title: 1956 Women's British Open Squash Championship
text: # 1956 Women's British Open Squash Championship
  
  The 1956 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 20–26 February 1956. Janet Morgan won her seventh consecutive title defeating Sheila Speight in the final.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Miss Janet Morgan
  * Miss Sheila Speight
  * Mrs Marjorie Townsend
  * Mrs Ruth Turner
  * Mrs Jill Campion
  * Miss M E Gowthorpe
  * Mrs Rosemary Deloford
  * Miss D C Herman
  
  ## Draw and results
  
  ### First round
  
  | Player One | Player Two | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Mrs Rosemary Deloford (7) | Miss N Sage | 9-1 9-0 9-0 |
  | Miss D C Herman (8) | Miss A V M Isaac | 9-10 9-2 9-2 9-1 |
  | Miss Daphne Portway | Miss S Jones | 9-6 9-4 9-3 |
  | Mrs R Cooper | Miss P Flower | 9-0 9-0 9-0 |
  | Miss Jenifer Gidwell | Miss A Doe | 9-6 9-2 9-7 |
  | Mrs P Colyer | Miss J M Gilley | 10-8 9-4 9-2 |
  | Miss J Duckit | Miss J Covell | w/o |
  | Miss W Peile | Mrs R L Pottinger | 9-5 9-5 9-3 |
  
  denotes seed *
  
  ### Second round
  
  | Player One | Player Two | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Miss Janet Morgan (1) | Mrs J B Watson | w/o |
  | Miss Sheila Speight (2) | Mrs B A Powell | 9-5 9-0 9-0 |
  | Mrs Marjorie Townsend (3) | Miss J Dannatt | 9-6 9-2 9-2 |
  | Mrs Ruth Turner (4) | Mrs R B Wilson | 9-0 9-4 9-2 |
  | Mrs Jill Campion (5) | Miss E Wilson | w/o |
  | Miss M E Gowthorpe (6) | Miss J M Martin | 9-7 9-0 9-1 |
  | Mrs Rosemary Deloford (7) | Miss Jenifer Gidwell | 8-10 9-1 4-9 9-2 9-0 |
  | Miss D C Herman (8) | Mrs P Colyer | 9-3 9-2 9-3 |
  | Miss Margaret Morgan | Mrs R B Hawkey | 9-2 9-1 9-2 |
  | Mrs Pat Gotla (née Cowney) | Miss S Peskett | 9-0 9-2 10-8 |
  | Mrs R Nagle | Miss P Gates | 9-4 9-3 9-3 |
  | Miss Daphne Portway | Miss J Duckit | 9-4 9-5 9-0 |
  | Mrs R Cooper | Miss W Peile | 9-1 9-1 9-0 |
  | Mrs H Bleasby | Miss P H Smallwood | 9-2 9-7 9-1 |
  | Miss D Lange | Miss Ann Mitham | 9-0 9-5 9-2 |
  | Mrs J M Hall | Miss V M J McLernon | 9-3 9-6 9-5 |
  
  ### Third round
  
  | Player One | Player Two | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Morgan J (1) | Hall | 9-3 9-2 9-4 |
  | Speight (2) | Bleasby | 9-2 9-3 9-2 |
  | Townsend (3) | Lange | 9-1 9-3 9-3 |
  | Turner (4) | Morgan M | 9-7 9-2 9-3 |
  | Campion (5) | Nagle | 9-3 3-9 9-5 9-2 |
  | Gowthorpe (6) | Gotla | 10-9 9-2 9-4 |
  | Deloford (7) | Portway | 9-7 9-4 9-0 |
  | Herman (8) | Cooper | 4-9 9-2 9-3 9-7 |
  
  ### Quarter finals
  
  | Player One | Player Two | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Morgan J (1) | Campion (5) | 9-4 9-6 9-2 |
  | Speight (2) | Gowthorpe (6) | 9-5 10-8 9-7 |
  | Townsend (3) | Herman (8) | 10-9 9-4 5-9 9-6 |
  | Turner (4) | Deloford (7) | 1-9 6-9 9-2 9-4 9-5 |
  
  ### Semi finals
  
  | Player One | Player Two | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Morgan (1) | Turner (4) | 9-2 9-2 9-7 |
  | Speight (2) | Townsend (3) | 9-0 9-3 9-6 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Player One | Player Two | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Morgan (1) | Speight (2) | 9-6 9-4 9-2 |
  | Preceded by1955 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1956 | Succeeded by1957 |
  