Fran Marshall (12 May 1930 – ?? 2011) was a squash player from England. She won the British Open in 1961, defeating Ruth Turner in the final in straight sets 9–3, 9–5, 9–1. She was also the runner-up at the championship in 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1969.[1][2] She also won the Scottish Open in 1962 beating Heather McKay in straight games, making her the last woman to defeat Heather McKay in squash.[3][4]
fran, marshall, 1930, 2011, squash, player, from, england, british, open, 1961, defeating, ruth, turner, final, straight, sets, also, runner, championship, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1969, also, scottish, open, 1962, beating, heather, mckay, straight, games, maki. Fran Marshall 12 May 1930 2011 was a squash player from England She won the British Open in 1961 defeating Ruth Turner in the final in straight sets 9 3 9 5 9 1 She was also the runner up at the championship in 1960 1962 1963 1964 and 1969 1 2 She also won the Scottish Open in 1962 beating Heather McKay in straight games making her the last woman to defeat Heather McKay in squash 3 4 Marshall was raised in Kenya and she represented Kenya in tennis at the Wimbledon Championships and was part of the Kenyan team at the 1981 Women s World Team Squash Championships 5 After marrying her husband who was in the British Army she moved to England and had lived there permanently since 1957 6 References edit British Open Men s and Women s Champions Archived 2013 09 22 at the Wayback Machine British Open Hall of Fame Archived 2008 10 13 at the Wayback Machine Legends of Australian Sport The Inside Story Australian Women s Register National Library of Australia Palmer Michael 1984 Guinness Book of Squash Guinness Superlatives Ltd ISBN 0 85112 270 1 The last person to beat Heather McKay Squashsite co uk Retrieved 30 December 2008 External links editOfficial British Open Squash Championships website British Open historical data at Squashtalk com nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a British squash figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fran Marshall amp oldid 1137531897, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
