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Saturday 4 October 1947 at Goodison Park (Att 48,106)
Everton (1) 1 (Boyes 25): Sagar, Saunders, Dugdale, Lindley, Jones, Watson, Gardner, Wainwright, Catterick, Fielding, Boyes.
Wolves (1) 1 (Hancocks 12): Williams, McLean, Pritchard, Galley, Brice, Wright, Hancocks, Pye, Forbes, Dunn, Mullen.
Referee: Mr W Nixon (Manchester).
Order of Goals: W,e.
International: Wolves were missing Sammy Smyth as he was making his debut for Northern Ireland. He went on to score both goals as the Irish beat Scotland 2-0 at Windsor Park. Everton’s Peter Farrell was also playing for Ireland.
Landmark: Johnny Hancocks nets the 3,000th goal scored by Wolves in the Football League.
Position: 4th.
