Roll of Honour
The Roll of Honour -
this is the list of winners and runners up of the British Gold Cup
since it was first presented in 1931. It is a list of some of the very
greatest names in British Bridge including the late Boris
Schapiro who first won it in 1946 and most recently in 1998.
He won it a total of 11 times. In 2013 Tony Forrester broke Boris'
record of 11 wins and has now won 14 times the most recent being 2019..
The Runners up are
awarded the Silver Cup presented by
Captain Gerald Lowry See Silver
Cup Winners
Those in green have a link to their
obituary
Last
updated: 14 March 2025
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1
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1931/32
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Edward Mayer (Capt), Henry Beasley, Horace Renshaw, Percy Tabbush
bt T E Morel, W C Robinson, W P Nicholls, R
Washington-Gray
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2
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1932/33
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Richard Lederer (Capt) Cuthbert Collingwood, Herbert Newmark,
Willie Rose
bt Harry
St J Ingram, Stanley
Hughes, William Cole, J K Mannooch
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3
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1933 /34 (1)
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Richard Lederer (Capt) Willie Rose, Cuthbert Collingwood, Samuel
Kosky
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4
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1934/35
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Abe Wolfers (Capt) Lionel
Wolfers, Pat Cotter, Jack Tottenham
bt Harry
St J Ingram, Leonard Ritte, Stanley
Hughes, Leslie
Dodds
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5
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1935/36
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Harry St. J Ingram (Capt) Stanley Hughes Herbert Newmark
Thomas Simmons
bt Richard
Lederer, Leslie
Dodds, Samuel Kosky, Willie Rose
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6
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1936/37
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Maurice Harrison-Gray (Capt) S J Simon, Jack Marx, Ian Macleod, Colin Harding
bt Hugh
Frost, J Edgar Gordon, Major Dewhurst, Mrs Bayley
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7
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1937/38
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N Mudie Bach (Capt) Leslie Dodds, Pat Cotter, Jack Tottenham, Leonard Ritte
bt Alison Crisford, Mrs F M
Chatterley, Mrs E LeCouteur, Mrs A N Carr
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8
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1938/39
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Richard Lederer (Capt) Joel Tarlo Louis Tarlo Jack Janes, Mrs Roys
bt N Mudie Bach (Capt) Leslie
Dodds, Pat Cotter, Jack
Tottenham, Leonard Ritte
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1940-45
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No competition
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9
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1946
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Leo Baron (Capt)
Nico Goldinger (Gardener), Dr Hans Leist, Pedro Juan, Boris Schapiro, Norman Squire bt Dr Paul Stern, Rixi
Markus, Standish
Booker, Sidney
Lee
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10
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1947
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Maurice Harrison-Gray (Capt) Boris Schapiro, Jack Marx, S J Simon, Niel Furse
bt Leo
Baron, Nico
Goldinger (Gardener), Dr
Hans Leist, Albert
Rose, Adam
Meredith
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11
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1948
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Terence Reese (Capt) Boris Schapiro, Adam Meredith, Dr Hans Leist, Sidney Lee, Pedro Juan bt Ben
Franks, Sam Blaser, Joe
Lazarus, Sonny Morris
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12
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1949 (5)
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Graham Mathieson (Capt) Maurice Harrison-Gray Kenneth Konstam, Jordanis Pavlides Leslie Dodds Edward Rayne bt Len Shenkin, Louis
Shenkin, Sammy Stein, Louis
Rose, Harry Cohen, Archie
Winetrobe
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13
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1950
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Terence Reese (Capt) Boris Schapiro Adam Meredith, Dr Hans Leist, Sidney Lee, Dimmie Fleming bt Penguin
Evans, Ralph Evans, Max Dale, Victor
Mollo
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14
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1951
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Louis Tarlo (Capt) Nico Gardener, Leo Baron, Albert Rose
bt Terence
Reese, Boris
Schapiro, Adam
Meredith, Dr
Hans Leist
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15
