Merv Hicks represented the Commonwealth XIII rugby league team while at St. Helens in 1965 against New Zealand at Crystal Palace National Recreation Centre, London on Wednesday 18 August 1965,[REF] .
Merv Hicks played Left-, i.e. number 11, in St. Helens's 0-4 defeat by Castleford in the 1965 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the 1965-66 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Tuesday 14 December 1965.