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Gary Hooper played the opening 45 minutes for Wedesday’s under-23s at home to Crystal Palace on Friday.
The striker made his long-awaited return to action for the youngsters and they were level at 1-1 at the interval, before eventually running out 5-1 winners with goals from Liam Shaw 2, Alex Hunt, Omar Damba and Conor Grant.
Joe Wildsmith, Daniel Pudil and Asn Baker were also in the starting line-up.