title: 1954 Women's British Open Squash Championship
text: # 1954 Women's British Open Squash Championship
  
  The 1954 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 15–21 February 1954. Janet Morgan won her fifth consecutive title defeating Sheila Speight in the final.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Janet Morgan
  * Sheila Speight
  
  Marjorie Townsend
  
  M E Gowthorpe
  
  Alice Teague
  
  Ruth Turner
  
  Rachel Byrne
  
  ## Draw and results
  
  ### First round
  
  | Player one | Player two | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Janet Morgan (1*) | | bye |
  | Sheila Speight (2*) | | bye |
  | W Peile | | bye |
  | J Dannatt | | bye |
  | E I Jonas | | bye |
  | Rosemary Walsh* | | bye |
  | D Chalk | | bye |
  | Bobs Whitehead | | bye |
  | Rachel Byrne* | | bye |
  | E J Boggis | | bye |
  | Pat Gotla (née Cowney) | | bye |
  | J B Watson | | bye |
  | Margaret Dawnay | | bye |
  | M H Palmer | | bye |
  | D C Herman | | bye |
  | Ruth Turner* | Judith Tissot | 9-7 3-9 9-3 9-7 |
  | Alice Teague* | Jennifer Pendered | 9-2 9-4 9-3 |
  | M E Gowthorpe * | S Cooper | 9-3 9-1 9-1 |
  | Marjorie Townsend* | J Covell | 9-4 9-0 9-1 |
  | Margaret Morgan | M M Hazell | 9-7 8-10 9-7 9-6 |
  | J M Hall | Barbara Knapp | 9-6 6-9 7-9 9-5 9-3 |
  | P Smith | Marion Craig-Smith | w/o |
  | Fran Marshall | Captain M U Walker | w/o |
  | V Moore | N A Watkins | 9-2 9-0 9-2 |
  | J P Marshall | M Young | 9-3 9-3 9-3 |
  | Major Daphne Portway | R B Hawkey | 10-8 9-3 8-10 9-2 |
  | E Wilson | S C Palmer | 8-10 10-8 9-1 9-2 |
  | R E G Parsons | E J Boggis | w/o |
  | R Nagle | L Lefevre | 9-3 9-2 9-1 |
  | R B R Wilson | Ann Mitham | 9-0 9-4 6-9 9-7 |
  | J Watkins | K Abbott | 9-0 9-5 9-6 |
  | J E Manning | Katherine Keith-Steele | w/o |
  
  denotes seed *
  
  ### Second round
  
  | Player one | Player two | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Morgan J | Whitehead | 9-1 9-0 9-0 |
  | Speight | Dannatt | 9-3 9-2 9-1 |
  | Turner | Marshall | 2-9 9-3 9-2 9-1 |
  | Teague | Watson | 9-4 9-2 9-1 |
  | Gowthorpe | Moore | 9-1 9-3 9-2 |
  | Byrne | Dawnay | w/o |
  | Walsh | Palmer | 9-2 9-2 9-2 |
  | Townsend | Marshall | 9-3 9-5 9-5 |
  | Powell | Herman | 10-8 7-9 9-2 9-3 |
  | Gotla | Jonas | 9-4 9-4 9-2 |
  | Morgan M | Manning | 9-3 9-5 7-9 10-9 |
  | Pelle | Portway | 9-0 9-2 9-0 |
  | Watson | Wilson | 9-6 9-1 9-1 |
  | Chalk | Parsons | 9-3 9-1 9-7 |
  | Hall | Nagle | 9-7 9-1 7-9 9-3 |
  | Smith | Wilson | 4-9 9-2 9-6 10-9 |
  
  ### Third round
  
  | Player one | Player two | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Morgan J | Powell | 9-2 9-0 9-3 |
  | Speight | Gotla | 9-3 9-2 9-1 |
  | Turner | Morgan M | 9-6 9-0 9-3 |
  | Teague | Pelle | 9-3 9-3 9-0 |
  | Byrne | Watson | 9-4 9-6 9-0 |
  | Walsh | Chalk | 9-1 9-3 9-0 |
  | Gowthorpe | Hall | 6-9 9-6 9-6 9-3 |
  | Townsend | Smith | 6-9 9-4 9-3 9-2 |
  
  ### Quarter-finals
  
  | Player one | Player two | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Morgan | Byrne | 9-0 9-1 6-9 9-2 |
  | Speight | Walsh | 9-2 9-5 9-3 |
  | Turner | Gowthorpe | 9-6 9-5 9-2 |
  | Teague | Townsend | 9-4 5-9 9-1 8-9 9-4 |
  
  ### Semi-finals
  
  | Player one | Player two | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Morgan | Turner | 9-1 9-3 9-2 |
  | Speight | Teague | 9-5 9-1 9-2 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Player one | Player two | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Morgan | Speight | 9-3 9-1 9-7 |
  | Preceded by1953 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1954 | Succeeded by1955 |
  