1951 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1951 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 5–11 February 1951.
Janet Morgan won her second title defeating Joan Curry in a repeat of the 1950 final.^[1]

Seeds

1. Janet Morgan
2. Joan Curry
3. Margot Harris
4. Audrey Bates - withdrew

A V M Isaac
Marjorie Townsend
Helen Lacy-Hulbert

Rachel Byrne

Draw & Results

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First Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Miss Janet Morgan (*1)		bye
Miss Joan Curry (*2)		bye
Mrs E Vanner		bye
Miss Nelly Glamonna		bye
Mrs H A Downey		bye
Mrs J L C Cox		bye
Mrs R Nagle		bye
Mrs M Richards		bye
Mrs Marjorie Townsend*	Mrs A E Timson	9-0 9-2 9-2
Mrs Helen Lacy-Hulbert *	Miss K A Abbott	9-2 9-5 9-4
Mrs Margot Harris (*3)	3/O J M Morgan	9-1 9-0 9-0
Miss A V M Isaac*	Mrs T Veith-Brown	9-2 9-0 9-1
Mrs J E Manning	Miss S C Palmer	9-2 9-4 9-4
Miss M H Palmer	L/Wren A Tate	9-4 9-0 10-8
Miss Sheila Speight	Mrs Margaret Dawnay	9-3 5-9 9-4 9-5
Mrs M B Lewis	Miss H Selkirk-Wells	9-0 9-0 9-0
Mrs D Cooper	Mrs J Mills	9-0 9-0 9-0
Miss M Gowthorpe	Miss Carroll de Courcy-Hamilton	9-5 9-0 9-4
Miss J Capes	Miss L Jackson	1-9 9-7 9-1 9-6
Mrs Pat Gotla (née Cowney)	Miss Rachel Byrne *	9-5 5-9 9-5 9-7
Mrs J M Hall	Miss Rosemary Walsh	9-1 7-9 9-7 10-9
Mrs M Cunneen	Fru Ellen Kaas	9-4 9-0 9-2
Mrs H J Stribling	Mrs G Riggall	9-7 5-9 5-9 9-1 9-4
Miss Margaret Morgan	Mrs R B Hawkey	9-2 9-0 10-9
Miss Katherine Keith-Steele	Miss Linda Winkel	9-3 9-6 9-0
Miss P Marshall	2/O H M Jones	9-5 9-0 9-7
Miss E Wilson	Mrs Y Barbor	9-1 9-0 9-4
Major N Christy	Miss M Dwelly	9-2 5-9 10-8 9-3
Mrs Sheila McKechnie	F/Officer J Pawson	9-3 9-7 9-5
Mrs B A Powell	Miss J P Mead	9-7 9-4 9-1
Mrs Van der Geissen	Mrs J Evers	9-3 9-4 3-9 9-5
Miss A L Isaac	Miss W Josephs	9-7 6-9 9-3 9-3

denotes seed *
Mrs Audrey Bayes (Wal 4*) withdrew because of influenza

Second Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Morgan	Downey	9-1 9-1 9-1
Townsend	Hall	9-5 7-9 9-4 9-7
Lacy-Hulbert	Cunneen	9-0 9-1 9-1
Harris	Stribling	9-4 9-2 9-0
Isaac A V	Morgan M	9-3 9-3 5-9 9-3
Curry	Cox	9-4 9-2 9-4
Richards	Nagle	9-6 6-9 9-3 9-4
Manning	Keith-Steele	9-4 9-5 9-1
Vanner	Glamonna	w/o
Palmer	Marshall	10-8 9-4 9-2
Speight	Wilson	9-1 9-0 9-1
Lewis	Christy	9-1 2-9 9-3 9-3
Cooper	McKechnie	9-0 9-0 9-6
Gowthorpe	Powell	9-0 3-9 3 9-2
Capes	Van der Geissen	9-0 9-0 9-7
Gotla	Isaac A L	9-1 9-1 9-0

Third Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Morgan J	Vanner	9-1 9-2 9-1
Speight	Lacy-Hulbert	9-4 10-9 9-3
Curry	Richards	9-4 9-2 9-1
Gowthorpe	Harris	9-3 9-0 2-9 8-10 9-2
Townsend	Palmer	9-2 9-6 9-4
Cooper	Lewis	9-3 9-3 9-1
Isaac	Manning	9-5 9-2 9-3
Gotla	Capes	9-3 9-1 9-3

Quarter Finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
Morgan	Townsend	9-1 9-0 9-3
Speight	Cooper	9-5 9-1 9-0
Curry	Isaac	9-4 9-6 9-1
Gowthorpe	Gotla	9-7 7-9 1-9 10-8 9-6

Semi Finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
Morgan	Speight	9-3 9-1 9-1
Curry	Gowthorpe	9-3 9-0 9-2

Final

Player One	Player Two	Score
Morgan	Curry	9-1 2-9 9-3 9-4

References