1957 Rugby League World Cup squads explained

See main article: 1957 Rugby League World Cup. This page list all the four squads which took part to the 1957 Rugby League World Cup.

Team photos

The Rugby League News published team photos of each country: Australia, France, Great Britain and New Zealand

Australia

Dick Poole was appointed Captain/Coach of the Australian team. Norman 'Latchem' Robinson was team manager.[1]
The squad was selected from four interstate matches played on 22, 25 May, June 4th and 8th, all of which were comfortably won by New South Wales (margins of 38, 17, 64 and 33). A second trial match was played on 8 June, between Metropolitan and Northern teams, from which Barnes, McCaffery and Schofield were selected in Australia's World Cup squad.
Carlson, Davies, Watson and the unused Tyquin were selected from Queensland clubs. Hawick and Schofield were selected from clubs in New South Wales Country areas. The balance of the squad were playing for Sydney-based clubs during the 1957 season.
Brian Carlson's contract as captain-coach of Blackall was terminated by that club due to his decision to participate in the World Cup tournament.[2]

PlayerAgeWeight
st.lb (kg)
ClubGamesTriesGoalsFGPoints
align=left 22 11.7 (73) align=left 1 0 5 0 align=right 10
align=left Utility Back 24 13.2 (83) align=left Blackall 3 2 11 0 align=right 28
align=left , 23 13.6 (85) align=left 3 1 0 0 align=right 3
align=left 27 15.0 (95) align=left 3 0 1 0 align=right 2
align=left 25 13.6 (85) align=left Wagga Kangaroos 1 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 31 11.9 (74) align=left 1 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 33 14.0 (89) align=left 3 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 28 15.3 (97) align=left 3 1 0 0 align=right 3
align=left 28 13.0 (83) align=left 2 2 0 0 align=right 6
align=left 24 11.7 (73) align=left 3 3 0 0 align=right 9
align=left 23 15.0 (95) align=left 3 3 0 0 align=right 9
align=left 26 13.2 (83) align=left 3 1 0 0 align=right 3
align=left 24 15.6 (98) align=left 3 1 0 0 align=right 3
align=left 26 13.10 (87) align=left Muswellbrook2 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 25 13.10 (87) align=left 2 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 25 14.0 (89) align=left 3 2 0 0 align=right 6
Squad members who did not play in the tournament.
PlayerAgeWeight
st.lb (kg)
Club
align=left 20 12.0 (76) align=left
align=left 24 14.6 (92) align=left

France

The French team was coached by Jean Duhau and René Duffort and managed by Antoine Blain.[3]

The Rugby League News included team lists for the matches against Great Britain and Australia.

At the conclusion of the tournament France played a match against Southern New South Wales in Wagga.[4] They subsequently played a three match series against Great Britain in South Africa.[5]

The French squad was:[6]

PlayerAgeClubGamesTriesGoalsFGPoints
align=left 27 align=left 3 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 25 align=left 3 1 8 0 align=right 19
align=left , 33 align=left 4 0 0 0 0 align=right 6
align=left 25 align=left 1 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 30 align=left 3 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left , 25 align=left 2 2 0 0 align=right 6
align=left 25 align=left 3 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 26 align=left 3 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 28 align=left 2 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 26 align=left 2 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left , 28 align=left 2 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 27 align=left 2 1 0 0 align=right 3
align=left 21 align=left 2 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 33 align=left 3 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 24 align=left 1 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 25 align=left 1 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 28 align=left 1 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left , 28 align=left 3 0 0 0 align=right 0

Great Britain

The team was managed by Bill Fallowfield and Hector Elsworth Rawson, but no coach was appointed.[7] The team was captained by Alan Prescott, with Phil Jackson as vice-captain.[8]

The Rugby League News published details of the touring team including each player's occupation, age, height and weight.[9] The same Sydney-based match-day program publication included team lists for the matches against France and New Zealand.
English representative Phil Jackson was born in Canada. Boston, Harris, Jones, Moses and Price were representatives from Wales, and Tom McKinney from Northern Ireland.
Prior to the commencement of the tournament, Great Britain played a match against Western Australia in Perth.[10]

PlayerAgeWeight
st.lb (kg)
ClubGamesTriesGoalsFGPoints
align=left , 22 13.6 (85 kg) align=left 2 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 22 14.8 (93 kg) align=left 2 1 0 0 align=right 3
align=left 24 13.6 (85 kg) align=left 2 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 30 14.9 (93 kg) align=left 3 1 0 0 align=right 3
align=left 23 14.10 (93 kg) align=left 2 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 30 13.0 (83 kg) align=left 2 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left Phil Jackson (vc) 24 14.3 (90 kg) align=left 2 2 0 0 align=right 6
align=left 26 12.0 (76 kg) align=left 3 1 10 0 align=right 23
align=left 25 14.8 (93 kg) align=left 3 1 0 0 align=right 3
align=left 30 14.7 (92 kg) align=left 1 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 29 13.0 (83 kg) align=left 3 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left Alan Prescott (c) 30 16.0 (102 kg) align=left 3 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left , 20 11.6 (73 kg) align=left 1 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 25 9.10 (62 kg) align=left 3 1 0 0 align=right 3
align=left 23 11.9 (74 kg) align=left 3 3 0 0 align=right 9
align=left 24 13.6 (85 kg) align=left 3 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 26 14.8 (93 kg) align=left 1 0 0 0 align=right 0
The following player was selected in the squad but did not play in the tournament.

