He broke through in the following campaign and was also a regular player in the next season, which saw him win the 1949 FA Cup. A back injury sidelined him for most of the &lt;a href="1950-51%20in%20English%20football"&gt;1949/50 season&lt;/a&gt;, but he recovered to feature strongly during the next two years. He eventually left Molineux to join Derby County in 1953 for £15,000.