1951 Women's British Open Squash Championship
The 1951 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 5–11 February 1951.
Janet Morgan won her second title defeating Joan Curry in a repeat of the 1950 final.[1]
| British Open Squash Championships | |
|---|---|
| 23rd Women's British Open Championships | |
| Details | |
| Location | London, England |
| Venue | Lansdowne Club |
Seeds
Janet Morgan- Joan Curry
- Margot Harris
Audrey Bates - withdrew
A V M Isaac
Marjorie Townsend
Helen Lacy-Hulbert
Rachel ByrneDraw and results
First round
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Janet Morgan (*1) | bye | |
| Joan Curry (*2) | bye | |
| Mrs E Vanner | bye | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Miss Nelly Glamonna | bye | |
| Mrs H A Downey | bye | |
| Mrs J L C Cox | bye | |
| Mrs R Nagle | bye | |
| Mrs M Richards | bye | |
| Mrs Marjorie Townsend* | Mrs A E Timson | 9-0 9-2 9-2 |
| Mrs Helen Lacy-Hulbert * | Miss K A Abbott | 9-2 9-5 9-4 |
| Mrs Margot Harris (*3) | 3/O J M Morgan | 9-1 9-0 9-0 |
| Miss A V M Isaac* | Mrs T Veith-Brown | 9-2 9-0 9-1 |
| Mrs J E Manning | Miss S C Palmer | 9-2 9-4 9-4 |
| Miss M H Palmer | L/Wren A Tate | 9-4 9-0 10-8 |
| Sheila Speight | Mrs Margaret Dawnay | 9-3 5-9 9-4 9-5 |
| Mrs M B Lewis | Miss H Selkirk-Wells | 9-0 9-0 9-0 |
| Mrs D Cooper | Mrs J Mills | 9-0 9-0 9-0 |
| Miss M Gowthorpe | Miss Carroll de Courcy-Hamilton | 9-5 9-0 9-4 |
| Miss J Capes |  Miss L Jackson | 1-9 9-7 9-1 9-6 |
| Mrs Pat Gotla (née Cowney) | Miss Rachel Byrne * | 9-5 5-9 9-5 9-7 |
| Mrs J M Hall | Rosemary Walsh | 9-1 7-9 9-7 10-9 |
| Mrs M Cunneen |  Fru Ellen Kaas | 9-4 9-0 9-2 |
| Mrs H J Stribling | Mrs G Riggall | 9-7 5-9 5-9 9-1 9-4 |
| Miss Margaret Morgan | Mrs R B Hawkey | 9-2 9-0 10-9 |
| Miss Katherine Keith-Steele | Miss Linda Winkel | 9-3 9-6 9-0 |
| Miss P Marshall | 2/O H M Jones | 9-5 9-0 9-7 |
| Miss E Wilson | Mrs Y Barbor | 9-1 9-0 9-4 |
| Major N Christy | Miss M Dwelly | 9-2 5-9 10-8 9-3 |
| Mrs Sheila McKechnie | F/Officer J Pawson | 9-3 9-7 9-5 |
| Mrs B A Powell | Miss J P Mead | 9-7 9-4 9-1 |
 Mrs Van der Geissen | Mrs J Evers | 9-3 9-4 3-9 9-5 |
| Miss A L Isaac | Miss W Josephs | 9-7 6-9 9-3 9-3 |
denotes seed *
Mrs Audrey Bayes (Wal 4*) withdrew because of influenza
Second round
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan | Downey | 9-1 9-1 9-1 |
| Townsend | Hall | 9-5 7-9 9-4 9-7 |
| Lacy-Hulbert | Cunneen | 9-0 9-1 9-1 |
| Harris | Stribling | 9-4 9-2 9-0 |
| Isaac A V | Morgan M | 9-3 9-3 5-9 9-3 |
| Curry | Cox | 9-4 9-2 9-4 |
| Richards | Nagle | 9-6 6-9 9-3 9-4 |
| Manning | Keith-Steele | 9-4 9-5 9-1 |
| Vanner | Glamonna | w/o |
| Palmer | Marshall | 10-8 9-4 9-2 |
| Speight | Wilson | 9-1 9-0 9-1 |
| Lewis | Christy | 9-1 2-9 9-3 9-3 |
| Cooper | McKechnie | 9-0 9-0 9-6 |
| Gowthorpe | Powell | 9-0 3-9 3 9-2 |
| Capes | Van der Geissen | 9-0 9-0 9-7 |
| Gotla | Isaac A L | 9-1 9-1 9-0 |
Third round
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan J | Vanner | 9-1 9-2 9-1 |
| Speight | Lacy-Hulbert | 9-4 10-9 9-3 |
| Curry | Richards | 9-4 9-2 9-1 |
| Gowthorpe | Harris | 9-3 9-0 2-9 8-10 9-2 |
| Townsend | Palmer | 9-2 9-6 9-4 |
| Cooper | Lewis | 9-3 9-3 9-1 |
| Isaac | Manning | 9-5 9-2 9-3 |
| Gotla | Capes | 9-3 9-1 9-3 |
Quarter-finals
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan | Townsend | 9-1 9-0 9-3 |
| Speight | Cooper | 9-5 9-1 9-0 |
| Curry | Isaac | 9-4 9-6 9-1 |
| Gowthorpe | Gotla | 9-7 7-9 1-9 10-8 9-6 |
Semi-finals
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan | Speight | 9-3 9-1 9-1 |
| Curry | Gowthorpe | 9-3 9-0 9-2 |
Final
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan | Curry | 9-1 2-9 9-3 9-4 |
References
- "Times Archives 1951 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
- "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
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