New Zealand

The team was coached by Bill Telford (Auckland), with Keith Blow (Canterbury) as manager.[11]

The Rugby League News published details of the touring team including each player's occupation, age, height and weight.[12] The same publication included team lists for the match against Great Britain.

PlayerAgeWeight
st.lb (kg)
RegionGamesTriesGoalsFGPoints
align=left 22 13. 13 (88) align=left 1 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 27 11. 7 (73) align=left 2 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 22 13. 2 (83) align=left 3 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 25 14. 5 (91) align=left 3 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 29 12. 0 (76) align=left 3 0 1 0 align=right 2
align=left 19 12. 7 (79) align=left 1 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 22 12. 7 (79) align=left 3 2 0 0 align=right 6
align=left Cliff Johnson (c) 28 15. 8 (99) align=left 3 1 0 0 align=right 3
align=left 25 16. 2 (103) align=left 3 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 29 15. 10 (100) align=left 2 1 0 0 align=right 3
align=left George Menzies (vc) 26 11. 4 (72) align=left 3 1 0 0 align=right 3
align=left 21 13. 8 (86) align=left 1 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 23 13. 7 (86) align=left 1 0 0 0 align=right 0
align=left 27 13. 8 (86) align=left 2 1 0 0 align=right 3
align=left 25 13. 6 (85) align=left 3 1 9 0 align=right 21
align=left 25 11. 11 (75) align=left 2 1 0 0 align=right 3
align=left 26 15. 10 (100) align=left 3 0 0 0 align=right 0
The following selected players did not play in the tournament.
PlayerAgeWeight
st.lb (kg)
Province
align=left Utility Back 22 13. 2 (83) align=left
align=left align=left Auckland

External links

Notes and References

  1. New South Wales Rugby Football League. . The Rugby League News . Sydney . N.S.W. Rugby Football League . Trove . 1920. Managers Of To-Day'S Big Teams. 38. 13 (17 June 1957). nla.obj-761502053. 21 Jan 2020.
  2. New South Wales Rugby Football League. . The Rugby League News . Sydney . N.S.W. Rugby Football League . Trove . 1920. Stars Look Ahead. 28. 15 (23 June 1957). nla.obj-761572854. 19 Jan 2021.
  3. New South Wales Rugby Football League. . The Rugby League News . Sydney . N.S.W. Rugby Football League . Trove . 1920. World Cup Next Week. 38. 11 (8 June 1957). nla.obj-760978305. 21 Jan 2020.
  4. News: French Win At Wagga. . Canberra . 4 Jul 1957 . 19 Jan 2021 . 21 . National Library of Australia.
  5. News: Rugby League Win For U.K.. . Canberra . 29 Jul 1957 . 19 Jan 2021 . 11 . National Library of Australia.
  6. Web site: World Cup 1957 - Squads - Rugby League Project.
  7. New South Wales Rugby Football League. . The Rugby League News . Sydney . N.S.W. Rugby Football League . Trove . 1920. Says Coach Would Have Aided Great Britain. 38. 31 (1 October 1957). nla.obj-629240991. 21 Jan 2020.
  8. New South Wales Rugby Football League. . The Rugby League News . Sydney . N.S.W. Rugby Football League . Trove . 1920. Five Welshmen In British Team. 38. 16 (25 June 1957). nla.obj-760894548. 19 Jan 2021.
  9. New South Wales Rugby Football League. . The Rugby League News . Sydney . N.S.W. Rugby Football League . Trove . 1920. British Lions To Defend Cup. 38. 13 (17 June 1957). nla.obj-759044353. 19 Jan 2021.
  10. News: British Rugby Team Beats W.A. 66 to 5. . Canberra . 10 Jun 1957 . 19 Jan 2021 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
  11. New South Wales Rugby Football League. . The Rugby League News . Sydney . N.S.W. Rugby Football League . Trove . 1920. New Zealand Team Leaders, 1957. 38. 16 (25 June 1957). nla.obj-760894692. 21 Jan 2020.
  12. New South Wales Rugby Football League. . The Rugby League News . Sydney . N.S.W. Rugby Football League . Trove . 1920. New Zealand's World Cup Team 1957. 38. 16 (25 June 1957). nla.obj-760894637. 19 Jan 2021.