1957 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
29th Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location	London, England
Venue	Lansdowne Club

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

Seeds

1. Janet Morgan
2. Sheila Speight
3. Marjorie Townsend
4. Ruth Turner
5. Rosemary Deloford
6. D C Herman
7. Jill Campion
8. Margaret Morgan

Draw and results

First round

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