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
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club
← 1948
1950 →

Seeds

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Draw and results

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[2]

First round

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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
  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

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Second round

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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

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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

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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

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Player one Player two Score
  Morgan   Hilton 9-1 9-3 9-2
  Curry   Carlisle 0-9 9-2 9-0 9-0

Final

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Player one Player two Score
  Curry   Morgan 2-9 9-3 10-8 9-0
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1949
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1949 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2015.