1960 Rugby League World Cup squads

Four teams that took part at the 1960 Rugby League World Cup.

The Rugby League News listed the squads of the four teams in its October 1960 issue, published after the first round of matches.^[1]

Australia

Keith Barnes led the team as captain/coach. The team was co-managed by Pat Duggan (Ipswich, Qld) and John O'Toole (Bathurst, NSW).^[2]^[3]
Beattie, Boden, Kelly, Morgan, Muir, Parcell and Rasmussen were selected from Queensland clubs. Hambly was from a club in the New South Wales Country area. The balance of the squad had played for Sydney based clubs during the 1960 season.

Player	Position	Age	Weight st.lb (kg)	Club	Games	Tries	Goals	Points
Keith Barnes	Fullback	25	11.10 (74)	Balmain	2	0	0	0
Dud Beattie	Prop	26	14.8 (93)	Ipswich Railways	3	0	0	0
Ron Boden	Centre	23	12.6 (79)	Toowoomba Valleys	1	0	0	0
Tony Brown	Five-eighth	24	12.0 (76)	Newtown	3	0	0	0
Brian Carlson	Utility Back	27	13.9 (87)	North Sydney	3	4	5	22
Reg Gasnier	Centre	21	12.10 (81)	St George	3	2	0	6
Brian Hambly	Prop	22	14.6 (92)	Wagga Magpies	3	0	0	0
Ken Irvine	Wing	20	12.4 (78)	North Sydney	2	0	0	0
Noel Kelly	Prop	24	14.0 (89)	Ayr	3	1	0	3
Lionel Morgan	Wing	22	11.7 (73)	Wynnum-Manly	1	0	0	0
Rex Mossop	Prop, Second-row	32	14.10 (93)	Manly-Warringah	3	0	0	0
Barry Muir	Halfback	23	10.11 (68)	Brisbane Western Suburbs	3	0	0	0
Gary Parcell	Prop	27	14.6 (92)	Ipswich Brothers	2	0	0	0
Johnny Raper	Lock	21	13.8 (86)	St George	2	1	0	3
Elton Rasmussen	Second-row	24	15.4 (97)	Toowoomba All Whites	2	0	0	0
Harry Wells	Centre	28	14.6 (92)	Western Suburbs	3	1	0	3

The following players were members of the touring squad, but did not play in World Cup matches.

Player	Position	Age	Weight st.lb (kg)	Club
Bob Bugden	Halfback	24	11.8 (73)	St George
Billy Rayner	Hooker	25	13.7 (86)	Parramatta

Post-Cup Tour Matches

After the Cup concluded, five Australians — Boden, Muir, Hambly, Beattie and Rayner — played for The Rest in a match against Great Britain at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on October 10, 1960.
Australia then played two matches, against English club St Helens at St. Helen's on October 12, and against a French 13 at Toulouse, on October 16.
The Rugby League Newspublished the number appearances, tries, goals and points of the Australian players in the January 1961 issue.^[4]

Tour statistics for Australian players:

Player	Position	Age	Weight st.lb (kg)	Club	Cup Games	Tour Games	Tries	Goals	Points
Keith Barnes	Fullback	25	11.10 (74)	Balmain	2	3	0	3	6
Dud Beattie	Prop	26	14.8 (93)	Ipswich Railways	3	6	0	0	0
Ron Boden	Centre	23	12.6 (79)	Toowoomba Valleys	1	4	1	0	3
Andrew Brown	Five-eighth	24	12.0 (76)	Newtown	3	5	1	0	3
Brian Carlson	Utility Back	27	13.9 (87)	North Sydney	3	4	4	10	32
Reg Gasnier	Centre	21	12.10 (81)	St George	3	4	2	0	6
Brian Hambly	Prop	22	14.6 (92)	Wagga Magpies	3	5	0	0	0
Ken Irvine	Wing	20	12.4 (78)	North Sydney	2	4	2	0	6
Noel Kelly	Prop	24	14.0 (89)	Ayr	3	5	3	0	9
Lionel Morgan	Wing	22	11.7 (73)	Wynnum-Manly	1	3	3	0	9
Rex Mossop	Prop, Second-row	32	14.10 (93)	Manly-Warringah	3	5	1	0	3
Barry Muir	Halfback	23	10.11 (68)	Brisbane Western Suburbs	3	4	0	0	0
Gary Parcell	Prop	27	14.6 (92)	Ipswich Brothers	2	4	0	0	0
Johnny Raper	Lock	21	13.8 (86)	St George	2	2	1	0	3
Elton Rasmussen	Second-row	24	15.4 (97)	Toowoomba All Whites	2	3	0	0	0
Harry Wells	Centre	28	14.6 (92)	Western Suburbs	3	5	1	0	3
Bob Bugden	Halfback	24	11.8 (73)	St George	0	2	1	0	3
Billy Rayner	Hooker	25	13.7 (86)	Parramatta	0	2	0	0	0

France

Coaches: Rene Duffort and Jean Duhau. The team was co-managed by Antoine Blain and the assistant manager was Guy Vassal.^[5]

