1967 Men's British Open Squash Championship

The 1967 British Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 12–21 December 1966.
Jonah Barrington won the title defeating Aftab Jawaid in the final to become the first British winner since 1938.[1]

British Open Squash Championships
29th British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club
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Seeds

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Draw and results

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First round

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Player One Player Two Score
  Sherif Afifi   Richard Hawkey 9-7 6-9 9-4 9-6
  Peter Stokes   Yusuf Khan 5-9 6-9 9-6 9-0 9-5
  David Brazier   Humphrey Truman 9-2 9-5 10-9
  Pat Kirton   Don Innes 9-6 9-1 4-9 9-6
  Nigel Faulks   George Chisholm 10-8 9-6 9-6
  John Ward   Paul R Goodwin 9-2 9-5 9-3
  Mike Corby   Maged Abaza 9-4 9-0 9-1
  Tony Gathercole   Henry Macintosh w/o
  David Woods   Samir Nadim 5-9 9-5 9-6 9-0
  Jonathan Smith   John Skinner 4-9 0-9 9-4 9-5 9-6
  Denis Hughes   Mike Breckon 9-4 10-9 9-6
  Aly Abdel Aziz   J S Barton 9-4 9-5 7-9 9-3
  Mike Thurgur   Mohammed Saleem w/o
  Jeremy Lyon   Philip E Goodwin 9-3 9-2 9-1
  Mike Hill   Paul Millman 9-7 9-2 9-2
  Clive Francis   Arthur Catherine 9-4 9-6 9-4

Second round

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Player One Player Two Score
  Sherif Afifi   David Woods 3-9 9-6 9-4 6-9 9-7
  Peter Stokes   Jonathan Smith 4-9 9-7 9-2 9-4
  David Brazier   Denis Hughes 9-6 9-10 7-9 9-0 9-5
  Pat Kirton   Aly Abdel Aziz 9-7 9-3 4-9 9-7
  Nigel Faulks   Mike Thurgur 9-0 3-9 9-2 10-8
  John Ward   Jeremy Lyon 5-9 6-9 9-1 9-6 9-2
  Mike Corby   Mike Hill 9-7 9-2 9-0
  Tony Gathercole   Clive Francis w/o

Main draw

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Third round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1   Abdelfattah Abou Taleb 9 9 9
  Tony Gathercole 5 5 4 1   Taleb 4 1 10 5
5     Jonah Barrington 9 7 9 9 5     Barrington 9 9 8 9
  Mike Corby 5 9 7 4 5     Barrington 9 4 9 9
3   Tewfik Shafik + scr 7   Amin 4 9 5 3
  Peter Stokes w/o   Stokes 6 9 5 4
7   Ibrahim Amin 9 9 9 7   Amin 9 7 9 9
  Pat Kirton 0 5 3 5     Barrington 9 5 9 9
2   Aftab Jawaid 9 9 3 4 9 2   Jawaid 2 9 3 1
  John Ward 3 3 9 9 5 2   Jawaid 9 9 9 9
6   Ahmed Nadi 6 9 9 9 6   Nadi 10 4 6 2
  Nigel Faulks 9 6 6 6 2   Jawaid 4 9 9 2 10
4   Kamal Zaghloul 9 9 9 8   Yasin 9 6 2 9 8
  David Brazier 5 7 6 4   Zaghloul 2 1 2
8   Muhammad Yasin 6 9 9 9 8   Yasin 9 9 9
  Sherif Afifi 9 4 4 4

+ Shafik withdrew after breaking his hand in practice.

Third Place

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  Muhammad Yasin beat   Ibrahim Amin 9-1 9-6 10-9

Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1967
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1967 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2015.