Averil Morris

Averil Morris, known after marriage as Averil Murphy, is an English former professional squash player, born on 17 December 1947. She first played tennis to county level for Essex, but excelled at squash, playing for and captaining the Connaught club in Chingford, London. By 1977 she was ranked in Britain's top ten and reached number eight that September. She won two gold medals with the England women's national team at the European Squash Team Championships, in 1978 and 1979. After she married she competed under the name Averil Murphy, and in 2014 she won a fifth world masters title, showing a playing career that continued well beyond her years on the professional circuit.