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1952
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Terence Reese (Capt) Boris Schapiro Adam Meredith, Dr Hans Leist Sidney Lee Standish Booker bt Louis
Tarlo, Harold
Franklin Albert
Rose Dr
Melvyn Rockfelt
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16
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1953
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Terence Reese (Capt) Boris Schapiro Adam Meredith Dr Hans Leist, Sidney Lee Standish Booker bt Joel
Tarlo Norman
Squire Kenneth
Konstam Leslie
Dodds
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17
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1954
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Louis Tarlo (Capt) Harold Franklin Nico Gardener Albert Rose Norman Squire
bt Ewart
Kempson, Phyllis
Williams, Jordanis
Pavlides, Graham
Mathieson, Pat
Cotter, J Pearlstone
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18
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1955
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Richard Preston (Capt) Ralph Swimer
Jack Nunes Phil Topley bt Joel
Tarlo, Dr
Melvyn Rockfelt, Jim
Sharples Bob
Sharples, Alan
Truscott, Julian Beale
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19
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1956
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Terence Reese (Capt) Boris Schapiro Adam Meredith Leslie Dodds Kenneth Konstam Pedro Juan bt Louis
Tarlo, Harold
Franklin Joel
Tarlo Dr
Melvyn Rockfelt Jim
Sharples Bob Sharples
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20
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1957
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Sidney
Lee (Capt) Fritzi Gordon Standish Booker Claude Rodrigue Louis Tarlo bt Dorothy
Shanahan, Maurice
Harrison-Gray, Jim
Sharples, Bob
Sharples
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21
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1958
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Nico Gardener (Capt) Albert Rose, Jack Nunes, Norman Squire, Albert Dormer, Derek Rimington bt Joe
Lazarus, Ben
Franks, Sam Blaser, Sonny Morris
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22
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1959 (2)
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Joe Lazarus (Capt) Sam Blaser Frank Farrington, Ben Franks Sonny Morris bt Terence
Reese Boris Schapiro Jeremy
Flint Claude
Rodrigue John
Collings Pedro
Juan
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23
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1960
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Louis Tarlo (Capt) Leslie Dodds Harold Franklin Kenneth Konstam Boris Schapiro Terence Reese bt Maurice
Harrison-Gray, Jeremy
Flint, Jim
Sharples, Bob
Sharples, Richard
Preston, Ralph
Swimer
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24
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1961
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Rixi Markus(Capt) Fritzi Gordon, Joel Tarlo, Michael Wolach (Leslie Dodds Harold Lever MP did not play in
the final stages) bt Louis
Tarlo, Harold
Franklin, Claude
Rodrigue, Kenneth
Konstam, Terence
Reese, Boris
Schapiro
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25
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1962
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Maurice Harrison-Gray (Capt) Jim Sharples Bob Sharples Dr Melvyn Rockfelt Freddie North John Pugh bt Rixi
Markus, Michael
Wolach, Joel
Tarlo, Tony
Priday, Alan
Truscott
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26
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1963
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Albert Dormer (Capt) Alan Hiron Jack Nunes Albert Rose, Kenneth Barbour, Peter Swinnerton-Dyer bt Rixi
Markus, Michael
Wolach, Kenneth
Konstam, Tony
Priday, Terence
Reese, Boris
Schapiro
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27
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1964
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Terence Reese (Capt) Boris Schapiro, Kenneth Konstam, Jeremy Flint, Claude Rodrigue, Tony Priday bt Maurice
Harrison-Gray, Jim
Sharples, Bob
Sharples, Dr
Melvyn Rockfelt, Peter
Swinnerton-Dyer, Dorothy
Shanahan
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28
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1965
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Jeremy Flint Kenneth Konstam John Collings Jonathan Cansino (Terence Reese Captain & Boris Schapiro did not play in
the final stages) bt
Richard
Preston, Ralph
Swimer, Tony
Priday, Claude
Rodrigue, Dr Melvyn
Rockfelt
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29
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1966
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Maurice Harrison-Gray (Capt) Albert Rose Jim Sharples Bob Sharples bt Richard
Preston, Ralph
Swimer Louis
Tarlo Claude
Rodrigue Dr
Melvyn Rockfelt
