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Portsmouth

(Parker 2, Barlow, Anderson)

Walker, Morgan, Rochford, Guthrie, Rowe, Wharton, Worrall, McAlinden, Barlow, Parker

Wolverhampton Wanderers

(Dorsett)

Scott, Morris, Taylor, Galley, Cullis, Gardiner, Burton, McIntosh, Westcott, Dorsett, Maguire

Referee: T Thompson

Wolves came to Wembley the hottest favourites for the Cup since Huddersfield faced Blackburn in 1928. Built round their great centre‑half Stan Cullis, they were a brilliant and youthful side. Wolves were lying second in the League, whereas Portsmouth were struggling in the relegation danger zone.

Perhaps the label of favourites was too much of a burden for the young Wolves team, for they flopped badly in the Final. Barlow, who had actually begun the season as a Wolves player, scored Portsmouth's first goal and was their ace in the pack after that. Anderson added a second before half‑time after McAlinden's chip from the right had left the advancing Scott in no‑man's land.

Immediately after the interval Scott fumbled a shot on the goal‑line and had to stretch out an arm and place a hand on the ball to keep it in play. Parker, dashing in from the left wing, audaciously kicked the ball from under Scott's hand and into the net.

Portsmouth were now home and dry with a three‑goal lead. Dorsett got one back for Wolves, but Worrall, with a lucky sixpence in his boot, capped a great exhibition of wing‑play by centring perfectly for Parker to run in and head home Portsmouth's fourth. 

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Semi‑Final

PORTSMOUTH v Huddersfield T 2‑1, WOLVES v Grimsby T 5‑0

Sixth Round

PORTSMOUTH v PNE 1 ‑0; Huddersfield T v Blackburn R 1‑1, 2‑1; WOLVES v Everton 2‑0, Chelsea v Grimsby T 0‑1

Fifth Round

PORTSMOUTH v W. Ham 2‑0 ' Newcastle Utd v PNE 1‑2; Huddersfield T v Walsall 3‑0; Sunderland v Blackburn R 1 ‑1, 0‑0, 0‑1; WOLVES v Liverpool 4‑1; Birmingham v Everton 2‑2, 1‑2; Chelsea v Sheff Wed 1‑1, 0‑0, 3‑1, Sheff Utd v Grimsby T 0‑0, 0‑1

Fourth Round

PORTSMOUTH v WBA 2‑0; W. Ham v Spurs 3‑3,1‑1, 2‑1; PNE v Aston Villa 2‑0; Cardiff C v Newcastle Utd 0‑0, 1‑4; Leeds Utd v Huddersfield T 2‑4; Notts Co v Walsall 0‑0, 0‑4; Middlesbro v Sunderland 0‑2, Blackburn R v Southend Utd 4‑2; WOLVES v Leicester C 5‑1; Liverpool v Stockport Co 5‑1; Everton v Doncaster R 8‑0; Birmingham v Chelmsford C 6‑0; Chelsea v Fulharn 3‑0; Sheff Wed v Chester 1‑1, 1‑1, 2‑0; Sheff Utd v Man C 2‑0, Millwall v Grimsby T 2‑2, 2‑3

Third Round 

PORTSMOUTH v Lincoln C 4‑0; WBA v Man Utd 0‑0, 5‑0; QPR v W. Ham 1‑2, Spurs v Watford 7‑ 1; Runcorn v PNE 2‑4; Aston Villa v Ipswich T 1‑1, 2‑1; Cardiff C v Charlton Ath 1 ‑0; Brentford v Newcastle Utd 0‑2; Leeds Utd v Bournemouth & Bos Ath 3‑1; Huddersfield T v Nott'm Forest 0‑0, 3‑0, Notts Co v Burnley 3‑1; Newport Co v Walsall 0‑2; Middlesbro v Bolton Wand 0‑0, 0‑0, 1 ‑0; Sunderland v Plymouth Arg 3‑0; Blackburn R v Swansea T 2‑0; Chesterfield v Southend Utd 1‑1, 3‑4; WOLVES v Bradford PA 3‑1; Stoke C v Leicester C 1‑1, 1‑2; Liverpool v Luton T 3‑0; Barnsley v Stockport Co 1‑2; Derby Co v Everton 0‑1; Southport v Doneaster R 1‑1, 1‑2; Birmingham v Halifax T 2‑0, Chelmsford C v Southampton 4‑1; Chelsea v Arsenal 2‑1; Fulharn v Bury 6‑0, SheffWed v Yeovil & Petters Utd 1‑1, 2‑1; Chester v Coventry C 1 ‑0; Blackpool v Sheff Utd 1 ‑2; Norwich C v Man C 0‑5; York C v Millwall 0‑5, Grimsby T v Tranmere R 6‑0