1948 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
20th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club

The 1948 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 19–25 January 1948.
Joan Curry won her second title defeating Janet Morgan in the final.[1]

Seeds

  1. Joan Curry
  2. Janet Morgan
  3. Alice Teague
  4. Margaret Carlisle

Draw and results

[2]

First round

Player one Player two Score
Joan Curry bye
Janet Morgan bye
Miss M H Palmer bye
Mrs J Hall bye
Miss M Piper bye
Mrs M G Magniac bye
Miss R Howard bye
Miss P Sutherland bye
Mrs Alice Teague Mrs D Hobson 9-4 9-2 9-0
Miss Margaret Carlisle Miss J Taylor 9-2 9-0 9-2
Mrs Margot Harris Miss M E Sarel 9-0 9-0 9-2
Miss Myriam De Borman Miss P R Read 9-1 9-4 9-0
Mrs Betty Hilton Miss U Trott 9-1 9-6 9-5
Miss Betty Cooke Mrs L E Lefevre w/o
Peggy Dawson-Scott Mrs J L C Cox 10-8 9-1 3-9 9-5
Miss Pat Cowney Miss P A Morse 9-0 9-2 9-0
Mrs Violet St Clair Morford Mrs W D Porter 9-3 2-9 9-5 9-3
Mrs V Leakey Miss Valerie Cooper 9-4 9-2 9-7
Miss Rachel Byrne Miss Nelly Glamonna 9-2 9-0 9-0
Mrs H Bleasby Mrs Ginette Germaine 9-0 9-6 9-1
Miss D Salter Miss D Castle 7-9 9-3 9-5 9-5
Mrs H J Stribling Mrs G Pottier 9-1 9-6 9-4
Mrs Margaret Dawnay Miss J M Broad 9-0 9-6 7-9 9-5
Miss Carroll de Courcy-Hamilton Mrs Lulu Boon 9-6 10-9 9-3
Miss Meg Buxton-Knight Miss Sheila Speight 9-0 9-3 0-9 6-2 ret
Mrs D F Morgan Miss K Abbott 9-7 9-3 9-7
Miss V Ord Mrs E Van der Elst 9-4 9-5 10-8
Mrs R Rathbone Mrs J Price 4-9 10-8 9-5 9-6
Miss H A Downey Mrs A F B Standfast w/o
Rosemary Walsh Miss Katherine Keith-Steele 9-4 9-0 9-3
Miss K A M Steele Miss S C Palmer 9-4 9-5 10-8
Miss G James Miss M A Travers 3-9 9-5 5-9 9-2 10-8

Second round

Player one Player two Score
Curry Palmer 9-4 9-3 9-5
J Morgan Hall 9-1 9-3 9-6
Teague Salter 9-0 9-4 9-3
Carlisle Stribling 9-4 9-1 9-2
Harris Dawnay 9-6 9-5 10-8
De Borman de Courcy-Hamilton 9-4 9-3 9-0
Hilton Buxton-Knight 9-1 9-1 4-9 9-3
Cooke D F Morgan 9-2 9-4 9-1
Dawson-Scott Ord 9-5 9-3 9-4
Cowney Rathbone 5-9 9-3 6-9 5 9-6
St Clair Morford Dawney 1-9 9-5 9-2 5-9 9-5
Piper Howard 9-4 9-1 9-2
Leakey Walsh 9-3 9-3 10-8
Byrne Steele 9-2 9-6 9-2
Magniac Sutherland 9-6 9-3 9-3
Bleasby James 4-9 9-2 3-9 9-1 9-4

Third round

Player one Player two Score
Curry Magniac 9-2 9-7 9-5
Morgan Piper 9-1 10-8 6-9 9-1
Teague Byrne 9-0 9-4 9-1
Carlisle Dawson-Scott 9-0 9-3 9-5
Hilton Harris 9-2 9-4 9-2
De Borman Cowmey 10-8 9-7 9-9
Bleasby Leakey 9-3 9-3 1-9 5-9 9-5
Cooke St Clair-Morford 9-2 9-2 9-2

Quarter-finals

Player one Player two Score
Morgan Hilton 9-1 9-0 7-9 9-2
Curry Cooke 3-9 9-1 9-2 9-3
Teague Bleasby 9-5 9-2 9-1
Carlisle De Borman 9-7 9-2 9-5

Semi-finals

Player one Player two Score
Morgan Teague 9-1 7-9 9-6 9-1
Curry Carlisle 9-2 9-3 9-4

Final

Player one Player two Score
Curry Morgan 9-5 9-0 9-10 6-9 10-8

References

  1. ^ "Times Archives 1948 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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