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30
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1967
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Maurice Harrison-Gray (Capt) Tony Priday Nico Gardener Albert Rose Jim Sharples, Bob Sharples bt Rita
Oldroyd Alf Finlay Joe Bloomberg Raymond
Brock Irving Manning
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31
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1968
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Maurice Harrison-Gray (Capt) Tony Priday Nico Gardener Albert Rose Jim Sharples, Bob Sharples bt Terence
Reese, Jeremy
Flint, Jonathan
Cansino, Anthony Milford, Freddie
North, John Pugh
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32
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1969
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Sam Leckie (Capt)
Victor Goldberg Willie Coyle Victor Silverstone Tom
Culbertson Hugh Kelsey bt Tony
Priday, Nico
Gardener, Dr
Melvyn Rockfelt, Jim
Sharples, Bob
Sharples
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33
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1970
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Tony Priday (Capt) Nico Gardener Jim Sharples Bob Sharples Joe Amsbury Dr Melvyn Rockfelt bt Barry Posner, Geoffrey
Breskal, Jack
Nunes, Joel
Tarlo, Ralph
Swimer
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34
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1971
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Keith Stanley (Capt) Jack Marx Gerard Faulkner Douglas Romain Eric Crowhurst Alan Wardman bt Terence
Reese, Jeremy
Flint, Jonathan
Cansino, Irving
Rose, Claude
Rodrigue, Anthony Milford
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35
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1972
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Robert Sheehan (Capt) Chris
Dixon Tony Priday Jane Priday Maurice
Esterson David Edwin bt Victor
Silverstone, Willie
Coyle, Victor
Goldberg, Sam
Leckie, Barnet Shenkin
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36
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1973
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Victor Silverstone (Capt) Willie Coyle, Victor Goldberg John Matheson Sam Leckie Barnet Shenkin bt Joe
Bloomberg, Rita
Oldroyd, Alf Finlay, Irving Manning, Eric Newman, Tony
Sowter
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37
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1974
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Tony Priday (Capt) Claude Rodrigue Louis Tarlo Chris Dixon David
Edwin Maurice Esterson bt Bill Pencharz Ian Panto Alan Hiron
Peter
Lester Bob
Rowlands Derek
Rimington
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38
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1975
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David Greenwood (Capt), Michael Dilks, Nicola Gardener
(Smith), Irving Gordon, Keith Stanley, Keith Loveys bt Barry Posner John
Collings Douglas Smerdon Jack
Nunes, Geoffrey
Breskal John
Sadler
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39
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1976
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Tony Priday (Capt) Claude Rodrigue Michael
Rosenberg Barnet Shenkin Victor Goldberg Patrick Jourdain bt
Barry Posner John
Collings Douglas Smerdon Jack
Nunes Geoffrey
Breskal Joe
Amsbury
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40
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1977
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Barry Posner (Capt) Geoffrey Breskal
John Collings Gerald Haase Jack Nunes Douglas Smerdon bt David Bretherton, Eric
Crowhurst, Mike Pomfrey, David Huggett, Ron Morrish
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41
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1978 (4)
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Tony Sowter (Capt) Joe Amsbury Michael Nardin
Steve Lodge Alan Woo Tim Cope bt Andrew
Thompson, Michael
Dilks John Reardon Richard Butland Colin Bishop Patrick
Collins
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42
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1979
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Bill Pencharz (Capt) Raymond Brock Jim Sharples Bob Sharples bt Maria-Luce Dixon Chris
Dixon Peter
Czerniewski Brian
Mervis Gus Calderwood
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43
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1980
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Bill Mitchell (Capt), Roy
Bennett, Hugh Kelsey, John McMonagle, Ken Baxter, Jack Paterson bt Tony Sowter, Sally
Sowter (Brock), Sandra
Landy, Joe
Amsbury, Alan Woo, Steve Lodge
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44
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1981
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Ian Morrison (Capt) A H Bishop Mrs S C Bruce David Liggat Jim Patrick, Martin White bt Michael Airey, Graham
Link, David Collins, Phil
Topley, Mike Allen, Roger Bryant
