1960 Rugby League World Cup

1960 (1960) World Cup ()
1960 World Cup
Number of teams	4
Host country	England
Winner	Great Britain (2nd title)
Matches played	6
Attendance	110,200 (18,367 per match)
Points scored	154 (25.67 per match)
Top scorer	Brian Carlson (22)
Top try scorer	Brian Carlson (4)
	Tournaments < 1957 1968 >

The 1960 Rugby League World Cup was the third staging of the tournament and the first Rugby League World Cup to be held in Great Britain.^[1] The same format as used in 1957 was used, with a group stage leading to a final table.

The 1960 World Cup raised problems which had not really affected the previous tournaments. Live television of complete games was held responsible for lower than anticipated attendances, the largest crowd being the 32,773 which gathered at Odsal for the deciding match between Australia and the hosts.

For Australia the World Cup matches formed part of their Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain and France.^[2]

Squads[edit]

Venues[edit]

Wigan	Bradford
Central Park	Odsal
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 40,000

Swinton	Leeds
Station Road	Headingley
Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 30,000

Results[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Result
Great Britain	3	3	0	66	18	+48	6	World Cup Winners
Australia	3	2	1	37	37	0	4
New Zealand	3	1	2	32	44	−12	2
France	3	0	3	19	55	−36	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

24 September

Great Britain	23 – 8	New Zealand

Odsal, Bradford
Attendance: 20,577

24 September

Australia	13 – 12	France

Central Park, Wigan
Attendance: 20,278

1 October

Australia	21 – 15	New Zealand

Headingley, Leeds
Attendance: 10,773
Referee: Eric Clay

1 October

Great Britain	33 – 7	France

Station Road, Swinton
Attendance: 22,923
Referee: Edouard Martung

8 October

France	0 – 9	New Zealand
		Tries: Reid Goals: Eastlake (3)

Central Park, Wigan
Attendance: 2,876

8 October

Great Britain	10 – 3	Australia
Tries: Boston, Sullivan Goals: Rhodes (2)		Tries: Carlson

Odsal, Bradford
Attendance: 33,023^[3]
Referee: Edouard Martung

Try scorers[edit]

4

Brian Carlson

3

Alan Davies

2

1

References[edit]

^ Paddy McAteer (22 December 2010) "Whole World in their Hands" Archived 5 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine North West Evening Mail
^ "Australians in Rugby Win". The Age. 17 October 1960. p. 25. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
^ Staff correspondent and AAP (10 October 1960). "English, Australian R.L. players turn World Cup game into wild brawling final". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia. p. 14. Retrieved 10 February 2010.

Sources[edit]

[1] Paddy McAteer (22 December 2010) "Whole World in their Hands" Archived 5 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine North West Evening Mail

[2] "Australians in Rugby Win". The Age. 17 October 1960. p. 25. Retrieved 6 October 2009.

[3] Staff correspondent and AAP (10 October 1960). "English, Australian R.L. players turn World Cup game into wild brawling final". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia. p. 14. Retrieved 10 February 2010.

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