1960 RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP OVERVIEW
Host Nation – Great Britain
Number of Teams – 4
Highest Crowd – 32,773 Bradford, England
Average Crowd – 18,366
Total Crowd – 110,200
1960 World Cup Snapshot – Great Britain hosted the World Cup for the first time in 1960. All the games took place in rugby league strongholds in the north of England.
Matches were well attended with the game between Great Britain and Australia determining the World Cup Champions. In a spiteful match played on a muddy Odsal oval, 32,773 spectators turned out to see Great Britain defeat Australia 10 – 3.
No final was played and Great Britain were declared World champions for the second time.
1960 Rugby League World Cup Pool Rounds
Game 1: Sep 24th Great Britain 23 – New Zealand 8, Location – Bradford, England, Crowd – 20,577
Game 2: Sep 24th Australia 13 – France 12, Location – Wigan, England, Crowd – 20,278
Game 3: Oct 1st Great Britain 33 – France 7 Location – Swinton, England, Crowd – 22,923
Game 4: Oct 1st Australia 21 – New Zealand 15, Location – Leeds, England, Crowd – 10,773
Game 5: Oct 8th Great Britain 10 – Australia 3, Location – Bradford, England, Crowd – 32,773
Game 6: Oct 8th New Zealand 9 – France 0, Location – Wigan, England Crowd – 2,876
Final Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
PTS
|
|
Great Britain |
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
66
|
18
|
6
|
|
Australia |
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
37
|
37
|
4
|
|
New Zealand
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
32
|
44
|
2
|
|
France
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
19
|
55
|
0
|
1960 Rugby League World Cup Final
Top team automatic champions, no final played.
1960 Rugby League World Cup Champions: Great Britain
