1945 Football League War Cup final

The 1945 Football League War Cup final was the last final of the Football League War Cup, a cup competition held in England during the Second World War as a replacement for the suspended FA Cup. The match was a play-off between the winners of the North and South competitions, respectively Bolton Wanderers and Chelsea. The match took place on 2 June 1945, and was staged at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's home ground. Bolton won the match 2–1.^[1]

2 June 1945

Chelsea	1–2	Bolton Wanderers
Rooke 34'		Hunt 77' Hamlett 84' (pen.)

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 38,840

Chelsea

Bolton Wanderers

1 Ian Black 2 Ralph Cowan 3 George Hardwick 4 Robert Russell 5 John Harris 6 Dick Foss 7 George Wardle 8 Alex Machin 9 Ronnie Rooke 10 Len Goulden 11 Jimmy Bain Manager: Billy Birrell

1 Bill Fielding 2 Dick Threlfall 3 Harry Hubbick 4 George Taylor 5 Lol Hamlett 6 Daniel Murphy 7 Thomas Woodward 8 George Hunt 9 Nat Lofthouse 10 Malcolm Barrass 11 Willie Moir Manager: Walter Rowley

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