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45
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1982
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Gerald Haase (Capt) Willie Coyle Graham Cuthbertson
Victor Goldberg Barnet Shenkin bt Rob Sheehan, Jeremy
Flint, Irving
Rose, Zia Mahmood, Chris Dixon, Victor
Silverstone
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46
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1983
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Geoffrey Breskal
(Capt) Gus Calderwood Tony Forrester Raymond Brock Graham Cooke bt Denis
Robson, Bernard
Goldenfield, John Buck, Raymond Semp, Rhona Goldenfield
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47
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1984
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Sandra Landy (Capt) Sally Horton (Brock) Raymond Brock Nicola Smith Dr
Tony Sowter Steve Lodge bt Michael
Airey, Graham Link, David Collins, Phil
Topley, Mike Allen, Roger Bryant
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48
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1985
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Chris Dixon (Capt) Victor Silverstone Jeremy Flint Irving Rose Robert Sheehan bt Govind Ruia, Bim Ruia,
Anil Ruia, Alan Mould, David Whyte, Stephen Ball
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49
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1986
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Raymond Brock (Capt) Tony Forrester Graham Kirby John Armstrong Tony Sowter,
Steve Lodge bt
Barnet Shenkin, David Greenwood, Steve
Fishpool, Dick
Shek
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50
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1987
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Jeff Morris (Capt) John
Hassett Ralph Churney Ted Reveley Roy
Dempster Steve Whittleton bt Richard Fleet, John
Pottage, Peter
Czerniewski, Barry Rigal, Peter Jackson, Jim Niblett
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51
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1988
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Richard Plackett (Capt)
Julian Bacon Peter Crouch Andrew Dyson John Hobson bt Geoffrey
Breskal John
Collings Richard Sampson David Edwin Graham Cooke Ian
Panto
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52
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1989
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Graham Kirby (Capt) John Armstrong Raymond Brock Tony Forrester
Sally Horton (Brock) Steve Lodge bt Bill Niccol, David Stevenson, David Barton,
Leslie Klein
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53
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1990
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Tony Forrester (Capt) Raymond Brock Graham Kirby John Armstrong Sally Horton
(Brock) Steve Lodge bt
Brian Callaghan, Rob Cliffe, Jim Niblett, Peter Jackson
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54
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1991
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Barry Rigal (Capt), Peter Czerniewski, Gus
Calderwood, Dick Shek, Nicola Smith, Pat
Davies bt
Tony Forrester, Andrew Robson, Willie
Coyle, Rob Sheehan, Sally Horton (Brock), Steve Lodge
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55
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1992
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Tony Forrester (Capt) Raymond Brock Graham Kirby John Armstrong Robert Sheehan Willie Coyle bt Les Steel, Barnet Shenkin, Malcolm Cuthbertson, Andrew McIntosh
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56
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1993
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Graham Kirby (Capt) John Armstrong Robert Sheehan Willie Coyle Tony Forrester
Brian Senior bt
Les Steel, Barnet Shenkin, Victor
Goldberg, John
Matheson, Malcolm Cuthbertson, Andrew McIntosh
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57
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1994
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Derek Patterson (Capt),
Gerald Tredinnick, Stuart Tredinnick, Neil Rosen,
Phil King, Patrick Collins bt Sandra
Landy, John Elliott, Graham Allan, Julian Pottage, Ian
Lancaster, John Frostzega
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58
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1995
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Derek Patterson (Capt),
Gerald Tredinnick, Stuart Tredinnick, Neil Rosen,
Phil King, Patrick Collins bt Alan Mould, Gary Hyett, John Helme, Paul
Bowyer, Rick Bentley, Jim Mason
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59
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1996
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Andrew Dyson (Capt), Glyn
Liggins, Peter Crouch, Steve Lodge, John Armstrong, Graham Kirby bt Tim Rees,
Andrew MacNair, Jerry Cope, Alan Kay, Roger Gibbons, Graham Horsley
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60
