1954 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
British Open Squash Championships
26th Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location	London, England
Venue	Lansdowne Club
	← 1953 1955 →

The 1954 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 15–21 February 1954.
Janet Morgan won her fifth consecutive title defeating Sheila Speight in the final.^[1]

Seeds[edit]

Marjorie Townsend
M E Gowthorpe
Alice Teague
Ruth Turner
Rachel Byrne

Rosemary Walsh

Draw and results[edit]

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First round[edit]

Player one	Player two	Score
Janet Morgan (1*)		bye
Sheila Speight (2*)		bye
W Peile		bye
J Dannatt		bye
E I Jonas		bye
Rosemary Walsh*		bye
D Chalk		bye
Bobs Whitehead		bye
Rachel Byrne*		bye
E J Boggis		bye
Pat Gotla (née Cowney)		bye
J B Watson		bye
Margaret Dawnay		bye
M H Palmer		bye
D C Herman		bye
Ruth Turner*	Judith Tissot	9-7 3-9 9-3 9-7
Alice Teague*	Jennifer Pendered	9-2 9-4 9-3
M E Gowthorpe *	S Cooper	9-3 9-1 9-1
Marjorie Townsend*	J Covell	9-4 9-0 9-1
Margaret Morgan	M M Hazell	9-7 8-10 9-7 9-6
J M Hall	Barbara Knapp	9-6 6-9 7-9 9-5 9-3
P Smith	Marion Craig-Smith	w/o
Fran Marshall	Captain M U Walker	w/o
V Moore	N A Watkins	9-2 9-0 9-2
J P Marshall	M Young	9-3 9-3 9-3
Major Daphne Portway	R B Hawkey	10-8 9-3 8-10 9-2
E Wilson	S C Palmer	8-10 10-8 9-1 9-2
R E G Parsons	E J Boggis	w/o
R Nagle	L Lefevre	9-3 9-2 9-1
R B R Wilson	Ann Mitham	9-0 9-4 6-9 9-7
J Watkins	K Abbott	9-0 9-5 9-6
J E Manning	Katherine Keith-Steele	w/o

denotes seed *

Second round[edit]

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan J	Whitehead	9-1 9-0 9-0
Speight	Dannatt	9-3 9-2 9-1
Turner	Marshall	2-9 9-3 9-2 9-1
Teague	Watson	9-4 9-2 9-1
Gowthorpe	Moore	9-1 9-3 9-2
Byrne	Dawnay	w/o
Walsh	Palmer	9-2 9-2 9-2
Townsend	Marshall	9-3 9-5 9-5
Powell	Herman	10-8 7-9 9-2 9-3
Gotla	Jonas	9-4 9-4 9-2
Morgan M	Manning	9-3 9-5 7-9 10-9
Pelle	Portway	9-0 9-2 9-0
Watson	Wilson	9-6 9-1 9-1
Chalk	Parsons	9-3 9-1 9-7
Hall	Nagle	9-7 9-1 7-9 9-3
Smith	Wilson	4-9 9-2 9-6 10-9

Third round[edit]

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan J	Powell	9-2 9-0 9-3
Speight	Gotla	9-3 9-2 9-1
Turner	Morgan M	9-6 9-0 9-3
Teague	Pelle	9-3 9-3 9-0
Byrne	Watson	9-4 9-6 9-0
Walsh	Chalk	9-1 9-3 9-0
Gowthorpe	Hall	6-9 9-6 9-6 9-3
Townsend	Smith	6-9 9-4 9-3 9-2

Quarter-finals[edit]

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Byrne	9-0 9-1 6-9 9-2
Speight	Walsh	9-2 9-5 9-3
Turner	Gowthorpe	9-6 9-5 9-2
Teague	Townsend	9-4 5-9 9-1 8-9 9-4

Semi-finals[edit]

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Turner	9-1 9-3 9-2
Speight	Teague	9-5 9-1 9-2

Final[edit]

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Speight	9-3 9-1 9-7

Preceded by 1953	British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1954	Succeeded by 1955

References[edit]

^ "Times Archives 1954 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

[1] "Times Archives 1954 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.

[2] "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

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