Player^[6]	Position	Age	Weight st.lb (kg)	Club	Games	Tries	Goals	Points
Jean Barthe (C)	Second-row	28	14.7 (66)	Roanne	3	0	0	0
Angélo Boldini	Prop	31	15.7 (98)	Villeneuve XIII RLLG	2	0	0	0
André Casas	Hooker	26	13.1 (83)	Sporting Olympique Avignon	2	0	0	0
Jacques Dubon	Wing	22	11.0 (70)	Villeneuve XIII RLLG	3	1	0	3
Robert Eramouspé	Second-row	24	13.0 (83)	Roanne	3	0	0	0
Georges Fages	Utility Back	26	13.0 (83)	Racing Club Albi XIII	2	0	0	0
Raymond Gruppi	Wing	23	12.5 (78)	Villeneuve XIII RLLG	3	2	0	6
Joseph Guiraud	Halfback	31	11.10 (70)	Limoux XIII	1	0	0	0
André Lacaze	Lock	21	13.3 (67)	Villeneuve XIII RLLG	3	0	5	10
Claude Mantoulan	Five-eighth	24	5.7 (72)	Roanne	3	0	0	3
Jacques Merquey	Second-row	30	12.0 (76)	Sporting Olympique Avignon	3	0	0	0
Yves Mézard	Second-row	28	15.5 (91)	SU Cavaillon XIII	1	0	0	0
Louis Poletti	Fullback	30	10.7 (68)	AS Carcassonne	3	0	0	0
Aldo Quaglio	Prop	28	15.5 (98)	Roanne	3	0	0	0
Roger Rey	Centre	28	14.6 (92)	Lyon Villeurbanne	3	0	0	0
André Vadon	Hooker	26	5.8 (81)	Racing Club Albi XIII	1	0	0	0

The following players were members of the touring squad, but did not play in World Cup matches.

Player	Position	Age	Weight st.lb (kg)	Club
Marcel Bescos	Prop	23	15.5 (98)	Racing Club Albi XIII
Gilbert Benausse	Centre	28	12.0 (76)	FC Lézignan
René Benausse	Wing	31	12.9 (80)	FC Lézignan
Jean Darricau	Centre	29	5.9 (76)	Lyon Villeurbanne
Yvon Gourbal	Lock	21	14.5 (91)	XIII Catalan
Bernard Fabre	Halfback	25	11.7 (73)	Racing Club Albi XIII
Jean Foussat	Centre	28	12.5 (78)	Villeneuve XIII RLLG
Antoine Jimenez	Centre	31	11.13 (76)	Villeneuve XIII RLLG
Pierre Lacaze	Fullback	26	10.5 (68)	Toulouse Olympique
Roger Majoral	Second-row	26	14.5 (91)	XIII Catalan
André Marty	Lock	29	12.6 (76)	AS Carcassonne
Robert Moulinas	Five-eighth	23	11.8 (69)	Sporting Olympique Avignon
Francis Rossi	Prop	23	13.1 ()	Marseille XIII
Jean Vergès	Wing	26	11.12 ()	Montpellier XIII

Great Britain

Coach: Bill Fallowfield

Eric Ashton (captain), goal-kicking three quarter back for Wigan
Billy Boston, right winger for Wigan
Jim Challinor, three quarter back for Warrington
Alan Davies, three quarter back for Oldham
Eric Fraser, full back for Warrington
Bobby Greenhough, utility back for Warrington
Tommy Harris, hooker for Hull
Vince Karalius, forward for St. Helens
Brian McTigue, forward for Wigan
Alex Murphy, scrum half for St. Helens
Frank Myler, stand off for Widnes
Austin Rhodes, utility back for St. Helens
Brian Shaw, forward for Hunslet
Joby Shaw, hooker for Halifax
Mick Sullivan, left winger for Wigan
Derek Turner, forward for Wakefield Trinity
Johnny Whiteley, forward for Hull
Jack Wilkinson, forward for Wakefield Trinity

New Zealand

Coach: Travers Hardwick/Manager: Tom Skinner^[7]

Notes

^ New South Wales Rugby Football League. (1920). "Points About The World Cup". The Rugby League News. 41 (26 (1 October 1960)). Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League. nla.obj-757031816. Retrieved 23 Jan 2021 – via Trove.
^ New South Wales Rugby Football League. (1920). "For World Cup". The Rugby League News. 41 (19 (23 July 1960)). Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League. nla.obj-626852325. Retrieved 24 Jan 2021 – via Trove.
^ New South Wales Rugby Football League. (1920). "Editorial – Australia Defends World Cup". The Rugby League News. 41 (26 (1 October 1960)). Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League. nla.obj-755945044. Retrieved 24 Jan 2021 – via Trove.
^ New South Wales Rugby Football League. (1920). "World Cup Team's Record". The Rugby League News. 41 (29 (1 January 1961)). Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League. nla.obj-757029646. Retrieved 23 Jan 2021 – via Trove.
^ "Vol. 41 No. 12 (June 11, 1960)". Trove. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
^ "Vol. 41 No. 12 (June 11, 1960)". Trove. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
^ Franks, Peter. "Skinner, Thomas Edward – Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 14 September 2011.

External links

World Cup 1960 at Rugby League Project

[1] New South Wales Rugby Football League. (1920). "Points About The World Cup". The Rugby League News. 41 (26 (1 October 1960)). Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League. nla.obj-757031816. Retrieved 23 Jan 2021 – via Trove.

[2] New South Wales Rugby Football League. (1920). "For World Cup". The Rugby League News. 41 (19 (23 July 1960)). Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League. nla.obj-626852325. Retrieved 24 Jan 2021 – via Trove.

[3] New South Wales Rugby Football League. (1920). "Editorial – Australia Defends World Cup". The Rugby League News. 41 (26 (1 October 1960)). Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League. nla.obj-755945044. Retrieved 24 Jan 2021 – via Trove.

[4] New South Wales Rugby Football League. (1920). "World Cup Team's Record". The Rugby League News. 41 (29 (1 January 1961)). Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League. nla.obj-757029646. Retrieved 23 Jan 2021 – via Trove.

[5] "Vol. 41 No. 12 (June 11, 1960)". Trove. Retrieved 2022-11-03.

[6] "Vol. 41 No. 12 (June 11, 1960)". Trove. Retrieved 2022-04-26.

[DNZB-7] Franks, Peter. "Skinner, Thomas Edward – Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 14 September 2011.

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