World Cup 1960

Game 1

Great Britain 23 def. New Zealand 8

World Cup 1960
Game 1

Lions
23
8
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14205
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 24th September, 1960
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Eddie Martung
Venue Odsal (Bradford)
Crowd 20,577
Match Stats
Halftime Score 10 5
Great Britain Scoresheet New Zealand
Eric ASHTON T Mel COOKE
Alan DAVIES   Tom HADFIELD
Alex MURPHY      
Frank MYLER      
Brian McTIGUE      
 
Eric FRASER 4 G William SORENSEN
Great Britain Teams New Zealand
Eric FRASER 1 FB 1 Cyril EASTLAKE
Bobby GREENOUGH 2 W 2 Tom HADFIELD
Eric ASHTON (c) 3 C 3 George TURNER
Alan DAVIES 4 C 4 William SORENSEN
Mick SULLIVAN 5 W 5 Neville DENTON
 
Frank MYLER 6 FE 6 George MENZIES
Alex MURPHY 7 HB 7 Keith ROBERTS
 
Brian McTIGUE 8 FR 8 Henry MAXWELL
Tommy HARRIS 9 HK 9 John BUTTERFIELD
Jack WILKINSON 10 FR 10 Cliff JOHNSON (c)
John WHITELEY 11 2R 11 Ron ACKLAND
Vince KARALIUS 12 2R 12 Trevor KILKELLY
Derek TURNER 13 L 13 Mel COOKE
 
Bill FALLOWFIELD   HC   Travers HARDWICK
   
 

Team Info

Great Britain

Previous Game:
[no comp] - vs. France
Next Game:
World Cup 1960 - Game 2 vs. France
Out:
Ike Southward (wing), Neil Fox (centre), Dave Bolton (five-eighth), Jeffrey Stevenson (halfback), Don Robinson (front row)
In:
Bobby Greenough (wing), Alan Davies (centre), Frank Myler (five-eighth), Alex Murphy (halfback), Vince Karalius (second row)
Changes:
Brian McTigue (second row to front row)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
New Zealand vs France 1960 - Game 2 vs. France
Next Game:
World Cup 1960 - Game 2 vs. Australia
Out:
Reece Griffiths (centre)
In:
William Sorensen (centre)

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson