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1947 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
19th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club
← 1939
1948 →

The 1947 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 27 January - 2 February 1947.
Joan Curry won her first title defeating Alice Teague in the final.[1]

Draw and results

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First round

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Player one Player two Score
England Miss Joan Curry bye
England Miss Janet Morgan England Mrs Lewis-Shaw 9-5 9-0 9-0
England Mrs Alice Teague England Miss Pat Cowney 9-0 9-4 9-4
England Mrs G F Powell bye
England Miss Margaret Carlisle England Miss C Werner 9-0 9-1 9-1
Belgium Miss Myriam De Borman Wales Miss Rachel Byrne 9-7 9-1 9-6
England Miss Betty Cooke England Miss J Wilson 9-3 9-1 9-0
Scotland Miss E E Knox Belgium Miss A de Kettenis 9-1 9-0 9-2
England Miss A Taylor bye
England Miss A Gowthorpe Belgium Miss M Dens 8-10 9-2 9-0 9-2
England Miss Barbara Knapp England Miss R Howard 9-1 9-4 9-3
England Mrs V Leaky bye
England Miss M Piper England Miss K M A Steele 9-3 9-3 10-8
England Mrs A Smith bye
England Miss B Cowderoy bye
England Miss V M Ord bye
Belgium Mrs G Pottier bye
England Miss Katherine Keith-Steele England Miss T Caldwell 9-7 9-3 9-10 9-3
England Mrs A F B Standfast England Miss A Pratt 9-5 10-8 9-3
England Mrs S Woodhouse bye
England Mrs J Price Wales Miss G W James 9-3 3-9 5-9 9-1 9-6
England Miss B Kentfield England Mrs D Morgan 10-9 9-4 9-5
England Miss J Howard bye
Belgium Mrs M van der Elst bye
England Mrs H S Hughes bye
England Mrs J Bleasby England Sqd. Off. M M Sturge 9-3 9-5 7-9 9-10 9-1
England Mrs H A Downey England Miss E Walker 1-9 7-9 9-5 9-6 9-5
England Mrs H J Stribling England Miss I J Trangmer 9-10 9-1 10-9 9-6
England Mrs W D Porter bye

Second round

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Player one Player two Score
England Curry Belgium Pottier 9-0 9-1 9-1
England Morgan England Keith-Steele 9-0 9-1 9-0
England Teague England Standfast 9-1 9-0 9-3
England Powell England Woodhouse 9-0 9-0 9-0
England Carlisle England Price 9-1 9-3 9-1
Belgium Borman England Kentfield 9-6 9-4 9-4
England Cooke England Howard 9-2 9-5 9-4
Scotland Knox Belgium van der Elst 9-0 9-0 9-4
England Taylor England Hughes 9-0 9-1 9-4
England Gowthorpe England Bleasby 2-9 9-3 9-3 9-0
England Knapp England Downey 9-1 2-9 9-1 9-6
England Piper England Stribling 9-4 9-0 9-0
England Ord England Porter 9-2 9-1 7-9 9-2
England Smith bye
England Cowderoy bye
England Leakey bye

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
England Curry England Taylor 9-0 9-1 9-0
England Morgan England Gowthorpe 9-4 9-0 9-1
England Teague England Knapp 9-1 9-0 9-1
England Powell England Leakey 9-2 9-0 9-2
England Piper England Carlisle 9-5 9-10 9-4 9-4
Belgium De Borman England Ord 9-1 10-8 9-3
England Cooke England Cowderoy 9-0 9-3 9-1
Scotland Knox England Smith 9-2 9-1 9-3

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
England Piper Belgium De Borman 2-9 9-3 9-7 9-4
England Curry Scotland Knox 6-9 9-1 9-2 9-5
England Teague England Morgan 7-9 3-9 9-2 9-4 9-2
England Powell England Cooke 9-6 9-3 0-9 9-0

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
England Teague England Powell 8-10 9-1 9-1 9-4
England Curry England Piper 9-1 9-2 9-2

Final

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Player one Player two Score
England Curry England Teague 9-3 10-9 9-5
Preceded by1939 British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1947 Succeeded by1948

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1947 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
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