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‘My advice to every squash lover is that you must get this book to read and find out how squash was then and now.’

Jahangir Khan, squash legend

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'The Future of Squash
1937/8'

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OUR

STORY

While squash looks forward, new generations enjoy our great sport, and new champions are crowned on the latest club and showcourts, we have a long heritage too. One that stretches back to the 1850’s.

The World Squash Library has been initiated as an independent ‘not-for-profit’ organisation to ensure that the books, magazines, championship programmes and other information can be brought together in one place to be freely available for current players, media, Federations, students – anybody who wants information on the long or near past. Equally importantly for future generations too.

This can be via Email (using the Email address, below), through the items that will be digitalised, or even in person.

Spotlights and features will be added to the site regularly.

WSL can never be complete, but over the coming years we will be getting as close as possible!

Andrew Shelley
WSL Director

info@squashlibrary.info

The First Squash-specific book

When Eustace Miles wrote his book – the very first squash-specific one – in 1901, it was described as ‘a practical handbook to English squash-rackets and American squash-tennis’. The Library has reproduced a few photos to illustrate how teaching was done before evolving into the ‘open skills’ system that is used today.

The Future of Squash 1937/8

Shortly before he won the British Amateur in 1938 after F D Amr Bey’s run of six titles, Kenneth Gandar- Dower wrote this article giving his view of the future........