Match Report
The table gap was wide: 16 points between Clitheroe (17th, 43 pts) and Wakefield (22nd, 27 pts). Recent form told a different story for Clitheroe: only 22nd in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 17th. Per game in the league, Wakefield were scoring 1.31 and conceding 3.05, Clitheroe 1.31 and 1.93, against a competition average of 1.69 goals per team per game.
Wakefield had been beaten in four straight games. Clitheroe entered with three losses in a row, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
The match was played at Belle Vue (capacity 12,600). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-0 full-time score.