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1997
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Alan Mould (Capt) Gary Hyett
John Helme Paul Bowyer John Collings Martin Jones bt Sally Brock & Raymond
Brock, Steve Eginton, Mike Perkins, Ian Reissmann, Su Burn
(King)
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61
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1998
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Howard Cohen (Capt), Robert
Sheehan, Boris Schapiro, Irving Gordon,
Nick Sandqvist, Frederic Wrang bt Gerald Soper, Terry Goldsmith, Rod Oakford,
John Short
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62
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1999
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Alan Mould (Capt) Gary Hyett Jim Mason Howard Melbourne John Collings Martin Jones bt Unal Durmus, Ian
Monachan, Espen Erichsen, Brian Senior, Glyn Liggins, Joe
Fawcett
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63
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2000
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David Mossop (Capt), Tim Rees, Tony Forrester, Andrew McIntosh,
Justin Hackett, Jason Hackett bt Tony
Waterlow, Ian Panto, Victor
Silverstone, Gerald Haase, Roger
Gibbons, David Kendrick
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64
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2001
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David Mossop (Capt), Tim Rees, Tony Forrester, Andrew McIntosh,
Justin Hackett Jason Hackett bt Willie
Crook, Rob Sharpe, Graham Kirby, Tony Sowter, Tony McNiff
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65
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2002
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Phil King (Capt), David Bakhshi, Andrew Robson, Andrew
McIntosh bt Ian
Monachan, Unal Durmus, Espen Erichsen, Lionel
Wright, Gunnar Hallberg
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66
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2003 (3)
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Peter Lee (Capt), Sean O'Neill, Bob Rowlands, Jeffrey
Allerton, Frances Hinden, John Frosztega bt
Janet de Botton, Nick Sandqvist, Gunnar Hallberg, Paul Hackett,
Justin Hackett Jason Hackett
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67
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2004
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Alexander
Allfrey (Capt), Andrew Robson, David
Bakhshi, Andrew McIntosh bt Ian
Monachan, David
Burn, Brian Callaghan, Gary Hyett, Alan Mould
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68
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2005
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Janet de
Botton (Capt), Nick Sandqvist, Justin
Hackett, Jason Hackett, Gunnar Hallberg and Artur Malinowski bt Patrick Collins, Derek Patterson, Gerald
Tredinnick, Stuart
Tredinnick, Neil Rosen, Peter Crouch
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69
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2006
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David Walker (Capt) Malcolm Cuthbertson, Brian Short, John
Matheson, John Murdoch & Douglas
Piper bt Michael Byrne, John
Hassett, Alex Morris, Bill
Hirst, Michelle
Brunner John Holland
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70
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2007
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Alexander Allfrey
(Capt), David Bakhshi, Tony Forrester,
Andrew Robson bt Nick Stevens, Paul
Bowyer, Jim Mason, Duncan Happer, Ben Green, Dick Pathan
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71
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2008
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Janet de
Botton (Capt), Nick Sandqvist, Justin
Hackett, Jason Hackett, David Burn and Artur Malinowski bt Patrick Collins, Derek Patterson, Gerald
Tredinnick & Stuart
Tredinnick
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72
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2009
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Alexander
Allfrey (Capt), Tony Forrester, Andrew
Robson, Peter Crouch, David Bakhshi bt Patrick
Collins, Derek Patterson, Gerald Tredinnick & Stuart
Tredinnick
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73
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2010
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Simon Gillis (Capt) Gunnar Hallberg, Robert Sheehan, Zia
Mahmood, David Burn & Fredrik Bjornlund bt Nick Stevens, Paul Bowyer,
Duncan Happer, Garry Watson, David Jones
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74
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2011
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Peter Lee (Capt), Jeffrey Allerton, Frances Hinden, Graham
Osborne, Andy Bowles, John Howard bt Alexander
Allfrey, Andrew Robson, Tony Forrester, David Gold, Peter Crouch,
Derek Patterson
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75
