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]

Seeds

1. Joan Curry
2. Janet Morgan

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

Peggy Howe

Draw & Results

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First Round

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