Charlton played most of the match with 10 men after their captain Derek Ufton was injured, and Huddersfield were leading 5–1 with just 27 minutes remaining.
Bill Shankly became manager of Huddersfield after Andy Beattie resigned in November 1956, so 1957–58 was his first full season in charge of the team.
After that, Huddersfield were having a moderately successful season in 1957–58, with 6 wins (3 away), 9 draws, and 6 losses (2 at home), but Charlton were doing better, and were in the race for promotion back to the First Division.
The match opened quietly, with a smaller crowd than usual due to the cold and wet weather, but with Huddersfield apparently the livelier team.
Just 17 minutes into the match, Charlton's captain and centre half, Derek Ufton was taken to hospital after he landed awkwardly from a challenge and dislocated his shoulder.
Trotter's plan seemed to be working when the left-footed Summers scored with his unfavoured right foot from close range within 2 minutes of the start of the second half, but the relief was short-lived.
But in the space of just 4 minutes, Bain scored a second goal and Bill McGarry put away a penalty, to leave Charlton 4–1 behind.
What remained of the home crowd had come alight, cheering their team on, and Summers scored his fourth goal and then his fifth, all right-footed, to give Charlton the lead for the first time in the match, 6–5, with just 9 minutes to play.
With 4 minutes left, Stan Howard found an equaliser for Huddersfield with a shot that deflected off Charlton defender John Hewie and past Willie Duff into his own goal, 6–6.
The result of this match allowed Charlton to climb to fourth place in the Second Division, and Huddersfield slipped down to thirteenth.
Summers also scored five goals in a Second Division game against Portsmouth in October 1960, but died of cancer in June 1962, aged just 34. Notable members of the losing side were Ray Wilson, who went on to win domestic silverware with Everton and the World Cup with England, and Bill McGarry, who went on to manage Wolverhampton Wanderers to success including a Football League Cup triumph.