1959 Women's British Open Squash Championship

November 2017 November 2017 July 2015 British Open Squash Championships 31 Women's British Open Championships London, England Lansdowne Club 1958 1960 The 1959 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 20–26 February 1959. Janet Morgan announced that she was to retire on medical advice after the 1959 Championship; she duly won an incredible tenth consecutive title defeating Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) for the fourth successive year in the final. Later in the year Morgan retired and married becoming Janet Bisley and the following year Macintosh would finally have the chance to compete without having to play Morgan.https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/reference-online Times Archives 1959 Open Championship Oxfordshire Libraries Seeds 30em ENGJanet Morgan ENGSheila Macintosh (née Speight) ENGRosemary Deloford ENGD C Herman ENGM E Gowthorpe ENGMarjorie Townsend ENGRuth Turner ENGR Cooper Draw and results https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Squash Rackets The Times Archives 31 July 2015 18 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ live First round Player onePlayer twoScoreENGRosemary Deloford (3) ENGClaire Hargreaves 9-3 9-1 9-5ENGRuth Turner (7) ENGT Stevenson 9-1 9-1 9-5ENGR Cooper (8) ENGB M Horton 9-2 9-1 9-5ENGC Ashton ENGJ M Gilley 9-0 9-0 9-5ENGH Bleasby ENGH F Newberry 9-4 9-4 9-2ENGBobs Whitehead ENGP Drew 6-9 9-0 9-1 3-9 9-2ENGAnnette Picton ENGP H Smallwood 9-1 9-0 9-4ENGR Nagle ENGWhitby 9-3 9-1 9-4ENGFran Marshall ENGJ M Goodin 9-6 9-2 9-2ENGJ M Hall ENGJ Lancaster 5-9 7-9 9-4 9-3 9-5WALM M Hazell WALH Jolly 9-7 9-0 9-1WALC E Harrison ENGJ M Mallen 9-3 7-9 9-5 3-9 9-5WALMarion Lloyd ENGB E Simister 9-5 9-5 9-6ENGG Pears ENGPat Gotla (née Cowney) 9-6 9-4 2-9 9-5ENGR B Hawkey ENG Major M U Walker 9-2 9-6 9-4ENGS McMullan ENGC J Taunton 2-9 6-9 9-7 9-2 9-3 denotes seed (*) Second round Player onePlayer twoScoreENGJanet Morgan (1) WALH E Bond w/oENGSheila Macintosh (née Speight) (2) SCOH J Bell 9-2 9-1 9-0ENGRosemary Deloford (3) ENGBobs Whitehead 9-5 6-9 9-6 9-2ENGD C Herman (4) ENGR Nagle 9-2 9-1 9-0ENGM E Gowthorpe (5) ENGN A Watkins 9-2 9-1 9-1ENGMarjorie Townsend (6) ENGJ Covell 9-2 9-1 9-3ENGRuth Turner (7) WALM M Hazell 9-4 7-9 9-1 9-1ENGR Cooper (8) WALC E Harrison 9-3 9-0 9-1ENGD M Holman ENGAnn Mitham 9-5 9-0 9-1RSA 1928 D Lange ENGK A Abbott 9-5 9-0 9-7ENGJ M Hall WALMarion Lloyd 9-4 9-2 1-9 9-3SCOR Waterhouse ENGG Pears 4-9 9-7 9-4 9-3ENGFran Marshall ENGAnnette Picton 9-2 9-0 9-0ENGC Ashton ENGR B Hawkey 9-2 9-3 9-6ENGH Bleasby ENGV J Foster 9-3 9-8 8-10 1-9 9-4ENGK Tomlin ENGS McMullan 5-9 4-9 9-7 9-3 9-1 Third round Player onePlayer twoScoreENG Morgan ENG Holman 9-2 9-0 9-2ENG Macintosh RSA 1928 Lange 9-1 9-7 9-1ENG Marshall ENG Deloford 9-6 9-2 3-9 2-9 9-5ENG Herman ENG Hall 9-1 9-0 9-0ENG Gowthorpe SCO Waterhouse 9-2 9-0 9-0ENG Townsend ENG Ashton 9-3 9-1 9-1ENG Turner ENG Bleasby 9-4 9-2 9-6ENG Cooper ENG Tomlin 6-9 9-3 9-5 2-9 9-1 Quarter-finals Player onePlayer twoScoreENG Morgan ENG Gowthorpe 9-7 9-7 9-2ENG Macintosh ENG Townsend 9-7 9-7 9-1ENG Marshall ENG Turner 10-9 9-10 2-5 retENG Herman ENG Cooper 9-2 9-3 9-1 Semi-finals Player onePlayer twoScoreENG Morgan ENG Marshall 4-9 4-9 9-2 9-3 9-0ENG Macintosh ENG Herman 9-5 9-6 9-4 Final Player onePlayer twoScoreENG Morgan ENG Speight 9-6 9-4 9-2 British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1958 1960 1959 References Category:Women's British Open Squash Championships British Open Squash Championships Women's British Open Squash Championships Category:Squash competitions in London Women's British Open Championships British Open Championships Women's British Open Squash Championships