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1960 Rugby League World Cup

3rd Rugby League World Cup tournament

Field	Value
year	1960
title	World Cup
finalists	4
country	United Kingdom
winners	Great Britain
count	2
matches	6
attendance	110200
points	154
topscorer-flag	AUS
topscorer	Brian Carlson (22)
top try scorer-flag	AUS
top try scorer	Brian Carlson (4)
tournaments	Rugby League World Cup
last	[1957](1957-rugby-league-world-cup)
next	[1968](1968-rugby-league-world-cup)

| topscorer-flag = AUS | top try scorer-flag = AUS The 1960 Rugby League World Cup was the third World Cup for men’s national teams and was held between 24 September and 8 October and hosted in England. The same format used in 1957 was used, with Great Britain winning their second World Cup after finishing top of the group.

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 Great Britain.

For Australia the World Cup matches formed part of their Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain and France.{{cite news | access-date = 6 October 2009}}

Squads

Main article: 1960 Rugby League World Cup squads

Venues

Bradford	Wigan	Swinton	Leeds
Odsal	Central Park
Capacity: 60,000	Capacity: 48,000
[[File:Odsal Stadium - geograph.org.uk - 60082.jpg	250px]]	[[File:Central park kop.jpg	250px]]
Station Road	Headingley
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 40,000
[[File:GB v AUS 09-11-1963 at Station Road 1.jpg	250px]]	[[File:South Stand, Headingley Stadium during the second day of the England-Sri Lanka test (21st April 2014) 001.JPG	250px]]

Results

Goals: Eastlake (3)

Goals: Rhodes (2) | access-date = 10 February 2010}}

Try scorers

AUS Brian Carlson

GBR Alan Davies

AUS Reg Gasnier
FRA Raymond Gruppi
GBR Frank Myler
GBR Austin Rhodes
GBR Mick Sullivan
NZL Tom Hadfield

AUS Noel Kelly
AUS Johnny Raper
AUS Harry Wells
FRA Jacques Dubon
GBR Eric Ashton
GBR Billy Boston
GBR Brian McTigue
GBR Alex Murphy
GBR Jack Wilkinson
NZL Mel Cooke
NZL George Menzies
NZL Tom Reid
NZL George Turner

Tour games

After the tournament, Australia and New Zealand arranged short two-game tours against English clubs. Winners Great Britain also played a match against a Rest of the World team, which they won 33–27.

Australia

Date	Opponents	Score	Venue	Attendance
12 October	St Helens	Lost 12–15}}	St Helens	12,250
16 October	South West France	Won 37–12}}	Toulouse	5,304

New Zealand

Date	Opponents	Score	Venue	Attendance
12 October	Halifax	Won 18–12}}	Halifax
13 October	France	Lost 11–22}}	Paris	4,500

References

Sources

References

link. (5 October 2012 ''[[North West Evening Mail]]'')
"Great Britain 33 def. Rest Of The World 27".
"Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1960".
"Kiwis World Cup Tour 1960".

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