1960 Rugby League World Cup

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 World Cup for men’s national teams and was held between 24 September and 8 October and hosted in England.^[1] The same format used in 1957 was used, with Great Britain winning their second World Cup after finishing top of the group.

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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.^[2]

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Bradford	Wigan
Odsal	Central Park
Capacity: 60,000	Capacity: 48,000

Swinton	Leeds
Station Road	Headingley
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 40,000

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

1960 Rugby League World Cup

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Results

Try scorers

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