1975 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained

British Open Squash Championships
Number:47
Series:Women's British Open Championships
Location:London, England
Venue:Wembley
Prevseason:1974
Nextseason:1976

The 1975 Women's Langham Life Assurance British Open Squash Championships was held at Wembley in London from 28 February - 6 March 1975. Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her fourteenth consecutive title defeating Marion Jackman in the final. The domination shown by Heather McKay was evident in the fact that she remained unbeaten in any competition since December 1962.[1] [2]

Draw and results

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First round

width=270Player onewidth=270Player twowidth=150Score
Heather McKay Mary Rust 9-0 9-0 9-0
Marion Jackman D Allen 9-2 9-1 9-3
Sue Cogswell 7-9 9-4 9-3 8-10 9-3
Sue Newman Di Fuller 9-4 9-3 9-2
Margaret Zachariah A H Morris 9-2 9-0 9-2
Chris van Nierop E Popplewell 9-1 9-4 9-3
Lyle Hubinger A Manley 9-3 9-3 9-0
Jane Courtney J Cartwright 9-1 9-0 9-2
Teresa Lawes Soraya Haye 9-2 9-0 9-1
Jean Wilson Ann Price 9-0 9-5 9-2
Karen Gardner P Leneham 9-1 9-0 9-4
Carol Murray S Vesperinan 9-2 9-2 9-5
Fran Marshall Jane Pritchett 9-7 9-1 9-2
Claire Chapman V Corbett 9-4 9-0 9-6
Valerie Bridgens L Morrison 9-4 9-7 9-4
Clair Richards J McColl 2-9 9-3 9-3 9-0
Dorothy Armstrong L M Pyke 9-4 9-6 9-4
Deanna Murray Jayne Ashton 6-9 9-7 9-6 9-2
Lesley Moore Jane Poynder 6-9 9-4 9-3 9-2
Janet Ward S Parker 9-2 9-3 9-0
Jean Reynolds (née McFarlane) H James 9-6 9-2 9-3
Irene Hewitt H Campbell 9-4 9-0 9-6
Ann Jee J Macey 9-4 9-0 9-3
S Dunford Vivian Grisogono 9-4 8-10 9-6 9-3
Sue Pexman Barbara Sanderson 2-9 6-9 9-6 9-4 9-2
S Peach J Lynas 9-6 9-4 9-3
Dianne Corbett S Findlay 9-2 7-9 9-0 9-0
J Sheasby Janet Ledger 9-1 9-7 6-9 9-6
Ruth Turner 9-6 9-1 9-0
Carol Machin S Warnes 9-2 4-9 9-6 9-1
Theo Veltman
Joyce Maycock

Second round

width=170Player onewidth=170Player twowidth=150Score
McKay Richards w/o
Jackman Maycock 9-2 9-1 9-2
Cogswell Armstrong 9-3 9-3 9-0
Newman Murray 9-1 9-1 9-0
Zachariah Moore 9-1 9-1 9-0
van Nierop Ward 9-0 9-2 9-1
Hubinger Reynolds 9-2 9-2 9-2
Courtney Hewitt 5-9 9-6 7-9 5-9
Lawes Jee 9-4 5-9 9-1 9-2
Wilson Dunford 9-1 9-0 9-4
Gardner Pexman 9-2 9-4 9-7
Murray C Peach 9-2 9-4 9-2
Marshall Corbett 9-5 9-4 9-2
Chapman Sheasby 9-5 9-1 0-9 9-3
Bridgens Wainwright 4-9 9-5 9-7 2-9 9-0
Veltman Machin 5-9 9-2 9-0 9-7

Third round

width=170Player onewidth=170Player twowidth=150Score
McKay Murray 9-1 9-0 9-0
Jackman Bridgens 9-1 9-3 9-10 9-1
Newman Gardner 9-2 9-1 9-5
Zachariah Veltman 4-9 9-5 9-2 9-0
Van Nierop Lawes 9-6 9-5 2-9 9-2
Hewitt Marshall 9-1 9-5 5-9 9-1
Hubinger Wilson 9-6 9-7 9-0
Cogswell Chapman 10-8 9-1 9-3

Quarter-finals

width=170Player onewidth=170Player twowidth=150Score
McKay Van Nierop 9-1 9-2 9-0
Jackman Hewitt 9-5 9-2 9-2
Newman Hubinger 9-5 9-1 10-8
Zachariah Cogswell 9-1 9-5 9-3

Semi-finals

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McKay Zachariah 9-1 9-0 9-1
Jackman Newman 7-9 9-4 9-10 9-1 9-6

Third-place play-off

width=170Player onewidth=170Player twowidth=150Score
Newman Zachariah 9-1 9-6 6-9 9-7

Final

width=170Player onewidth=170Player twowidth=150Score
McKay Jackman 9-3 9-1 9-5

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Times Archives 1975 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. Web site: Mrs McKay's 14th Open Win. Trove.
  3. Web site: Squash Rackets. The Times Archives. 5 August 2015. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.