{{Short description|Kenyan-English squash player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''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.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130922112405/http://www.squashtalk.com/html/history/britishopen.htm British Open Men's and Women's Champions]}}</ref><ref>[http://www.britishopensquash.com/history.htm British Open Hall of Fame] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013221303/http://www.britishopensquash.com/history.htm |date=2008-10-13 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book|title=Legends of Australian Sport: The Inside Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aMw_Zpew2OgC&q=women%27s+squash+1962+scottish+open&pg=PA160}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Australian Women's Register|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/714091?c=people|website=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Michael|title=Guinness Book of Squash|year=1984|publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd|isbn=0-85112-270-1}}</ref>
After marrying her husband, who was in the British Army, she moved to England and had lived there permanently since 1957.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.squashsite.co.uk/fran_marshall.htm| title = The last person to beat Heather McKay| publisher = Squashsite.co.uk| accessdate = 2008-12-30| archive-date = 5 May 2013| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130505044005/http://www.squashsite.co.uk/fran_marshall.htm| url-status = dead}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081222104531/http://www.britishopensquash.com/ Official British Open Squash Championships website] * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130922112405/http://www.squashtalk.com/html/history/britishopen.htm British Open historical data at Squashtalk.com]}}
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