| WiganlBacks:l |
1. John Winton, 2. Billy Boston, 3. Chris Hesketh, 4. Alan Davies, 5. Trevor Lake, 6. Dave Bolton, 7. Brian Shillinglaw |
| WiganlForwards:l |
8. John Barton, 9. Bill Sayer, 10. Brian McTigue, 11. John Stephens, 12. Laurie Gilfedder, 13. Roy Evans |
| WiganlTries:l | Trevor Lake 2, Billy Boston |
| WiganlGoals:l |
Laurie Gilfedder 2 |
| StlHelenslBacks:l |
1. Kel Coslett, 2. Peter Harvey, 3. Cen Williams, 4. Bryan Todd, 5. Len Killeen, 6. Wilf Smith, 7. Alex Murphy |
| StlHelenslForwards:l |
8. John Tembey, 9. Bob Dagnall, 10. John Warlow, 11. Ray French, 12. Mervyn Hicks, 13. Doug Laughton |
| StlHelenslTries:l | Len Killeen 2, Mervyn Hicks, Alex Murphy |
| StlHelenslGoals:l |
Kel Coslett 4, Alex Murphy 1 |
| Summary:l |
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:l |
Wigan 5 St Helens 6 |
| Attendance:l |
20,358 |
| Note:l | Match was Previously Postponed on Boxing Day Thursday 26th December 1963 (2:30pm) Due to Frozen Pitch |
Table after this Match
| 1st:l |
Wigan:l |
Playedl29llll |
Pointsl44 |
| 2nd:l |
Swinton:l |
Playedl23l |
Pointsl38 |
| 3rd:l |
St Helens:lllll |
Playedl27l |
Pointsl36 |