1950 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1950 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 19–26 February 1950.
Janet Morgan won her first title defeating Joan Curry in the final. Former multiple champion Margot Lumb returned to competition as Mrs Margot Gordon.[1]

British Open Squash Championships
22nd Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location	London, England
Venue	Lansdowne Club

Seeds

1. Joan Curry
2. Janet Morgan

Betty Hilton
Margaret Carlisle
Margot Harris
Margot Gordon (née Lumb)

Peggy Howe

Draw and results

[2]

First round

Player one	Player two	Score
Joan Curry (*1)	A L Isaac	9-3 9-0 9-1
Janet Morgan (*2)	Carroll de Courcy-Hamilton	9-0 9-2 9-0
Margaret Carlisle*	S C Palmer	9-3 9-4 9-1
Margot Harris *	A E Timson	9-1 9-5 9-1
Betty Hilton *	Katherine Keith-Steele	9-1 9-1 9-3
Margot Gordon (née Lumb)*	J P Mead	9-1 9-3 9-1
Peggy Howe *	M H Palmer	9-0 9-6 9-4
Rachel Byrne	S Forsyth	9-2 9-5 9-0
Audrey Bates	H Selkirk-Wills	9-0 9-0 9-0
Ruth Turner	H A Downey	9-1 9-2 8-10 9-2
V Ord	C Scott Evans	9-5 7-9 9-7 8-10 9-3
M E Gowthorpe	R G Rolls	9-5 9-6 9-7
D P Chalkin	Barbara Banks	9-3 9-2 9-1
A V M Isaac	V Hodgson	9-0 9-1 9-0
B Cowderoy	J M Broad	9-3 9-5 9-6
Sheila Speight	B J Grant	9-1 9-0 9-0
Betty Cooke	P Marshall	9-1 9-6 9-3
Charlotte Prizer	Jnr. Cdr. M Walker	9-2 9-7 9-0
M B Lewis	U Trott	3-9 7-9 9-6 9-2 9-6
Pat Cowney	J E Manning	9-1 9-1 5-9 9-1
Betty Meagher	R Nagle	9-1 9-7 9-2
M A Illing	A Kaye	9-4 9-1 9-0
M M Bourne	Snr. Cdr. Daphne Portway	9-7 7-9 8-10 9-4 10-9
H Bleasby	Sally-Anne Jackson	9-3 9-3 9-5
Nancy Bayard-Stockton	J B Martin	9-1 9-4 9-1
K A Abbott	R Raikes	9-1 9-5 9-1
Inger Gelardi	Sqd. Off. M M Sturge	9-3 9-5 9-4
A F B Stanfast	Elizabeth Pearson	9-6 3-9 10-9 3-9 9-4
Barbara Knapp	P R Sutherland	9-2 9-1 9-2
Margaret Dawnay	M S Armytage-MacDonald	9-4 9-10 7-9 9-7 9-3
Margaret Morgan	Helen Stone	9-3 9-2 9-3
Helen Lacy-Hulbert	2/O N A Swainson	9-7 9-4 9-3

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Second round

Player one	Player two	Score
Curry	Cooke	10-8 9-4 9-1
Morgan J	Prizer	9-4 9-0 9-1
Carlisle	Lewis	9-1 9-2 9-2
Harris	Cowney	9-5 9-6 9-5
Hilton	Meagher	9-7 9-6 9-0
Gordon	Illing	9-4 9-1 9-2
Howe	Bourne	9-3 9-0 9-4
Byrne	Bleasby	8-10 9-1 9-4 9-3
Bates	Martin	9-0 9-1 10-8
Turner	Abbott	9-2 9-3 9-0
Ord	Gelardi	5-9 9-5 5-9 10-8 9-2
Gowthorpe	Stanfast	7-9 9-1 9-3 5-9 10-8
Chalkin	Knapp	9-6 9-3 8-10 9-1
Isaac	Dawnay	10-8 9-6 9-3
Cowderoy	Morgan M	10-8 10-8 9-7
Speight	Lacy-Hulbert	10-8 4-9 5-9 9-5 9-5

Third round

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Byrne	5-9 9-2 9-3 10-8
Howe	Bates	9-5 10-8 9-4
Carlisle	Turner	9-3 9-7 9-1
Harris	Ord	9-1 9-6 9-6
Hilton	Gowthorpe	9-7 9-5 9-0
Gordon	Chalkin	9-1 9-4 9-2
Isaac	Cowderoy	9-4 9-3 9-3
Curry	Speight	9-1 9-7 9-4

Quarter-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan J	Howe	9-4 9-5 9-7
Curry	Isaac	9-2 9-5 9-3
Hilton	Gordon	9-5 9-8 9-5
Carlisle	Harris	1-9 2-9 9-4 9-1 9-0

Semi-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Carlisle	9-3 9-2 9-4
Curry	Hilton	10-8 9-5 9-2

Final

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Curry	9-4 9-3 9-0

References

1. "Times Archives 1950 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.