Butterfield treble sends Wolves out

Danny Butterfield's stunning six-minute hat-trick dumped Barclays Premier League side Wolves out of the FA Cup as Crystal Palace triumphed 3-1.

The defender turned striker, who had scored just one goal in his previous six seasons, hit a second-half treble to secure administration-hit Crystal Palace a lucrative visit from Aston Villa in the fifth round.

Karl Henry pulled one back with a minute to go, but Wolves can now concentrate on their top-flight survival bid.

Neil Warnock was left fuming when Alan Lee appeared to be caught by Jody Craddock's elbow as the duo went up for a header. Referee Lee Mason was forced to calm the Eagles boss down on the touchline while Lee, bleeding heavily, had to go off for treatment and re-emerged bandaged up.

Australian midfielder Nick Carle came agonisingly close to opening the scoring before the break when he fizzed an angled drive across goal and narrowly wide.

McCarthy made a double switch on the hour, replacing Mujangi Bia and Sam Vokes with Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and Chris Iwelumo.

But two minutes later his side fell behind. Darren Ambrose's corner was met by a firm header from Matt Lawrence which Wayne Hennessey kept out, but Butterfield was on hand to nod the loose ball over the goal-line.

Three minutes later Butterfield doubled his side's lead. Lee headed an up-and-under to Ambrose, whose cushioned volley played in Butterfield and, with Wolves claiming offside, he calmly slid the ball past Hennessey.

The Selhurst Park crowd could barely believe their eyes, but Butterfield completed the unlikeliest of trebles in the 68th minute, latching onto another flick-on from Lee and finishing like a seasoned striker past Hennessey.

Henry crashed in a consolation from the edge of the box with a minute to go but there was no way back for the visitors, who can now concentrate on their top-flight survival bid.