First played in 1973, America chalked up a 13-3 victory which set the tone for the next three encounters where they won comfortably.
GB&I’s first significant impact on the matches came in 1977, forcing a 8½-8½ draw and the following year they notched up their first win at St Mellion.
Twelve months later at Castletown, the hosts triumphed 12½-4½ but the story couldn’t have been made radically different the following year, 1980, as GB&I went down to a 15-6 defeat in the new format that still exists today.
The following year GB&I produced one of their best performances on American soil, as they came from behind to draw 10½ points each.
The Americans returned to winning ways in 1982 in Tennessee and in this topsy-turvy series of contests, the next two matches (1983 and 1984), both in Scotland, at Muirfield and Turnberry, were comfortable wins for the home team.
But if those two strong performances had garnered expectations of further success, the Americans quickly dispelled that notion and it was to be 21 years before a GB&I team managed to regain the trophy.
In 2005, more than two decades of frustration were brought to a close as GB&I wrapped up a 15-11 win despite a valiant fightback in the singles by America.
The American's regained the trophy two years later and claimed a hat-trick of wins in the competition up until a dramatic 13-13 draw at Slaley Hall in 2013. Two years later Jon Bevan led GB&I to their first win on US soil and Albert MacKenzie recorded back-to-back wins for GB&I at Foxhills Club & Resort in 2017.
