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WORLD TEAM CUP 1961
1960

BRITISH ROUND (Winner to Final)
18.07 : Wimbledon England 35 New Zealand 28 Australia 18 Challengers 15
21.07 : Oxford England 24 New Zealand 27 Australia 22 Challengers 23
05.08 : Swindon England 33 New Zealand 23 Australia 12 Challengers 28
10.08 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road) England 42 New Zealand 28 Australia 20 Challengers 6
Aggregate scores England 134 New Zealand 106 Australia 72 Challengers 72
England Pts-R New Zealand Pts-R
Peter Craven 12-4 12-4 12-4 11-4 47-16 Ronnie Moore 11-4 11-4 9-4 11-4 42-16
Ron How 8-4 4-4 11-4 10-4 33-16 Barry Briggs 11-4 9-4 5-4 5-4 30-16
Ken McKinlay - 3-3 4-3 12-4 19-10 Ron Johnston 5-4 4-4 5-4 6-4 20-16
Nigel Boocock 9-4 - - 9-4 18-8 Bob Duckworth 0-3 3-3 4-4 6-4 13-14
Eric Williams 6-4 5-4 - - 11-8 Trevor Redmond 1-1† 0-1† - - 1-2
Bob Andrews - - 5-4 5-4 Bryce Subritzky - - - -
Ian Williams - - 1-1† - 1-1 Challengers Pts-R
Mike Broadbank - - - - Mike Broadbank - 7-4 9-4 - 16-8
Gordon McGregor - 0-1† - - 0-1 Nigel Boocock - 5-4 6-4 - 11-8
George White 5-4 4-4 - 1-4 10-12
Australia Pts-R Peter Moore - - 8-4 - 8-4
Chum Taylor 4-4 10-4 5-4 5-4 24-16 Eric Williams - - 5-4 3-4 8-8
Jack Young 6-4 2-3 1-3 8-4 17-14 Ronnie Genz 0-1† 7-4 - - 7-5
Ray Cresp - - 3-4 6-4 9-8 Ken McKinlay 7-4 - - - 7-4
Peter Moore 5-4 3-3 - 1-3 9-10 Bob Andrews 2-3 - - 2-3
Jack Geran 2-1† 3-4 - - 5-5 Dick Fisher - - - 1-4 1-4
Jack Biggs - 4-2† - - 4-2 Neil Street 1-4 - - - 1-4
Aub Lawson 1-3 - 3-3† 0-1† 4-7 Arthur Wright - - - 1-4 1-4
Neil Street - - 0-2 - 0-2 Tony Robinson - - - -

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CENTRAL EUROPEAN ROUND (Winner to Final)
31.07 : Plzen, Czechoslovakia 47 West Germany 26 Austria 13 Holland 8
Czechoslovakia Stanislav Svoboda 12 Josef Hofmeister 9 Ferdinand Troner 5 Hans van der Sluis 3
Frantisek Richter 12 Alfred Aberl 8 Josef Bossner 3 Tonny Kroeze 3
Lubos Tomicek 12 Josef Seidl 7 Kurt Schwingenschlogl 3 Thei Bisschopps 2
Antonin Kasper 11 Hans Jager 2 Erich Luther 1
Leopold Dolanski 1

SCANDINAVIAN ROUND (Winner to Final)
09.06 : Odense, Denmark Sweden 43 Denmark 25 Norway 21 Finland 7
Ove Fundin 12 Arne Pander 10 Aage Hansen 11 Kalevi Lahtinen 3
Rune Sormander 11 Hans P Boiisen 7 Rolf Mellerud 3 Antti Pajari 2
Olle Nygren 10 Kurt W Pedersen 6 Nils K Paulsen 3 Timo Laine 1
Alf Jonsson 10 Svend Nissen 2 Rolf Westerberg 3 Valle Seliverstov 1
Poul Wissing 0 Sverre Harrfeldt 1 Aulis Lethonen 0

EAST EUROPEAN ROUND (Winner to Final)
Venue unknown Poland v East Germany v Hungary v Yugoslavia
Awarded to Poland by the F.I.M when their opponents failed to contest the round.

FINAL
02.09 : Gothenburg Sweden 44 England 30 Czechoslovakia 15 Poland 7
(Ullevi), Sweden Ove Fundin 12-4 Peter Craven 8-4 Antonin Kasper 5-4 Konstanty Pociejkowicz 3-4
(Att: 11,500) Olle Nygren 12-4 Ken McKinlay 8-4 Lubos Tomicek 4-4 Marian Kaiser 2-4
Rune Sormander 11-4 Ron How 7-3 Jaroslav Mahac 3-4 Mieczyslaw Polukard 2-4
Bjorn Knutsson 9-4 George White† 6-3 Frantisek Richter 3-4 Jan Malinowski 0-4
Gote Nordin† - Nigel Boocock 1-2 Bronislaw Rogal† -
1: Sormander, Craven, Pociejkowicz, Tomicek
2: Fundin, How, Mahac, Kaiser 75.5(record)
3: Nygren, McKinlay, Richter, Polukard
4: Knutsson, Kasper, Boocock, Malinowski R
5: Fundin, Craven, Polukard, Kasper
6: How, Sormander, Richter, Malinowski
7: McKinlay, Pociejkowicz, Mahac,Knutsson R
8: Nygren, Tomicek, Kaiser, Boocock
9: Nygren, Craven, Mahac, Malinowski F
10: Knutsson, How, Tomicek, Polukard
11: Sormander, Kasper, McKinlay, Kaiser
12: Fundin, White, Richter, Pociejkowicz X
13: Nygren, White, Kasper, Pociejkowicz, How F,ns
14: Knutsson, Craven, Kaiser, Richter R
15: Fundin, McKinlay, Tomicek, Malinowski
16: Sormander, White, Polukard, Mahac
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Contributors : Vladimir Kovar, Roger Stevens, Andy Marlow, Stanislaw Szczucinski
† = reserve Pts = Points Rides = Rides
1961

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