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

Seeds
  1. Abdelfattah Abou Taleb
  2. Aftab Jawaid
  3. Tewfik Shafik
  4. Kamal Zaghloul
  5. Jonah Barrington
  6. Ahmed Nadi
  7. Ibrahim Amin
  8. Mohammed Yasin

Draw and results

[2]

First round
Player One Player Two Score
Sherif Afifi Richard Hawkey9-7 6-9 9-4 9-6
Peter Stokes Yusuf Khan5-9 6-9 9-6 9-0 9-5
David Brazier Humphrey Truman9-2 9-5 10-9
Pat Kirton Don Innes9-6 9-1 4-9 9-6
Nigel Faulks George Chisholm10-8 9-6 9-6
John Ward Paul R Goodwin9-2 9-5 9-3
Mike Corby Maged Abaza9-4 9-0 9-1
Tony Gathercole Henry Macintoshw/o
David Woods Samir Nadim5-9 9-5 9-6 9-0
Jonathan Smith John Skinner4-9 0-9 9-4 9-5 9-6
Denis Hughes Mike Breckon9-4 10-9 9-6
Aly Abdel Aziz J S Barton9-4 9-5 7-9 9-3
Mike Thurgur Mohammed Saleemw/o
Jeremy Lyon Philip E Goodwin9-3 9-2 9-1
Mike Hill Paul Millman9-7 9-2 9-2
Clive Francis Arthur Catherine9-4 9-6 9-4

Second round
Player One Player Two Score
Sherif Afifi David Woods3-9 9-6 9-4 6-9 9-7
Peter Stokes Jonathan Smith4-9 9-7 9-2 9-4
David Brazier Denis Hughes9-6 9-10 7-9 9-0 9-5
Pat Kirton Aly Abdel Aziz9-7 9-3 4-9 9-7
Nigel Faulks Mike Thurgur9-0 3-9 9-2 10-8
John Ward Jeremy Lyon5-9 6-9 9-1 9-6 9-2
Mike Corby Mike Hill9-7 9-2 9-0
Tony Gathercole Clive Francisw/o

Main draw
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

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

Preceded by
1966		 British Open Squash Championships
England (London)
1967		 Succeeded by
1968
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References
  1. "Times Archives 1967 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
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