# 1950 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1950 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 19 to 26 February 1950. Janet Morgan won her first title defeating Joan Curry in the final. Former multiple champion Margot Lumb returned to competition as Mrs Margot Gordon.

## Seeds

* Joan Curry
* Janet Morgan
Betty Hilton
Margaret Carlisle
Margot Harris
Margot Gordon (née Lumb)

## Draw and results
### First round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Joan Curry (*1) | A L Isaac | 9-3 9-0 9–1 |
| Janet Morgan (*2) | Carroll de Courcy-Hamilton | 9-0 9-2 9–0 |
| Margaret Carlisle* | S C Palmer | 9-3 9-4 9–1 |
| Margot Harris * | A E Timson | 9-1 9-5 9–1 |
| Betty Hilton * | Katherine Keith-Steele | 9-1 9-1 9–3 |
| Margot Gordon (née Lumb)* | J P Mead | 9-1 9-3 9–1 |
| Peggy Howe * | M H Palmer | 9-0 9-6 9–4 |
| Rachel Byrne | S Forsyth | 9-2 9-5 9–0 |
| Audrey Bates | H Selkirk-Wills | 9-0 9-0 9–0 |
| Ruth Turner | H A Downey | 9-1 9-2 8-10 9–2 |
| V Ord | C Scott Evans | 9-5 7-9 9-7 8-10 9–3 |
| M E Gowthorpe | R G Rolls | 9-5 9-6 9–7 |
| D P Chalkin | Barbara Banks | 9-3 9-2 9–1 |
| A V M Isaac | V Hodgson | 9-0 9-1 9–0 |
| B Cowderoy | J M Broad | 9-3 9-5 9–6 |
| Sheila Speight | B J Grant | 9-1 9-0 9–0 |
| Betty Cooke | P Marshall | 9-1 9-6 9–3 |
| Charlotte Prizer | Jnr. Cdr. M Walker | 9-2 9-7 9–0 |
| M B Lewis | U Trott | 3-9 7-9 9-6 9-2 9–6 |
| Pat Cowney | J E Manning | 9-1 9-1 5-9 9–1 |
| Betty Meagher | R Nagle | 9-1 9-7 9–2 |
| M A Illing | A Kaye | 9-4 9-1 9–0 |
| M M Bourne | Snr. Cdr. Daphne Portway | 9-7 7-9 8-10 9-4 10–9 |
| H Bleasby | Sally-Anne Jackson | 9-3 9-3 9–5 |
| Nancy Bayard-Stockton | J B Martin | 9-1 9-4 9–1 |
| K A Abbott | R Raikes | 9-1 9-5 9–1 |
| Inger Gelardi | Sqd. Off. M M Sturge | 9-3 9-5 9–4 |
| A F B Stanfast | Elizabeth Pearson | 9-6 3-9 10-9 3-9 9–4 |
| Barbara Knapp | P R Sutherland | 9-2 9-1 9–2 |
| Margaret Dawnay | M S Armytage-MacDonald | 9-4 9-10 7-9 9-7 9–3 |
| Margaret Morgan | Helen Stone | 9-3 9-2 9–3 |
| Helen Lacy-Hulbert | 2/O N A Swainson | 9-7 9-4 9–3 |
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### Second round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Curry | Cooke | 10-8 9-4 9–1 |
| Morgan J | Prizer | 9-4 9-0 9–1 |
| Carlisle | Lewis | 9-1 9-2 9–2 |
| Harris | Cowney | 9-5 9-6 9–5 |
| Hilton | Meagher | 9-7 9-6 9–0 |
| Gordon | Illing | 9-4 9-1 9–2 |
| Howe | Bourne | 9-3 9-0 9–4 |
| Byrne | Bleasby | 8-10 9-1 9-4 9–3 |
| Bates | Martin | 9-0 9-1 10–8 |
| Turner | Abbott | 9-2 9-3 9–0 |
| Ord | Gelardi | 5-9 9-5 5-9 10-8 9–2 |
| Gowthorpe | Stanfast | 7-9 9-1 9-3 5-9 10–8 |
| Chalkin | Knapp | 9-6 9-3 8-10 9–1 |
| Isaac | Dawnay | 10-8 9-6 9–3 |
| Cowderoy | Morgan M | 10-8 10-8 9–7 |
| Speight | Lacy-Hulbert | 10-8 4-9 5-9 9-5 9–5 |

### Third round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Morgan | Byrne | 5-9 9-2 9-3 10–8 |
| Howe | Bates | 9-5 10-8 9–4 |
| Carlisle | Turner | 9-3 9-7 9–1 |
| Harris | Ord | 9-1 9-6 9–6 |
| Hilton | Gowthorpe | 9-7 9-5 9–0 |
| Gordon | Chalkin | 9-1 9-4 9–2 |
| Isaac | Cowderoy | 9-4 9-3 9–3 |
| Curry | Speight | 9-1 9-7 9–4 |

### Quarter-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Morgan J | Howe | 9-4 9-5 9–7 |
| Curry | Isaac | 9-2 9-5 9–3 |
| Hilton | Gordon | 9-5 9-8 9–5 |
| Carlisle | Harris | 1-9 2-9 9-4 9-1 9–0 |

### Semi-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Morgan | Carlisle | 9-3 9-2 9–4 |
| Curry | Hilton | 10-8 9-5 9–2 |

### Final

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Morgan | Curry | 9-4 9-3 9–0 |
| Preceded by1949 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1950 | Succeeded by1951 |