He made his Wolves' debut on 12 March 1949, scoring a hat-trick over Newcastle United, and went on to score ten goals in eleven league games that season. However, he was not selected in the side that competed in the 1949 FA Cup Final against Leicester City at Wembley. Wolves went on to finish second in the league in 1949–50. However they struggled in the lower half of the table in 1950–51 and 1951–52.