1961 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1961 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 20–26 February 1961.
Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) the number one seed was unable to defend her title due to contracting mumps. Fran Marshall defeated Ruth Turner in the final.^[1]

Seeds

Draw & Results

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First Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Mrs Sheila Macintosh (née Speight)		bye
Mrs R Nagle		bye
Miss K A Abbott		bye
Mrs E N Fraser		bye
Miss M E Gowthorpe		bye
Mrs R Cooper	Miss A Norval	9-4 9-6 9-0
Mrs J Hawson	Mrs N A Watkins	10-9 9-7 9-2
Miss Aline Smith	Miss Sally Gildon	9-1 9-2 10-9
Mrs Ruth Turner	Miss G Holleran	9-1 9-0 9-1
Miss R Waterhouse	Miss D Attwood	9-1 9-1 9-2
Miss B M Horton	Miss Daphne Portway	9-1 5-9 9-0 9-0
Mrs K Tomlin	Mrs R Lincoln	9-2 9-3 9-2
Mrs Bobs Whitehead	Miss K J Dempsey	9-1 9-2 9-0
Mrs Jill Campion	Mrs K S Magoon	9-0 9-0 9-0
Miss Mary Muncaster	Miss B E Simister	10-8 9-1 9-0
Miss Joyce Davenport	Miss G T Brooks	9-0 9-1 9-1
Mrs Peggy Carrott	Miss A Brice	9-4 9-6 9-1
Mrs Marjorie Townsend	Mrs J F Leslie	9-6 9-7 10-9
Miss C J Taunton	Mrs J C Hodson	9-0 9-2 9-3
Mrs Rosemary Deloford	Miss P D Gimson	9-2 9-0 9-3
Mrs J M Goodin	Miss J E A Lanning	9-6 9-4 9-1
Mrs B Lewis	Miss H F Newberry	9-4 9-1 9-6
Miss G A Pears	Miss H J Bell	5-9 9-2 9-2 9-0
Mrs Diane Corbett	Mrs H Knapp	9-1 9-5 9-0
Miss Jan Shearer	Miss Sally Cave	9-1 9-1 9-1
Mrs Barbara Wheen	Miss Annette Picton	w/o
Miss Marion Lloyd	Miss A M Backhouse	9-2 9-0 9-1
Mrs Pauilne White		bye
Mrs R B Hawkey		bye
Miss Ann Price		bye
Miss Yvonne West		bye
Mrs Fran Marshall (2)		bye

Second Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Nagle	Macintosh	w/o
Marshall	West
Gowthorpe	Cooper
Smith	Hawson
Turner	Waterhouse
Tomlin	Horton
Whitehead	Campion
Muncaster	Davenport
Abbott	Fraser
Townsend	Carrott
Deloford	Taunton
Goodin	Lewis
Corbett	Pears
Shearer	Wheen
White	Lloyd
Price	Hawkey

Third Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Marshall	Price	9-3 9-4 9-0
White	Shearer	5-9 9-4 10-8 9-6
Corbett	Goodin	10-8 9-5 9-7
Deloford	Townsend	9-1 8-10 8-10 9-2 9-7
Whitehead	Muncaster	8-10 6 5 3
Turner	Tomlin	9-1 9-6 9-2
Gowthorpe	Smith	9-1 9-3 9-6
Nagle	Abbott	9-7 9-3 9-7

Quarter Finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
Marshall	White	9-3 9-0 9-4
Turner	Whitehead	10-8 9-6 9-7
Corbett	Deloford	9-4 10-9 9-3
Gowthorpe	Nagle	9-0 9-6 9-3

Semi Finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
Marshall	Corbett	9-5 9-4 9-4
Turner	Gowthorpe	7-9 9-5 9-2 9-2

Final

Player One	Player Two	Score
Marshall	Turner	9-3 9-5 9-1

References