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USA v United Kingdom / Great Britain
| 1970 | Anglo-American Gold Cup Series. | |||
| 23.10 : Costa Mesa | USA 7 | Rick Woods 5, Steve Bast 2, Sonny Nutter 0, Bill Cody 0 | Ht 1: Harkins, Bast,
Airey, Nutter 2-4 2-4 Ht 2: Briggs, Woods, Gifford, Cody 2-4 4-8 Ht 3: Woods, Briggs, Harkins, Bast 3-3 7-11 |
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| Great Britain 11 | Barry Briggs (NZ) 5, Bert Harkins (Scot) 4+1, Jim Airey (Aus) 1, Dave Gifford (NZ) 1 | |||
| 30.10 : Costa Mesa | USA 5 | Steve Bast and Larry Shaw plus others | Ht 1: - N/K – Ht 2: - N/K – Ht 3: Mauger, Airey, Bast, Shaw |
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| Great Britain 13 | Ivan Mauger (NZ), Barry Briggs (NZ), Jim Airey (Aus), Dave Gifford (NZ), Roy Williams (NZ, res) | |||
| 06.11 : Costa Mesa | USA 9 | Sonny Nutter 2+2, Steve Bast 2, Bill Cody 2, Rick Woods 2, Larry Shaw 1+1 | Ht 1: Briggs, Woods,
Nutter, Mauger 3-3 3-3 Ht 2: Airey, Cody, Shaw, Gifford 3-3 6-6 Ht 3: Mauger, Bast, Nutter, Williams 3-3 9-9 |
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| Great Britain 9 | Jim Airey (Australia) 3, Barry Briggs (NZ) 3, Ivan Mauger (NZ) 3, Dave Gifford (NZ) 0, Roy Williams (NZ, res) 0 | |||
| Final Series Result : | USA 21 | |||
| Great Britain 33 | ||||
| 1971 | USA won series 2-1 | |||||
| OFFICIAL | 22.10 : Costa Mesa | USA | 48 | United Kingdom | 42 | |
| 23.10 : Ascot Park (quarter-mile track) | USA | 43 | United Kingdom | 47 | ||
| 29.10 : Costa Mesa | USA | 49 | United Kingdom | 40 | ||
| Note :
This was originally planned as a 5-match series. The two other matches that should have formed the 5 match series were scheduled as follows: 30.10 @ Ascot Park (½ mile track) and 05.11 @ Costa Mesa. The meetings went ahead but with individual rather than team racing, main results were: Ascot Park (½ mile track): Scratch Main: Ivan Mauger, Rick Woods, Barry Briggs, Scott Autrey, Jim Airey, Antonin Svab Costa Mesa: Scratch Main: Rick Woods, Barry Briggs, Bill Cody, Mike Bast. Match Race Series: Ivan Mauger beat Rick Woods 2-1 |
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| USA 1971 |
| Sonny Nutter, Mike Konle, Mike Bast, Larry Shaw, Rick Woods, Steve Bast, Bill Cody |
| USA | Total | United Kingdom | Total | ||||||||
| Sonny Nutter | 8 | 11 | 6 | 25 | Ivan Mauger (NZ) | 12 | 12 | 15 | 39 | ||
| Rick Woods | 4 | 13 | 8 | 25 | Barry Briggs (NZ) | 11 | 13 | 14 | 38 | ||
| Mike Bast | 8 | 7 | 9 | 24 | Jim Airey (Aus) | 8 | 9 | 7 | 24 | ||
| Larry Shaw | 10 | 1 | 10 | 21 | Bert Harkins (Scot) | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 | ||
| Bill Cody | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | Jim McMillan (Scot) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Steve Bast | 8 | 3 | 5 | 16 | George Hunter (Scot) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mike Konle | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | Dave Gifford (NZ) | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | ||
| Heat Details | |||||||||||
| 1st. Match at Costa Mesa | ||||||||||||||||
| Heat No. | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Total |
| Sonny Nutter | 2' | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1' | 8 + 2 | ||||||||||
| Mike Konle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1' | - | 4 + 1 | ||||||||||
| Mike Bast | 2' | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1' | 8 + 2 | ||||||||||
| Larry Shaw | 3 | - | 2' | 3 | 2 | 10 + 1 | ||||||||||
| Rick Woods | 1' | F | F | 3 | 0 | 4 + 1 | ||||||||||
| Steve Bast | 2 | 3 | - | F | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||
| res Bill Cody | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| USA | 5 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 29 | 32 | 36 | 39 | 42 | 45 | 48 | 48 |
| UK | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 42 | 42 |
| Jim Airey | T | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||
| George Hunter | T | 1' | 0 | - | 1' | 2 + 2 | ||||||||||
| Barry Briggs | 1 | 3 | 2' | 2 | 3 | 11 + 1 | ||||||||||
| Bert Harkins | 0 | 2' | 3 | 0 | - | 5 + 1 | ||||||||||
| Ivan Mauger | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1' | 3 | 12 + 1 | ||||||||||
| Jim McMillan | 0 | - | 1 | 2 | F | 3 | ||||||||||
| res Dave Gifford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2nd Match at Ascot Park | ||||||||||||||||
| Heat No. | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Total |
| Sonny Nutter | 2' | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 + 1 | ||||||||||
| Bill Cody | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2' | - | 5 + 1 | ||||||||||
| Mike Bast | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Larry Shaw | 0 | - | 1' | 0 | 0 | 1 + 1 | ||||||||||
| Rick Woods | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Steve Bast | 1 | 0 | - | 1' | 1 | 3 + 1 | ||||||||||
| res Mike Konle | 1' | 1' | 1 | 3 + 2 | ||||||||||||
| USA | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 34 | 35 | 39 | 43 | 43 |
| UK | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 37 | 38 | 43 | 45 | 47 | 47 |
| Ivan Mauger | R | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Jim McMillan | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2' | 4 + 1 | ||||||||||
| Barry Briggs | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2' | 2 | 13 + 1 | ||||||||||
| Bert Harkins | 2' | 2' | 0 | 3 | - | 7 + 2 | ||||||||||
| Jim Airey | 2 | 1' | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 + 1 | ||||||||||
| George Hunter | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | R | 2 | ||||||||||
| res Dave Gifford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3rd Match at Costa Mesa | ||||||||||||||||
| Heat No. | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Total |
| Sonny Nutter | 1' | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1' | 6 + 2 | ||||||||||
| Steve Bast | 2 | - | 1' | 1' | - | 1' | 5 + 3 | |||||||||
| Mike Bast | 1 | 2 | 2' | 2 | 2' | 9 + 2 | ||||||||||
| Larry Shaw | 3 | 1' | 3 | - | 3 | 10 + 1 | ||||||||||
| Rick Woods | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1' | 2 | 8 + 1 | ||||||||||
| Bill Cody | 3 | - | 2 | 1' | 2 | - | 8 + 1 | |||||||||
| res Mike Konle | F | 1' | 2 | 3 + 1 | ||||||||||||
| USA | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 49 | 49 |
| UK | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 40 | 40 |
| Ivan Mauger | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||
| George Hunter | 0 | 0 | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Barry Briggs | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Jim McMillan | 0 | F | 0 | 0 | F | F | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Airey | 2 | 1 | X | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Bert Harkins | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
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| Contributors : Roger Stevens, Tom Marriott, David Marriott, David Austin |
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