| 1961 Laidlaw "World" Cup Results |
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written by John Punshon
Sources The Age, Il Globo, Neos Kosmos, Neue Welt, The Sun
| Home Team | v | Away Team | ||||||||
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| Round One | ||||||||||
| Sunday, May 14, 1961. Olympic Park, Melbourne. | ||||||||||
| Ukraine | 0 | - | 4 | Holland Goals: De Bruyckere, Stoffels, Van Der Linde, Van Rooyen | ||||||
| Sunday, May 14, 1961. Olympic Park, Melbourne. | ||||||||||
| Hungary | 0 | - | 1 | Poland Goal: Maruszkiewicz | ||||||
| Sunday, May 21, 1961. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 4,500 (dh). | ||||||||||
| Germany Goals: Schumacher, Landherr After Extra Time |
2 | - | 1 | Australia Goal: Smith After Extra Time | ||||||
| Sunday, May 21, 1961. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 4,500 (dh). | ||||||||||
| Scotland Goals: Beattie x 2, Copeland |
3 | - | 0 | Austria | ||||||
| Sunday, May 28, 1961. Olympic Park, Melbourne. | ||||||||||
| Israel | 0 | - | 7 | Croatia Goals: Basic x 2, Zemunik x 2, Brkic, Kammerer, Tognon | ||||||
| Sunday, May 28, 1961. Olympic Park, Melbourne. | ||||||||||
| Italy Viti, Picinich, Zavattiero, Cubero, Frangioni, Guardiani, Vesnaver, Dona, Frank Barbazza, Acunzo, Bressan. | 0 | - | 1 | England Line-up included: Eric Haynes Goal: Haynes | ||||||
| Sunday, June 18, 1961. Olympic Park, Melbourne. | ||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 0 | - | 1 | Ireland Goal: Loughran | ||||||
| Sunday, August 6, 1961. Olympic Park, Melbourne. | ||||||||||
| Malta After Extra Time Note: Greece's 1-0 win on June 18 was disallowed when Malta successfully protested that the winning goal was scored after too much extra time was played |
0 | - | 0 | Greece After Extra Time Note: Greece's 1-0 win on June 18 was disallowed when Malta successfully protested that the winning goal was scored after too much extra time was played | ||||||
| Round One Replay | ||||||||||
| Sunday, August 13, 1961. Olympic Park, Melbourne. | ||||||||||
| Malta Goal: J Falzon |
1 | - | 0 | Greece | ||||||
| Quarter-Finals | ||||||||||
| Sunday, July 2, 1961. Olympic Park, Melbourne. | ||||||||||
| Poland Goals: Dudon, R Gronowski, Dronia |
3 | - | 0 | Ireland | ||||||
| Sunday, July 2, 1961. Olympic Park, Melbourne. | ||||||||||
| Holland Goals: Stobbe, Stoffels |
2 | - | 0 | England | ||||||
| Sunday, August 13, 1961. Olympic Park, Melbourne. | ||||||||||
| Croatia Goal: Djukic |
1 | - | 4 | Germany Goals: Schumacher x 2, Ladehoff x 2 | ||||||
| Sunday, August 20, 1961. Olympic Park, Melbourne. | ||||||||||
| Malta | 1 | - | 4 | Scotland Goals: Garrett x 2, T Vella og, Other Scorers Not Known | ||||||
| Semi-Finals | ||||||||||
| Saturday, September 2, 1961. Olympic Park, Melbourne. | ||||||||||
| Germany Goal: Zielinski |
1 | - | 5 | Poland Goals: Jurecki x 2,Gross x 2, Szygalski | ||||||
| Saturday, September 9, 1961. Olympic Park, Melbourne. | ||||||||||
| Holland Goals: Beerendonk, De Bruyckere |
2 | - | 0 | Scotland | ||||||
| 1961 Laidlaw "World" Cup Final | ||||||||||
| Saturday, September 16, 1961. Olympic Park, Melbourne. | Poland |
Goal: R Gronowski After Extra Time 1 |
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0 |
Holland | After Extra Time | ||||