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1950 - Bermuda. The United States won the inaugural Bermuda Bowl comfortably, beating Europe by 4,720 points and Britain by 3,660. The US team consisted of six great players: John Crawford, Charles Goren, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor and Sam Stayman; auspicious names to engrave upon the new trophy, presented by the Government of Bermuda.

1951 - Naples, Italy. The United States (B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sam Stayman and Julius Rosenblum, non-playing captain) beat Italy by 116 IMPs.

1953 - New York, New York, USA. The United States (B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, Theodore Lightner, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sam Stayman and Jospeh Cohan, non-playing captain) beat Sweden by 8,260 points.

1954 - Monte Carlo, Monaco. The United States (Clifford Bishop, Milton Ellenby, Lew Mathe, Don Oakie, William Rosen, Douglas Steen and Benjamin Johnson, non-playing captain) beat France by 49 IMPs.

1955 - New York, New York, USA. Britain (Leslie Dodds, Kenneth Konstram, Adam Meredith, Jordanis Pavides, Terence Reese, Boris Schapiro and Reg Corwen, non-playing captain) beat USA by 5,420 points over 224 boards. At the time, this was regarded as just a temporary setback; but, in fact, the Bermuda Bowl was to remain in Europe for the next 14 years.

1956 - Paris, France. France (Rene Bacherich, Pierre Ghestem, Pierre Jais, Roger Lattes, Bertrand Romanet, Roger Trezel and Robert de Nexon, non-playing captain) won the Bermuda Bowl.

1957 - New York, New York, USA. A long series of wins by Italy began as the contest widened to include teams representing other Zones of the WBF. Italy (Massimo d'Alelio, Walter Avarelli, Giorgio Belladonna, Eugenio Chiaradia, Pietro Forquet, Guglielmo Siniscalco and Carl Alberto Perroux, non-playing captain) beat the USA by 10,150 points.

1958 - Como, Italy. Italy with the same team as the previous year beat the USA by 211-174 IMPs and Argentina 239-167.

1959 - New York, New York, USA. Italy won the Bermuda Bowl.

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