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2012
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Alexander
Allfrey(Capt), Andrew Robson, Tony
Forrester, David Gold, Peter Crouch, Derek Patterson bt Janet de Botton, Nick Sandqvist, Thor-Erik Hoftaniska, Artur Malinowski, David Burn
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76
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2013
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Alexander
Allfrey (Capt), Andrew Robson, Tony
Forrester, David Gold, Peter Crouch (Oliver Segal did not play in the
final stages) bt Brian Senior,
Sandra Penfold, Ed Jones, Joe Fawcett, Glyn Liggins (Nevena Senior
did not play in the final stages)
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77
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2014
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Alexander
Allfrey(Capt), Andrew Robson, Tony
Forrester, David Gold, David Bakhshi bt Andrew
McIntosh, Stefan Skorchev, Phil King,
Cameron Small (Dror Padon & Lee Rosenthal did not play in the
final stages)
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78
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2015
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Simon Cope (Capt), Nicola Smith,
John Holland, Peter Crouch, Ben Green bt
Barry Myers, Sally Brock, Chris Dixon, Taf Anthias (Rob Sheehan &
Pat Davies did not play in the final stages)
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79
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2016
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Espen Erichsen, Simon
Gillis, Boye Brogeland, Espen Lindqvist Tom
Hanlon, Zia Mahmood
bt Neil Rosen, Martin Jones,Barry Myers, Sally Brock (Rob Sheehan did not play in the final stages) |
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80
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2017
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Derek Patterson (Capt), Andrew
Black, Gunnar Hallberg, Willie Whittaker, Andrew McIntosh, Phil King bt
Norman Selway, Kay Preddy, Neil Rosen, Sally Brock, Martin Jones,
Barry Myers
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81
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2018
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Peter Crouch (Capt), Simon Cope,
Zia Mahmood, Anita Sinclair, Glyn Liggins, Marion Michielsen bt
Jeremy Dhondy (Capt), Ian Pagan, Heather
Dhondy, Brian Callaghan
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82
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2019
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Alexander Allfrey (Capt), Andrew
Robson, Tony Forrester, Graham Osborne, David Gold, Mike Bell bt Simon
Gillis (Capt), Odin Svendsen, Glyn Liggins,
Espen Erichsen, Tom Hanlon, Hugh McGann
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83
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2020
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Tommy Garvey (Capt), Fredrick
Nystrom, John Carroll, Mark Moran, Adam Mesbur,
Nick Fitzgibbon bt Janet
de Botton(Capt), Artur Malinowski, Thor
Erik Hoftaniska, Tom Townsend, David
Bakhshi, Dror Padon
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84
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2021
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David Bakhshi, Thor Erik Hoftaniska,
Artur Malinowski, Tom Townsend, Dror Padon (Janet
de Botton did not play in the final) bt Tim
Leslie (Capt), Mike Bell, Michael Byrne,
Kieran Dyke, Ben Norton
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85
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2022
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Andrew Black, David Gold, Gunnar Hallberg, Simon Hult,
Andrew McIntosh, Tom Paske bt Brian
Senior, Rumen Trendafilov, Alan Mould, John
Holland, Vladislav Isporski, Sandra Penfold
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86
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2023
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Janet de Botton, Thor Erik Hoftaniska,
Artur Malinowski, Tom Townsend, David Bakhshi, Thomas Charlsen bt Alexander Allfrey, Andrew Robson, Peter
Crouch, Simon Cope, Espen Erichsen, Richard Plackett
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87
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2024
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Simon Gillis, Christian Bakke, Boye Brogeland,
Zia Mahmood, Denis Bilde, (Odin Svendsen did not play in the final
stages) bt
Frances Hinden, Graham Osborne, John Atthey,
Neil Rosen, Chris Jagger, Derek Patterson
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(1)
In 1934 the final was held
as an 8 team event
(2)
In 1959 the first winners
all of whom lived outside London
(3)
In 2003 Tony Lunn died
shortly before the quarter final and John Frostzega
played as a substitute
(4)
The EBU Council resolved
to end seeding in England for this year
(5)
first all Scottish team to
be finalists
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