1957 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1957 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from February 18 to February 23.
Janet Morgan won her eighth consecutive title defeating Sheila Speight in a repeat of the 1956 final.^[1]

Seeds

Draw & Results

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First Round

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

denotes seed *

Second Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
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
Constable	Lewis	9-4 9-2 9-1

Third Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
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	Constable	9-7 9-3 9-2
Townsend	Mitham	9-3 9-3 9-5

Quarter Finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
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 One	Player Two	Score
Morgan	Turner	9-6 9-5 9-7
Speight	Campion	9-5 9-0 9-3

Final

Player One	Player Two	Score
Morgan	Speight	4-9 9-5 9-1 9-6

References