The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire).
This season the total number of entrants remained at the 16 level.
With this, full sixteen members there was no need for “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.
[1][2] Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs [7][5][3] Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point 1 * Fulham did not have a home ground for this season and were very nomadic.
This match played at Station Road 2 * Wigan won the coin toss for the home advantage after neither they nor St. Helens wanted to play at the chosen venue, Wilderspool, due to the low capacity 3 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959