1949 Women's British Open Squash Championship
The 1949 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 10–16 January 1949.
Joan Curry won her third title defeating Janet Morgan in the final.[1]
| British Open Squash Championships | |
|---|---|
| 21st Women's British Open Championships | |
| Details | |
| Location | London, England |
| Venue | Lansdowne Club |
Seeds
Draw and results
First round
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
 Janet Morgan * | bye | |
| Joan Curry * | Miss T Stevenson | 9-0 9-0 9-3 |
| Mrs Betty Hilton* | Sqd. Off. M M Sturge | 9-2 9-1 9-2 |
| Miss Margaret Carlisle* | Mrs D Hobson | 9-0 9-0 9-0 |
| Mrs Margot Harris * | Miss U Trott | 9-6 9-2 9-4 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Miss Myriam De Borman* | Miss M J Mayer | 9-2 9-2 9-0 |
 Miss G W James | Miss M A Travers | w/o |
| Miss Betty Cooke * | Miss K Abbot | 9-3 9-1 9-2 |
| Miss Audrey Bates | Junior Cdr. Daphne Portway | 9-3 9-7 9-2 |
| Miss Pat Cowney | Mrs M B Lewis | 9-4 9-5 9-1 |
| Mrs D F Morgan | Mrs A E Timson | 9-1 9-2 9-2 |
 Mrs M S Armytage-MacDonald | Miss D Castle | 7-6 ret hurt |
| Sheila Speight | Miss S C Palmer | 9-1 9-6 9-4 |
| Mrs J L C Cox | Mrs M Pacquet | 9-7 9-0 9-0 |
| Miss A L Isaac | Mrs E Van der Elst | w/o |
| Mrs Marjorie Townsend | Mrs F M Edmonds | 9-0 9-0 9-1 |
| Mrs J Hall | Mrs G E Baker | 9-1 9-7 9-0 |
| Rosemary Walsh | Miss K M A Steele | 9-7 9-6 9-1 |
| Mrs Helen Lacy-Hulbert | Mrs H J Stribling | 9-10 9-1 9-6 10-8 |
| Miss M A Iling | Miss J M Broad | 0-9 9-4 9-5 9-6 |
| Miss A V M Isaac | Mrs M Richards | 9-0 9-2 9-2 |
| Mrs M Anthony-Davies | Mrs W D Porter | 9-6 9-4 9-1 |
| Mrs M M Bourne | Mrs Alice Teague* | w/o |
| Miss A A Hodges | Miss Kay Tuckey | 9-4 10-8 9-7 |
| Miss M H Palmer | Miss Nelly Glamonna | 9-2 9-6 9-6 |
| Miss V Ord | 2/O N A Swainson | 5-9 9-4 9-7 9-4 |
| Mrs Violet St Clair Morford | Miss P R Sutherland | 9-7 9-5 9-10 9-4 |
| Mrs J B Parker | Mrs D Liddell | w/o |
 Mrs M Van Laer | Miss R McClenaghan | 9-0 9-1 5-9 10-8 |
| Mrs A Mostyn | Mrs H A Downey | 6-9 9-2 7-9 9-2 9-1 |
| Mrs J Rathbone | Peggy Dawson-Scott | w/o |
| Mrs J Pottier | Sub. M Walker ATS | 9-7 6-9 6-9 9-4 9-3 |
seed *
Second round
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Curry | Hall | 9-2 9-5 9-4 |
| Morgan J | Walsh | 9-1 9-1 9-0 |
| Hilton | Lacy-Hulbert | 9-2 9-0 9-1 |
| Carlisle | Iling | 9-0 9-2 9-0 |
| Harris | A L Isaac | 9-2 9-3 9-1 |
| De Borman | Anthony-Davies | 9-2 9-0 9-3 |
| James | Bourne | 10-8 5 6 |
| Cooke | Hodges | 9-3 9-2 9-1 |
| Bates | Palmer | 9-2 9-3 9-1 |
| Cowney | Ord | 9-0 9-4 9-6 |
| Morgan D F | St Clair Morford | 9-2 9-7 4-9 9-7 |
| Armytage-M | Parker | 9-1 9-0 9-5 |
| Speight | Van Laer | 9-0 9-3 9-2 |
| Cox | Mostyn | 9-4 9-6 9-4 |
| A V M Isaac | Rathbone | 9-7 3-9 0-9 9-3 9-7 |
| Townsend | Pottier | 9-0 9-0 9-3 |
Third round
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Curry | Bates | 9-4 9-1 9-2 |
| Morgan J | Isaac | 9-3 9-2 9-3 |
| Hilton | Townsend | 9-2 4-9 9-2 9-4 |
| Carlisle | Cowney | 9-0 9-4 6-9 9-1 |
| Harris | Cox | 9-2 9-1 9-2 |
| De Borman | Armytage-M | 9-7 6-9 9-5 9-2 |
| James | Speight | 4-9 9-4 10-8 9-2 |
| Cooke | Morgan D F | 9-5 9-1 9-6 |
Quarter-finals
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan | Harris | 9-0 9-3 9-2 |
| Curry | De Borman | 9-1 9-1 9-7 |
| Hilton | James | 9-4 9-4 9-3 |
| Carlisle | Cooke | 9-0 9-6 9-2 |
Semi-finals
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan | Hilton | 9-1 9-3 9-2 |
| Curry | Carlisle | 0-9 9-2 9-0 9-0 |
Final
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Curry | Morgan | 2-9 9-3 10-8 9-0 |
References
- "Times Archives 1949 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
- "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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