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FA Cup (Final)- Saturday 29 April 1939 at Empire Stadium, Wembley (Att 99,370)
Wolves (0) 1 (Dorsett 54): Scott, Morris, Taylor, Galley, Cullis, Gardiner, Burton, McIntosh, Westcott, Dorsett, Maguire.
Portsmouth (2) 4 (Barlow 31, Anderson 44, Parker 46 71): Walker, Morgan, Rochford, Guthrie, Rowe, Wharton, Worrall, McAlinden, Anderson, Barlow, Parker.
Referee: Mr T Thompson (Leamington-on-Tyne).
Order of Goals: p,p,p,W,p.
Quick: Pompey’s third goal came just twenty seconds into the second-half.
Squad: Wolves squad included reserves Bill Parker, Jack Rooney and Horance Wright. Jimmy Mullen was also included although he had been injured in preparation for the Final.
Receipts: £29,116.
Royalty: King George and his wife Queen Elizabeth arrived at Wembley thirty minutes before the kick-off.
Parliament: On the Monday after the final Wolves paid a visit to the House of Commons as a guest of Mr Geoffrey Mander MP and Sir Robert Bird MP. They had a tour of the building and met the Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. Captain Stain Cullis was also introduced to Mrs Lloyd George.
