1967 Men's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
29th British Open Championships
Details
Location London, England
Venue Lansdowne Club
 1966 1968 

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]

Seeds

Draw & Results

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First Round

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

Second Round

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

Main Draw

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

+ Shafik withdrew after breaking his hand in practice.

Third Place

Pakistan Muhammad Yasin beat United Arab Republic Ibrahim Amin 9-1 9-6 10-9

Preceded by
1966
British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1967
Succeeded by
1968

References

  1. "Times Archives 1967 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
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