1957 (1957) World Cup  ()
Number of teams	4
Host country	Australia
Winner	Australia (1st title)
Matches played	6
Attendance	214,918 (35,820 per match)
Points scored	204 (34 per match)
Top scorer	Brian Carlson (28)
Top try scorers	Mick Sullivan (3) Ian Moir (3) Kel O'Shea (3)
Tournaments  < 1954 1960 >

The second Rugby League World Cup was held in Australia in 1957. As before a group stage was held first, with matches being held at locations in Sydney and Brisbane. Australia were dominant, winning all matches and were declared the champions by virtue of finishing top of the group – there was no World Cup Final.

Contents 1 Squads 1.1 Australia 1.2 France 1.3 Great Britain 1.4 New Zealand 2 Results 2.1 Final standings 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Squads

[edit] Australia

Captain/Coach Dick Poole Keith Barnes,Brian Carlson,Brian Clay,Brian Davies,Greg Hawick,Keith Holman,Ken Kearney,Ken McCaffery,Billy Marsh,Ian Moir,Kel O'Shea,Norm Provan,Ray Ritchie,Don Schofield,Tom Tyquin,Alex Watson,Harry Wells

[edit] France

[edit] Great Britain

[edit] New Zealand

• Manager: Keith Blow (Canterbury)
• Coach: Bill Telford (Auckland)

Name	Region	Position
Pat Creedy	Canterbury	FB
Vern Bakalich	Auckland	WG
Neville Denton	Auckland	WG
Tom Hadfield	Auckland	WG
Ron Ackland	Auckland	CE
Bill Sorensen	Auckland	CE
George P Turner	Auckland	CE
George Menzies (vc)	West Coast	SO
Sel Belsham	Auckland	HB
Jock Butterfield	Canterbury	HK
Bill McLennan	West Coast	PR
Henry Maxwell	Auckland	PR
Cliff Johnson (c)	Auckland	SR
Kevin Pearce	Canterbury	SR
Jim Riddell	Auckland	SR
John Yates	Auckland	SR
Rex Percy	Auckland	LF
Keith Bell	Auckland	Utility

[edit] Results

1957-06-15	France	5–23	Great Britain	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Attendance: 50,077

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1957-06-15	Australia	25–5	New Zealand	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Attendance: 29,636

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1957-06-17	Australia	31–6	Great Britain	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Attendance: 57,995[1]

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1957-06-17	France	14–10	New Zealand	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Attendance: 22,142

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1957-06-22	Australia	26–9	France	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Attendance: 35,158

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1957-06-25	Great Britain	21–29	New Zealand	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Attendance: 14,263

[edit] Final standings

Team	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Australia	3	3	0	0	82	20	+62	6
Great Britain	3	1	0	2	50	65	−15	2
New Zealand	3	1	0	2	44	60	−16	2
France	3	1	0	2	28	59	−31	2

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• 1957 World Cup at rlhalloffame.org.uk
• 1957 World Cup at rlwc2008.com
• 1957 World Cup at rugbyleagueproject.com
• 1957 World Cup data at hunterlink.net.au
• 1957 World Cup at 188-rugby-league.co.uk

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