# 1957 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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

* Janet Morgan
* Sheila Speight
* Marjorie Townsend
* Ruth Turner
* Rosemary Deloford
* D C Herman
* Jill Campion
* 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 |
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### 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 |
| Preceded by1956 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1957 | Succeeded by1958 |