Stoke (H) 1904/05

Saturday 1 April 1905 at Molineux (Att 4,000)

Wolves (1) 1 (Betteley (pen)*): Baddeley, Jones, Betteley, Whitehouse, Williams, E Smith, Layton, D Walker, Wooldridge, Preston, Hopkins.
Stoke (1) 3 (Rouse 1, Holdcroft*, Rouse*): Whitley, Meredith, Burgess, Baddeley, Holford, Sturgess, Bradley, Hesham, Rouse, Hall, Holdcroft, Fielding.

Referee: Mr J Howcroft (Bolton).
Order of Goals: s,W,s,s.
Penalty: Awarded for a foul on David Walker.
Reduced: Wolves spent the best part of the second-half without Billy Wooldridge who was taken ill.
Training: In the build up to the local derby Wolves players visited the brine baths at Droitwich.
Landmark: Dick Betteley’s penalty is his only goal in Wolves colours and Stoke’s Fred Rouse nets the 100th Football League goal between the two clubs.
Position: 16th.