Alan Gwilliam, left, helping out his Warrington teammate Ken Kelly in defence in 1979 WARRINGTON Wolves stars of the 1970s and 1960s have died within days of each other over the past week. Alan Gwilliam, 71, who scored the winning try for The Wire against Australia at Wilderspool in 1978, and Martin Dickens, 85, a hooker whose brother Tommy also played for the club, each made over 100 appearances in primrose and blue. Gwilliam, who hailed from St Helens, where his brother Ken also played professional rugby league, enjoyed two cup wins with Warrington in the 1980-81 season. He partnered Ken Kelly in the halves as The Wire defeated second division Wigan 26-10 in the Lancashire Cup Final at Knowsley Road, St Helens.
Rex Mossop being halted by Saints Alan Prescott LAST week s article on Leigh s Rex Mossop claiming a cheeky Christmas Day try against Saints in the early 1950s prompted a few of our readers to think back to previous keen exchanges between the sides. This submitted picture captures a packed house at what was still then known as Kirkhall Lane, Leigh - six years before being renamed Hilton Park. Australian forward Mossop goes close with Saints players George Parsons, Ray Cale, Alan Prescott and Jimmy Honey in attendance. The match is the Challenge Cup quarter final clash of 14 March 1953, with a staggering gate of 31,326 shoe-horned on to the terraces.