St Helens 

1. Kel Coslett, 2. Peter Harvey, 3. Cen Williams, 4. Bryan Todd, 5. Len Killeen, 6. Wilf Smith, 7. Alex Murphy, 8. John Tembey, 9. Bob Dagnall, 10. John Warlow, 11. Ray French, 12. Mervyn Hicks, 13. Doug Laughton.

Tries: Len Killeen 2, Mervyn Hicks, Alex Murphy
Goals: Kel Coslett 4, Alex Murphy 1

Summary: 

A second loss in a month to the enemy put the fatal hammer blow into Wigan's title challenge. They had taken the lead with a try from Trevor Lake for 3-0 but Saints soon hit back with a two penalty goals from Kel Coslett and a Drop Goal from Alex Murphy putting them 6-3 ahead. Laurie Gilfedder then reduced that to 6-5 with a penalty for Wigan just before the break. The game breaker would come in the 50th minute with a bit of magic from Murphy seeing Len Killeen claim a try for Saints. That was quickly followed with a try from Murphy himself and a conversion from Coslett to this try made it 14-5 to Saints. That spell would lay the platform for Saints to inflict a damaging defeat on Wigan. Rivals Swinton now had six matches in hand and just needed to win four of them to over-haul Wigan for the title.

Half Time: 

Wigan 5 St Helens 6

Attendance: 

20,358

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