Monday 13 May 1940 at Molineux (Att 3,606)
Wolves (3) 5 (Taylor 12 44 60 63, Mullen 18): Scott, Dowen⁰, Springthorpe, Thornhill, Cullis, Pedley, Wright, Burden, Taylor, Gardiner, Mullen.
West Bromwich Albion (2) 4 (Newsome 25 78p, Springthorpe 35og Jones 69): Saunders, Bassett, C Shaw, Sankey, Gripton, Witcomb, Newsome, Heaselgrave, H Jones, Connelly, Johnson.
Referee: Mr T Smith (Atherstone).
Order of Goals: W,W,w,w,W,W,W,w,w.
Penalty:
Landmark: Pedley makes his Wolves debut Frank Taylor nets his first Wolves goals. Albion’s H Jones sixty-ninth minute strike is his fiftieth goal of the season.
Note: West Bromwich League player 17 year old Pedley is the son of Jack Pedley who played for Wolves between 1905 and 1910.
On this Day: Blackpool’s Dodd became the first player in senior football to net seven in one game. He did so in the Seasiders 11-3 win over Oldham Athletic.
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