1957 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1957 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 18 to 23 February. Janet Morgan won her eighth consecutive title defeating Sheila Speight in a repeat of the 1956 final.

Seeds

Draw and results

First round Player onePlayer twoScoreJanet Morgan (1) B A Powell 9-4 9-0 9-1Sheila Speight (2) H E Bond 9-3 9-0 9-3Marjorie Townsend (3) J Kinghorn 9-4 9-1 9-6Ruth Turner (4) A Roynon 9-4 9-1 9-2Rosemary Deloford (5) J M Goodin 9-4 9-2 9-4D C Herman (6) P Creek 9-1 9-0 9-3Jill Campion (7) R B Hawkey 9-3 10-8 9-0Margaret Morgan (8) N A Watkins 9-2 9-1 9-3Pat Gotla (née Cowney) R Nagle 9-2 9-4 9-2M C Willcox Captain M U Walker w/oJ B Watson Peggy White 10-8 10-8 5-9 9-7Barbara Laussat Clement A Cloke 9-0 9-2 9-7R Cooper E L Curtis 9-0 9-0 9-1Ann Wetzel T Stevenson 9-5 9-5 9-4Ann Mitham K Abbott 9-4 9-4 9-5B Davidson Louisa Manly-Power 9-7 1-9 7-9 10-8 9-5J M Gilley S Jones 9-6 9-2 9-5Frances Pilling P Flower 9-0 4-9 1-9 9-6 9-3Peggy Carrott V J Foster 9-5 9-3 9-2J M Hall C E Harrison 9-0 8-10 9-6 9-4M E Gowthorpe M M Hazell 9-4 9-3 9-5Daphne Portway L Malone 10-9 9-5 1-9 9-5R L Pottinger Charlotte Prizer 7-9 9-5 9-2 9-6E Foden P Gates 9-2 9-1 1-9 9-4G Macpherson P Colyer 10-8 9-6 3-9 9-7Carol Haussermann P H Smallwood 9-5 9-1 9-7J Jamin J Dannatt w/oJ Butler S Shand 2-9 7-9 9-5 9-5 9-2J McCormick N Sage 9-3 9-0 9-2Ann Price A Shephard 9-0 9-7 9-1B Lewis S Cook 9-3 10-8 9-0Betty Constable J Covell 9-3 9-4 9-4

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Second round Player onePlayer twoScore Morgan J Davidson 9-7 9-0 9-1 Speight Gilley 9-4 9-0 9-2 Townsend Pilling 9-0 9-0 9-3 Turner Carrott 9-2 9-1 9-0 Deloford Hall 9-1 9-1 9-5 Herman Gowthorpe 10-8 2 3 Campion Portway 9-2 9-4 9-6 Morgan M Pottinger 9-4 9-1 9-2 Gotla Foden 9-4 9-1 9-1 Willcox Macpherson 4-9 10-9 9-5 7-9 9-7 Watson Haussermann 9-2 9-1 9-3 Clement Jamin 9-0 9-10 9-0 9-1 Cooper Butler 9-5 9-1 9-2 Wetzel McCormick 9-2 8-10 9-6 10-8 Mitham Price 9-2 9-3 10-8 Betty Constable Lewis 9-4 9-2 9-1

Third round Player onePlayer twoScore Morgan J Cooper 9-3 9-4 9-1 Speight Gotla 9-1 9-4 9-3 Turner Willcox 9-0 9-0 9-1 Campion Watson 6-9 9-2 9-1 9-1 Deloford Clement 9-1 9-1 9-2 Morgan M Wetzel 6-9 9-5 9-6 9-4 Herman Betty Constable 9-7 9-3 9-2 Townsend Mitham 9-3 9-3 9-5

Quarter-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Morgan J Deloford 9-2 9-2 7-9 9-4 Speight Morgan M 9-3 9-3 9-5 Turner Herman 10-9 9-0 9-2 Campion Townsend 9-0 5-9 6-9 9-4 9-2

Semi-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Morgan Turner 9-6 9-5 9-7 Speight Campion 9-5 9-0 9-3

Final Player onePlayer twoScore Morgan Speight 4-9 9-5 9-1 9-6

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