# 1953 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1953 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 15–22 February 1953. Janet Morgan won her fourth consecutive title defeating Marjorie Townsend in the final.

## Seeds

* Janet Morgan
Marjorie Townsend
Sheila Speight
M E Gowthorpe
Audrey Bates
Alice Teague
Charlotte Prizer
A V M Isaac
Barbara Laussat Clement
M Short
Blanche Day
Barbara Banks
Pat Gotla née Cowney
Maitland-Griggs
Joan Kock

## Draw and results
### First round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Janet Morgan (1*) | | bye |
| Mrs Marjorie Townsend* | | bye |
| Miss S C Palmer | | bye |
| Miss M J Williams | | bye |
| Sheila Speight * | Miss Barbara Knapp | 9-3 9-2 9-0 |
| Miss Rosermay Walsh | Mrs D M Cooper | 9-1 9-5 3-9 9-5 |
| Miss M E Gowthorpe* | Mrs R A Johnson | w/o |
| Mrs Alice Teague* | Mrs J L C Cox | 9-2 9-1 9-6 |
| Miss Audrey Bates* | Mrs D Rich | 9-6 9-3 9-1 |
| Mrs Margot Harris | Miss P Smith | 9-3 9-2 9-1 |
| Mrs Helen Lacy-Hulbert | Mrs R B R Wilson | 9-5 9-5 9-5 |
| Miss M M Hazell | Miss J Mallen | 9-6 9-3 9-6 |
| Miss A Cloke | Miss Joan Kock* | 4-9 10-8 9-2 9-5 |
| Miss B Holworthy | Mrs Ruth Turner * | w/o |
| Mrs Margaret Dawnay | Miss V M J McLernon | 9-4 9-3 9-0 |
| Mrs Charlotte Prizer* | Miss Rachel Byrne | w/o |
| Miss J P Mead | Miss J M Hall | 9-2 2-9 3-9 9-4 9-6 |
| Miss A V M Isaac* | Miss M M Sturge | 9-10 9-7 9-5 9-3 |
| Mrs E Mostyn | Mrs S Bowyer | 9-0 9-1 9-1 |
| Mrs Barbara Laussat Clement * | Miss H A Tucker | 9-1 9-2 8-10 9-7 |
| Major Daphne Portway | Miss J Watkins | 9-5 3-9 9-4 9-3 |
| Miss K A C Martin | Mrs R B Hawkey | 9-4 9-6 9-0 |
| Mrs R Nagle | Mrs M A Williams | 6-9 9-6 9-4 9-2 |
| Mrs M Short* | Miss Barraclough | w/o |
| Mrs Blanche Day* | Miss E Fosbroke-Hobbes | 9-1 8-10 9-6 9-4 |
| Miss K A Abbott | Mrs Frances Pilling | 9-4 9-1 9-0 |
| Mrs G Riggall | Mrs G W Band | 9-5 9-0 9-5 |
| Miss Margaret Morgan | Mrs B A Powell | 5-9 9-1 9-6 9-7 |
| Mrs J B Watson | Mrs Maitland-Griggs* | 9-4 3-9 9-4 9-1 |
| Miss J Stevens | Captain M E Maclagan | 9-6 9-4 9-4 |
| Mrs Pat Gotla (née Cowney)* | Miss Barbara Banks* | 9-2 9-10 9-0 9-4 |
| Mrs H Bleasby | Miss W Peile | w/o |
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### Second round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Morgan J | Palmer | w/o |
| Townsend | Williams | 9-4 9-2 9-3 |
| Speight | Mostyn | 9-3 3-9 9-4 10-8 |
| Walsh | Clement | 9-4 9-3 9-5 |
| Gowthorpe | Portway | 9-4 9-3 9-4 |
| Teague | Martin | 9-1 9-0 9-0 |
| Bates | Nagle | 9-2 9-1 9-3 |
| Harris | Short | 9-0 9-0 9-4 |
| Lacy-Hulbert | Day | 9-4 9-1 9-1 |
| Hazell | Abbott | 9-4 9-6 9-0 |
| Cloke | Riggall | 0-9 9-5 9-4 7-9 9-4 |
| Holworthy | Morgan M | 0-9 5 6-9 3 10-8 |
| Dawnay | Watson | 3-9 9-3 9-6 9-1 |
| Prizer | Stevens | 9-5 9-3 9-1 |
| Mead | Gotla | 10-8 5-9 9-6 9-7 |
| Isaac AV M | Bleasby | 7-9 9-7 9-5 9-0 |

### Third round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Morgan | Lacy-Hulbert | 9-5 9-1 9-2 |
| Townsend | Hazell | 9-5 9-4 9-1 |
| Speight | Cloke | 9-0 9-1 9-1 |
| Walsh | Holworthy | 9-2 9-4 9-7 |
| Gowthorpe | Dawnay | 9-2 9-0 9-3 |
| Teague | Prizer | 9-0 9-3 9-0 |
| Bates | Mead | 9-1 9-2 9-5 |
| Harris | Isaac | 10-9 9-2 9-4 |

### Quarter-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Morgan | Gowthorpe | 9-5 9-1 9-2 |
| Townsend | Teague | 2-9 8-10 9-0 9-5 10-8 |
| Speight | Bates | 9-4 6-9 9-1 9-0 |
| Walsh | Harris | 9-1 7-9 9-5 9-5 |

### Semi-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Morgan | Speight | 9-6 9-1 9-6 |
| Townsend | Walsh | 9-4 5-9 9-6 9-3 |

### Final

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Morgan | Townsend | 9-4 9-2 9-4 |
| Preceded by1952 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1953 | Succeeded by1954 |