Wolves 1 (E. Bennett 73)

Shrewsbury Town 1 (Ryan 70)

A lacklustre reserves derby between Wolves and Shrewsbury Town finished all square with Elliott Bennett quickly cancelling out Jimmy Ryan's 70^th minute opener for the Shropshire side.

Molineux captain Gary Breen, playing for only the second time since picking up a knee injury in early October, took part in the 90 minutes with no ill effects.

Wolves enjoyed most of the possession in the opening stages without troubling Shrews keeper Ryan Esson.

Then Bobby Mimms' men enjoyed three quick fire chances. In the 11^th minute, Jamie Clapham ran from the half-way line skipping past two challenges before hitting a low shot wide from 25-yards.

Then Clapham played a ball through to Liam Hughes to the left of the visitors goal and his cross beat Esson but flashed through to the far side.

Hughes nearly did the trick moments later with a towering header that drifted wide after Bennett had supplied the cross from the right.

Three Clapham corners in quick succession came to nothing before Ashley Hemmings fired into the side netting after he had chased down Leon Miles' underhit back-pass.

Bennett's powerful drive went straight into the arms of Esson and Mark Salmon's through pass to Hemmings, which would have put the youngster through on goal, was intercepted by a defender and cleared.

In the final minute of the half Hughes' shot was parried by Esson and Darren Kempson cleared for a corner before Stephen Gleeson could force the ball home.

From Gleeson's flag-kick, Charlie Mulgrew's header was cleared off the line by Miles.

Half-Time; Wolves 0 Shrewsbury 0

Shrewsbury registered their first shot on goal in the 54^th minute when Dave Hunt's long-range effort flew high and wide.

Graham Stack comfortably dealt with a shot from Steve Leslie and Tom Moss was too high with a header after a Leslie corner as Town enjoyed their best spell of the game.

It was from another Leslie corner, in the 70^th minute, that Shrewsbury took a shock lead. The ball was half cleared to Jimmy Ryan who hit a low shot into the net from 20-yards.

It took Wanderers just three minutes to draw level. Clapham slid a through pass to Bennett who beat Esson to the ball before sidestepping and shooting into an empty net.

Clapham drove into the side netting and Leslie wasn't far away for Town with a fierce shot from outside the area.

Gibson had the chance to win it for the visitors with five minutes remaining when he beat the offside trap but he shot straight at Stack.

Wolves: Stack, Dunleavy, Malone, Gleeson (capt) (D. Davis 83), Breen, Mulgrew, E. Bennett, Salmon, Hughes, Hemmings, Clapham.

Unused subs: Lumley, Winnall, K. Bennett, Williams.

Shrewsbury: Essen, Miles (Gibson 63), Leslie, Moss, Jones (capt), Kempson, Moss, Hunt, Cooke (Gray 37), Ryan, Coulston.

Unused subs: Hooman, Singh, Delaney.

Bookings: Cooke (22 - ungentlemanly conduct), Hunt (62 - kicking ball after whistle had gone), Jones (88 - unsporting behaviour).

Referee: A. E. Rayner.

Attendance: 228.

Pictured: Jamie Clapham gets to grips with Shrewsbury's Jan Coulston.