1956 Women's British Open Squash Championship

April 2022 British Open Squash Championships 28 Women's British Open Championships London, England Lansdowne Club 1955 1957 The 1956 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 20–26 February 1956. Janet Morgan won her seventh consecutive title defeating Sheila Speight in the final.https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/reference-online Times Archives 1956 Open Championship Oxfordshire Libraries Seeds 30em ENG Miss Janet Morgan ENG Miss Sheila Speight ENG Mrs Marjorie Townsend ENG Mrs Ruth Turner WAL Mrs Jill Campion ENG Miss M E Gowthorpe ENG Mrs Rosemary Deloford ENG Miss D C Herman 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 TwoScoreENG Mrs Rosemary Deloford (7) ENG Miss N Sage 9-1 9-0 9-0ENG Miss D C Herman (8) ENG Miss A V M Isaac 9-10 9-2 9-2 9-1ENG Miss Daphne Portway ENG Miss S Jones 9-6 9-4 9-3ENG Mrs R Cooper ENG Miss P Flower 9-0 9-0 9-0ENG Miss Jenifer Gidwell ENG Miss A Doe 9-6 9-2 9-7ENG Mrs P Colyer ENG Miss J M Gilley 10-8 9-4 9-2ENG Miss J Duckit ENG Miss J Covell w/oENG Miss W Peile ENG Mrs R L Pottinger 9-5 9-5 9-3 denotes seed * Second round Player OnePlayer TwoScoreENG Miss Janet Morgan (1) ENG Mrs J B Watson w/oENG Miss Sheila Speight (2) ENG Mrs B A Powell 9-5 9-0 9-0ENG Mrs Marjorie Townsend (3) ENG Miss J Dannatt 9-6 9-2 9-2ENG Mrs Ruth Turner (4) ENG Mrs R B Wilson 9-0 9-4 9-2WAL Mrs Jill Campion (5) ENG Miss E Wilson w/oENG Miss M E Gowthorpe (6) ENG Miss J M Martin 9-7 9-0 9-1ENG Mrs Rosemary Deloford (7) ENG Miss Jenifer Gidwell 8-10 9-1 4-9 9-2 9-0ENG Miss D C Herman (8) ENG Mrs P Colyer 9-3 9-2 9-3WAL Miss Margaret Morgan ENG Mrs R B Hawkey 9-2 9-1 9-2ENG Mrs Pat Gotla (née Cowney) ENG Miss S Peskett 9-0 9-2 10-8ENG Mrs R Nagle ENG Miss P Gates 9-4 9-3 9-3ENG Miss Daphne Portway ENG Miss J Duckit 9-4 9-5 9-0ENG Mrs R Cooper ENG Miss W Peile 9-1 9-1 9-0ENG Mrs H Bleasby ENG Miss P H Smallwood 9-2 9-7 9-1RSA 1928 Miss D Lange ENG Miss Ann Mitham 9-0 9-5 9-2ENG Mrs J M Hall ENG Miss V M J McLernon 9-3 9-6 9-5 Third round Player OnePlayer TwoScoreENG Morgan J (1) ENG Hall 9-3 9-2 9-4ENG Speight (2) ENG Bleasby 9-2 9-3 9-2ENG Townsend (3) ENG Lange 9-1 9-3 9-3ENG Turner (4) WAL Morgan M 9-7 9-2 9-3WAL Campion (5) ENG Nagle 9-3 3-9 9-5 9-2ENG Gowthorpe (6) ENG Gotla 10-9 9-2 9-4ENG Deloford (7) ENG Portway 9-7 9-4 9-0ENG Herman (8) ENG Cooper 4-9 9-2 9-3 9-7 Quarter finals Player OnePlayer TwoScoreENG Morgan J (1) WAL Campion (5) 9-4 9-6 9-2ENG Speight (2) ENG Gowthorpe (6) 9-5 10-8 9-7ENG Townsend (3) ENG Herman (8)10-9 9-4 5-9 9-6ENG Turner (4) ENG Deloford (7) 1-9 6-9 9-2 9-4 9-5 Semi finals Player OnePlayer TwoScoreENG Morgan (1) ENG Turner (4) 9-2 9-2 9-7ENG Speight (2) ENG Townsend (3) 9-0 9-3 9-6 Final Player OnePlayer TwoScoreENG Morgan (1) ENG Speight (2) 9-6 9-4 9-2 British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1955 1957 1956 References Category:Women's British Open Squash Championships Women's 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