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British Open Squash Championships
39th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club
← 1966
1968 →

The 1967 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 10–16 February 1967.Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her sixth consecutive title defeating Anna Craven-Smith for a third successive year in the final.[1][2]

Seeds

Draw and results

[3]

First round

Player one Player two Score
AustraliaHeather McKay (née Blundell) EnglandM Makower w/o
EnglandAnna Craven-Smith ScotlandC Hitchman 9-1 9-1 9-1
EnglandFran Marshall EnglandMarjorie Townsend 9-2 9-3 9-1
AustraliaMarion Hawcroft EnglandA Geddes 9-1 9-1 9-0
EnglandSheila Macintosh (née Speight) EnglandC Heath 9-3 9-0 9-0
AustraliaBarbara Baxter EnglandJ Pallister 9-3 9-1 9-0
AustraliaBev Johnson EnglandB Law 9-0 9-1 9-1
ScotlandSylvia McClure EnglandBarbara McMullen w/o
EnglandM Taylor EnglandV Delaney w/o
EnglandA Norval EnglandJanet Ledger 9-0 9-2 9-1
EnglandE Taylor EnglandE B Ward 8-10 6-9 9-4 9-6 9-6
New ZealandBronwyn Barton EnglandR Cooper 9-6 9-5 7-9 9-3
EnglandLorna Greville-Collins AustraliaCeleste Dickson 9-5 9-4 6-9 9-4
EnglandJ Dixon EnglandG Hogan w/o
AustraliaThea Moore EnglandO Weldon-Corkery w/o
AustraliaMargaret Burke EnglandN A Watkins w/o
AustraliaJenny McDevitt Northern IrelandBarbara Sanderson 9-0 9-2 9-1
EnglandJennifer Crane EnglandJ M Ward 9-3 9-0 9-4
AustraliaMarlene Tierney EnglandM Ashmore 9-0 9-0 9-0
EnglandJean Wilson EnglandM White 9-0 9-4 9-0
EnglandDi Fuller EnglandS Youatt 9-1 9-2 9-0
EnglandBetty Keenan EnglandM J Bassett 9-1 9-2 9-0
EnglandS Holmes EnglandS M Atherden 9-3 9-1 9-4
EnglandDaphne Portway EnglandJ Price 9-0 9-1 9-3
EnglandAnn Price EnglandP Rundle w/o
EnglandDianne Corbett EnglandUrsula Smith 2-9 9-1 9-2 9-3
EnglandA G Williams EnglandD Ibrahim 7-9 9-2 9-3 9-4
EnglandAnnette Picton EnglandBobs Whitehead 9-1 9-4 9-0
AustraliaRobyn Kennedy EnglandM A Young 9-0 9-3 9-0
AustraliaHelen Jackson EnglandElizabeth Fraser 9-7 9-0 9-5
EnglandSheila Cooper EnglandP Brown 9-0 9-5 9-1
EnglandPeggy Mason EnglandP Pratt 9-5 9-5 9-5

Second round

Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay England Portway 9-0 9-0 9-0
England Craven-Smith England Price 9-0 9-1 9-0
England Marshall England Wilson 9-3 9-3 9-0
Australia Hawcroft England Norval 9-2 9-0 9-0
England Macintosh England Taylor 9-0 9-3 9-0
Australia Baxter England Corbett 9-6 9-4 9-4
Scotland McClure England Picton 9-4 10-8 9-2
Australia Johnson England Greville-Collins 9-3 9-4 9-4
Australia Burke England Cooper 9-7 9-3 9-0
Australia McDevitt England Mason 9-0 9-2 9-0
England Crane England Fuller 9-7 9-3 9-3
Australia Kennedy England Dixon 9-3 9-3 9-1
Australia Moore Australia Jackson 10-9 9-0 9-3
New Zealand Barton England Holmes 9-3 9-6 0-9 3-9 9-4
England Keenan England Williams 5-9 2-9 9-3 9-4 9-6
Australia Tierney England Taylor w/o

Third round

Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay Australia Burke 9-1 9-0 9-0
England Craven-Smith Australia McDevitt 9-1 9-0 9-0
England Marshall England Crane 9-4 9-5 9-1
Australia Hawcroft Australia Kennedy 9-6 9-4 9-1
England Macintosh Australia Moore 9-4 9-0 9-1
Australia Johnson New Zealand Barton 9-2 9-3 9-3
Australia Baxter England Keenan 9-0 9-0 9-2
Australia Tierney Scotland McClure 9-3 9-2 9-0

Quarter-finals

Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay England Macintosh 9-3 9-1 9-5
England Craven-Smith Australia Johnson 9-5 9-5 9-7
England Marshall Australia Baxter 9-4 9-2 9-7
Australia Hawcroft Australia Tierney 9-7 9-1 9-2

Semi-finals

Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay Australia Hawcroft 9-1 9-0 9-3
England Craven-Smith England Marshall 9-1 8-10 9-4 9-3

Final

Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay England Craven-Smith 9-1 10-8 9-6
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1967
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References

  1. ^ "Times Archives 1967 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "British squash title for McKay". Trove.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.