1947 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1947 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 27 January - 2 February 1947.
Joan Curry won her first title defeating Alice Teague in the final.[1]

British Open Squash Championships
19th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club
← 1939
1948 →

Draw and results

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First round

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Player one Player two Score
  Miss Joan Curry bye
  Miss Janet Morgan   Mrs Lewis-Shaw 9-5 9-0 9-0
  Mrs Alice Teague   Miss Pat Cowney 9-0 9-4 9-4
  Mrs G F Powell bye
  Miss Margaret Carlisle   Miss C Werner 9-0 9-1 9-1
  Miss Myriam De Borman   Miss Rachel Byrne 9-7 9-1 9-6
  Miss Betty Cooke   Miss J Wilson 9-3 9-1 9-0
  Miss E E Knox   Miss A de Kettenis 9-1 9-0 9-2
  Miss A Taylor bye
  Miss A Gowthorpe   Miss M Dens 8-10 9-2 9-0 9-2
  Miss Barbara Knapp   Miss R Howard 9-1 9-4 9-3
  Mrs V Leaky bye
  Miss M Piper   Miss K M A Steele 9-3 9-3 10-8
  Mrs A Smith bye
  Miss B Cowderoy bye
  Miss V M Ord bye
  Mrs G Pottier bye
  Miss Katherine Keith-Steele   Miss T Caldwell 9-7 9-3 9-10 9-3
  Mrs A F B Standfast   Miss A Pratt 9-5 10-8 9-3
  Mrs S Woodhouse bye
  Mrs J Price   Miss G W James 9-3 3-9 5-9 9-1 9-6
  Miss B Kentfield   Mrs D Morgan 10-9 9-4 9-5
  Miss J Howard bye
  Mrs M van der Elst bye
  Mrs H S Hughes bye
  Mrs J Bleasby   Sqd. Off. M M Sturge 9-3 9-5 7-9 9-10 9-1
  Mrs H A Downey   Miss E Walker 1-9 7-9 9-5 9-6 9-5
  Mrs H J Stribling   Miss I J Trangmer 9-10 9-1 10-9 9-6
  Mrs W D Porter bye

Second round

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Player one Player two Score
  Curry   Pottier 9-0 9-1 9-1
  Morgan   Keith-Steele 9-0 9-1 9-0
  Teague   Standfast 9-1 9-0 9-3
  Powell   Woodhouse 9-0 9-0 9-0
  Carlisle   Price 9-1 9-3 9-1
  Borman   Kentfield 9-6 9-4 9-4
  Cooke   Howard 9-2 9-5 9-4
  Knox   van der Elst 9-0 9-0 9-4
  Taylor   Hughes 9-0 9-1 9-4
  Gowthorpe   Bleasby 2-9 9-3 9-3 9-0
  Knapp   Downey 9-1 2-9 9-1 9-6
  Piper   Stribling 9-4 9-0 9-0
  Ord   Porter 9-2 9-1 7-9 9-2
  Smith bye
  Cowderoy bye
  Leakey bye

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
  Curry   Taylor 9-0 9-1 9-0
  Morgan   Gowthorpe 9-4 9-0 9-1
  Teague   Knapp 9-1 9-0 9-1
  Powell   Leakey 9-2 9-0 9-2
  Piper   Carlisle 9-5 9-10 9-4 9-4
  De Borman   Ord 9-1 10-8 9-3
  Cooke   Cowderoy 9-0 9-3 9-1
  Knox   Smith 9-2 9-1 9-3

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  Piper   De Borman 2-9 9-3 9-7 9-4
  Curry   Knox 6-9 9-1 9-2 9-5
  Teague   Morgan 7-9 3-9 9-2 9-4 9-2
  Powell   Cooke 9-6 9-3 0-9 9-0

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  Teague   Powell 8-10 9-1 9-1 9-4
  Curry   Piper 9-1 9-2 9-2

Final

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Player one Player two Score
  Curry   Teague 9-3 10-9 9-5
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1947
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1947 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2015.