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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.

Match details

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

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

Notes

1. Foster, Richard (24 April 2020). "How English football responded to the second world war". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

References

• Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
• Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.

• 1944–45 in English football
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