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1954 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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British Open Squash Championships
26th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne 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

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Draw and results

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First round

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Player one Player two Score
EnglandJanet Morgan (1*) bye
EnglandSheila Speight (2*) bye
EnglandW Peile bye
EnglandJ Dannatt bye
EnglandE I Jonas bye
EnglandRosemary Walsh* bye
EnglandD Chalk bye
EnglandBobs Whitehead bye
WalesRachel Byrne* bye
EnglandE J Boggis bye
EnglandPat Gotla (née Cowney) bye
EnglandJ B Watson bye
EnglandMargaret Dawnay bye
EnglandM H Palmer bye
EnglandD C Herman bye
EnglandRuth Turner* AustraliaJudith Tissot 9-7 3-9 9-3 9-7
EnglandAlice Teague* EnglandJennifer Pendered 9-2 9-4 9-3
EnglandM E Gowthorpe * EnglandS Cooper 9-3 9-1 9-1
EnglandMarjorie Townsend* EnglandJ Covell 9-4 9-0 9-1
WalesMargaret Morgan WalesM M Hazell 9-7 8-10 9-7 9-6
EnglandJ M Hall EnglandBarbara Knapp 9-6 6-9 7-9 9-5 9-3
EnglandP Smith EnglandMarion Craig-Smith w/o
KenyaFran Marshall England Captain M U Walker w/o
EnglandV Moore EnglandN A Watkins 9-2 9-0 9-2
EnglandJ P Marshall EnglandM Young 9-3 9-3 9-3
England Major Daphne Portway EnglandR B Hawkey 10-8 9-3 8-10 9-2
EnglandE Wilson EnglandS C Palmer 8-10 10-8 9-1 9-2
EnglandR E G Parsons EnglandE J Boggis w/o
EnglandR Nagle EnglandL Lefevre 9-3 9-2 9-1
EnglandR B R Wilson EnglandAnn Mitham 9-0 9-4 6-9 9-7
EnglandJ Watkins EnglandK Abbott 9-0 9-5 9-6
EnglandJ E Manning EnglandKatherine Keith-Steele w/o

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Second round

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

Third round

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

Quarter-finals

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

Semi-finals

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

Final

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Player one Player two Score
England Morgan England Speight 9-3 9-1 9-7
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1954
Succeeded by

References

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  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.