1 9-0 9-0
Wilson Barham 4-9 9-6 9-7 9-4
Malan Corbett 9-7 9-4 9-1
Marshall Wainwright 10-8 9-4 9-2

Semi-finals

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McKay Marshall 9-1 9-1 9-3
Malan Wilson 8-10 9-6 9-6 9-6

Final

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McKay Malan 9-1 9-1 9-2

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Times Archives 1972 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. Web site: Record 11th title to Heather McKay. Trove.
  3. Web site: Squash Rackets. The Times Archives. 4 August 2015. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.