Until World War II the event was played as part of the championship meeting which included the Australian Amateur.
Victoria won the semi-final 6–0 and went on to beat New South Wales 4–1 with one match halved.
[5] In 1906 at Royal Sydney only New South Wales and Victoria competed, the match being played the day after the final of the Australian Amateur.
Three players each from Tasmania and Queensland played a match against a team of Royal Sydney members.
The two finalists in the Australian Amateur, Ernest Gill, from Queensland, and Tasmanian Clyde Pearce both lost their matches.
Both Australian Amateur finalists, Clyde Pearce and Neptune Christoe, representing New South Wales, lost their matches against Victoria.
[8] Tasmania was able to raise a team in 1909 when the championship meeting returned to Royal Melbourne.
[9] From 1910 the format was revised with teams of seven, the result being decided solely by the number of matches won.
There were only a limited number of New South Wales players at the meeting and, with some having already left for home, they were unable to raise a team.
[10] There were also only two teams at Royal Sydney in 1911, New South Wales beating Victoria 6–1, their first tournament win since 1904.
[12] The 1913 championship meeting was originally planned to be played at The Australian, but was moved to Royal Melbourne because of a smallpox outbreak and the poor condition of the course, caused by wet weather.
[14] The format for the event was maintained between 1920 and 1939, as it continued to be played as part of the championship meeting.
South Australia generally entered a team, although missing sometimes when it was held in Sydney.
The number of team was never more than four in this period, meaning that the event was always completed in a single day with semi-finals in the morning and the final in the afternoon.
In 1924, Tasmania beat a weak New South Wales team, before losing to Victoria in the final.
[26] New South Wales retained the title in 1950, despite losing a close match to Victoria.
[28] New South Wales won for the fourth successive year in 1952 winning all their matches.
[29] The Western Australian Golf Association presented a perpetual trophy to commemorate the first event held in the state.
[30] There was a small change in the format in 1954 when extra holes were dropped, matches being halved.
Victoria won again in 1954 despite losing heavily to New South Wales on the final day.
[31] Queensland hosted for the first time in 1955 and finished runner-up behind Victoria, who won all their matches.
[37] Although beaten by New South Wales each year in this period, Victoria won all their other matches and finished runner-up each time.
[38] In 1961 Victoria regained the title, beating New South Wales for the first time since 1955. they won all their matches and did so again in 1963.
Victoria had earlier lost to Western Australia, finishing with 22 individual wins to the 24 of New South Wales.
[52] New South Wales continued to be the most successful state but after 1973 they wouldn't beat all the other five teams again until 1996.
There were 4 foursomes matches in the morning with 7 singles in the afternoon, extending the event to 5 days.
[57] Western Australia won for the second time in 1984, finishing level with New South Wales with four wins out of five but with half a point more.
However, a final was introduced between the leading two teams in the round-robin, to decide the winner of the event.
Tasmania first entered in 1907 and competed a number of times up to 1930, generally when it was held in Melbourne.