# 1951 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1951 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 5–11 February 1951. Janet Morgan won her second title defeating Joan Curry in a repeat of the 1950 final.

## Seeds

* Janet Morgan
* Joan Curry
* Margot Harris
* Audrey Bates - withdrew
A V M Isaac
Marjorie Townsend
Helen Lacy-Hulbert

## Draw and results
### First round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Janet Morgan (*1) | | bye |
| Joan Curry (*2) | | bye |
| Mrs E Vanner | | bye |
| Miss Nelly Glamonna | | bye |
| Mrs H A Downey | | bye |
| Mrs J L C Cox | | bye |
| Mrs R Nagle | | bye |
| Mrs M Richards | | bye |
| Mrs Marjorie Townsend* | Mrs A E Timson | 9-0 9-2 9-2 |
| Mrs Helen Lacy-Hulbert * | Miss K A Abbott | 9-2 9-5 9-4 |
| Mrs Margot Harris (*3) | 3/O J M Morgan | 9-1 9-0 9-0 |
| Miss A V M Isaac* | Mrs T Veith-Brown | 9-2 9-0 9-1 |
| Mrs J E Manning | Miss S C Palmer | 9-2 9-4 9-4 |
| Miss M H Palmer | L/Wren A Tate | 9-4 9-0 10-8 |
| Sheila Speight | Mrs Margaret Dawnay | 9-3 5-9 9-4 9-5 |
| Mrs M B Lewis | Miss H Selkirk-Wells | 9-0 9-0 9-0 |
| Mrs D Cooper | Mrs J Mills | 9-0 9-0 9-0 |
| Miss M Gowthorpe | Miss Carroll de Courcy-Hamilton | 9-5 9-0 9-4 |
| Miss J Capes | Miss L Jackson | 1-9 9-7 9-1 9-6 |
| Mrs Pat Gotla (née Cowney) | Miss Rachel Byrne * | 9-5 5-9 9-5 9-7 |
| Mrs J M Hall | Rosemary Walsh | 9-1 7-9 9-7 10-9 |
| Mrs M Cunneen | Fru Ellen Kaas | 9-4 9-0 9-2 |
| Mrs H J Stribling | Mrs G Riggall | 9-7 5-9 5-9 9-1 9-4 |
| Miss Margaret Morgan | Mrs R B Hawkey | 9-2 9-0 10-9 |
| Miss Katherine Keith-Steele | Miss Linda Winkel | 9-3 9-6 9-0 |
| Miss P Marshall | 2/O H M Jones | 9-5 9-0 9-7 |
| Miss E Wilson | Mrs Y Barbor | 9-1 9-0 9-4 |
| Major N Christy | Miss M Dwelly | 9-2 5-9 10-8 9-3 |
| Mrs Sheila McKechnie | F/Officer J Pawson | 9-3 9-7 9-5 |
| Mrs B A Powell | Miss J P Mead | 9-7 9-4 9-1 |
| Mrs Van der Geissen | Mrs J Evers | 9-3 9-4 3-9 9-5 |
| Miss A L Isaac | Miss W Josephs | 9-7 6-9 9-3 9-3 |
denotes seed * Mrs Audrey Bayes (Wal 4*) withdrew because of influenza

### Second round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Morgan | Downey | 9-1 9-1 9-1 |
| Townsend | Hall | 9-5 7-9 9-4 9-7 |
| Lacy-Hulbert | Cunneen | 9-0 9-1 9-1 |
| Harris | Stribling | 9-4 9-2 9-0 |
| Isaac A V | Morgan M | 9-3 9-3 5-9 9-3 |
| Curry | Cox | 9-4 9-2 9-4 |
| Richards | Nagle | 9-6 6-9 9-3 9-4 |
| Manning | Keith-Steele | 9-4 9-5 9-1 |
| Vanner | Glamonna | w/o |
| Palmer | Marshall | 10-8 9-4 9-2 |
| Speight | Wilson | 9-1 9-0 9-1 |
| Lewis | Christy | 9-1 2-9 9-3 9-3 |
| Cooper | McKechnie | 9-0 9-0 9-6 |
| Gowthorpe | Powell | 9-0 3-9 3 9-2 |
| Capes | Van der Geissen | 9-0 9-0 9-7 |
| Gotla | Isaac A L | 9-1 9-1 9-0 |

### Third round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Morgan J | Vanner | 9-1 9-2 9-1 |
| Speight | Lacy-Hulbert | 9-4 10-9 9-3 |
| Curry | Richards | 9-4 9-2 9-1 |
| Gowthorpe | Harris | 9-3 9-0 2-9 8-10 9-2 |
| Townsend | Palmer | 9-2 9-6 9-4 |
| Cooper | Lewis | 9-3 9-3 9-1 |
| Isaac | Manning | 9-5 9-2 9-3 |
| Gotla | Capes | 9-3 9-1 9-3 |

### Quarter-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Morgan | Townsend | 9-1 9-0 9-3 |
| Speight | Cooper | 9-5 9-1 9-0 |
| Curry | Isaac | 9-4 9-6 9-1 |
| Gowthorpe | Gotla | 9-7 7-9 1-9 10-8 9-6 |

### Semi-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Morgan | Speight | 9-3 9-1 9-1 |
| Curry | Gowthorpe | 9-3 9-0 9-2 |

### Final

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Morgan | Curry | 9-1 2-9 9-3 9-4 |
| Preceded by1950 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1951 | Succeeded by1952 |