WORLD SQUASH LIBRARY

In 2009, New Zealand started recognising the most important and enduring people in their squash orbit. Here is the pictorial list of inductees since the start....

Fry's Magazine, was published from April 1904 until August 1914 in UK, focusing on sports and outdoor activities, reflecting the interests of its namesake, cricketer C.B. Fry. In January 1912 Gerry Weigall ....

In March 1972 the  ‘Invitation World Squash Doubles Championship Spectacular’ was played in England. It was played as a round robin between Australia, Egypt, Pakistan and Great Britain, featuring the pairs on this front cover. The full programme with profiles of the eight players is here.......

With thanks to all who responded, here are the selection of ‘greatests’ that received multiple nominations.

Their sponsorship of the Hong Kong Open which began in 1985 was not the first involvement of Cathay Pacific. 50 years ago this week in 1975 the Ovaltine Cathay Pacific Invitation event took place. Here is the programme, featuring Australian stars Geoff Hunt, Billy Reedman and Ken Hiscoe – with their autographs against their profiles.

The programme for the December 1971 edition of the men’s British Amateur championship featured an article written by the late celebrated squash journalist Dicky Rutnagur (1971 pic), entitled ‘The Squash Boom’. It is very much a state of the game, detailing growth, the Barrington influence and how the newly installed glass backwall at Abbeydale Sports Club could be a game-changer.

At the beginning of 1988 ISPA (Men’s forerunner to PSA) surveyed their members on Point-a-rally, single serve, reducing to best of three games, ball changes and three referees. The full details are here.

15 years ago during the Women’s World Open 2009 in Rotterdam, the then separate Women’s Tour (then, WISPA) celebrated its’ Silver Jubilee...

In February 1967 an Australian Women’s squad led by Heather McKay travelled to UK to play a test match and compete in the British Open at...

The story of how squash courts evolved from ‘baby’ rackets courts.

There was a period before the men’s tour broadened when England would feature major events such as Stockton and Chichester leading up to the British Open. Another was the Lookers Masters in the North West of England. Here are the profiles of the 16 main draw players from the 1982 programme, including Jahangir, Maqsood, Jahan, Norman, Williams, Watson, Briars, Aziz and more.

Back in the 1930s a 24-page booklet on how to re-string a tennis or squash racket was produced by a company who sold the equipment. Here are the items, but they may be out of stock!.....

The 1990 British Open programme featured an article about the Martin family. This profile came a year before Rodney won the World Open and three years before Michelle won the first of her three.

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.

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........

When it was founded in 1974, PSA’s first Chairman was Jonah Barrington (L), and President was Ken Hiscoe (R). Here is the full list of PSA Presidents, Chairs and CEOs (including......When it was founded in 1974, PSA’s first Chairman was Jonah Barrington (L), and President was Ken Hiscoe (R). Here is the full list of PSA Presidents, Chairs and CEOs (including the separate WISPA women’s, 1983 – 2015).

There have been many Australian world squash champions, including legends such as Geoff Hunt, Heather McKay, Sarah Fitz-Gerald and......

70 years ago, on 27 Feb 1955, a benefit match was held for the widow of Abdul Bari, runner up in the British Open 1950, who had died in 1954

When ISPA (now PSA) was formed in 1974, rankings and seedings were decided by committee. Then in 1979, a move to calculations using......

15 Feb 2025 marks the centenary of the annual Oxford v Cambridge university match. While the first in 1925 was unofficial, the encounter...