1947 Men's British Open Squash Championship three games to nil before securing the Open Championship with a hard fought second leg win. 1947 Men's British Open Squash Championship The 1947 Open Championship was between the defending champion Jim Dear of the Queen's Club and the professional champion Mahmoud Karim of Egypt. The Amateur Championships returned in December 1946 and the Professional Championships returned in March 1947, so there had not been time to organise a 1946 Open Championships. However the first leg of the 1947 Open Championships finally took place on 17 December at the Lansdowne Club with the second leg held at the Royal Automobile
Donald Mackay, Baron Mackay of Drumadoon both of these provisions. He retired from the membership of the House of Lords on 17 January 2017. Donald Mackay, Baron Mackay of Drumadoon Donald Sage Mackay, Baron Mackay of Drumadoon, PC, QC (30 January 1946 – 21 August 2018) was a British judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, and a Lord Advocate, the country's senior Law Officer. He was also one of five additional Lords of Appeal in the House of Lords, where he sat as a crossbencher. He was the brother of the BBC news reporter Alan Mackay. Mackay was born to Rev. Donald George Mackintosh Mackay