Shrewsbury Town 2 Huddersfield 1 - Report and pictures

A late Louis Dodds winner came 15 minutes from time after both sides had struck in the opening half.

With Arsenal and Chelsea opposition in recent memory, another famous run is on the cards at the Greenhous Meadow again this term.

In what is highly likely to the the quickest goal we see all season, Salop burst out of the blocks and Huddersfield had barely sniffed the ball before it hit the back of their net.

A fine break from Jim O'Brien fed Joe Riley in an advanced position on the right, the full-back squared for AJ Leitch-Smith who was able to turn and work an opening with his snapshot going in off an unfortunate Huddersfield defender.

But before you could bat an eyelid Mellon's men should have been immediately pegged back. First if all Ryan McGivern headed a Martin Carnie cross agonizingly wide of Jayson Leutwiler's goal, before Jack Payne was put clean through but failed to get his finish inside the far post.

Payne wasn't to know it but he was to be gifted chances left, right and centre and could've had a 15 minute hat-trick from the visitors.

It was much better from the former Southend schemer as he danced through McGivern and others on the edge of the Town box but his finish lacked accuracy and pinged straight at Leutwiler.

The busy Payne had a third clear-cut chance but could only send a tame header straight at Salop's Swiss 'keeper. David Wagner's side were playing some eye-catching stuff and didn't deserve to be on the wrong side of the scoreline after 30 minutes.

It was just as Town began to get a foothold in the first round tie that Huddersfield nabbed their deserved equaliser. O'Brien had previously burst through and won a foul after Huddersfield skipper Jonathan Hogg had hacked him down, but Town couldn't keep the pressure up and after Antoni Sarcevic was dispossessed, the visitors looked dangerous.

And the leveller was another well-constructed move from The Terriers, former Wolves winger Rajiv Van La Parra waited for the right ball and prodded Aaron Mooy in on the left byline, the Manchester City loanee dinked in a cross for German Elias Kachunga to nod beyond Leutwiler from close-range for his second headed goal in three days.

Huddersfield, who had progressed beyond the first round of the competition in five of the last seven seasons, looked at home on the Greenhous Meadow surface and some of their silky football and off-the-ball runs bode well for their second tier campaign.

For Mellon's Town, being pegged back proved a sting in the tail as their early lead did nothing to dent Huddersfield's ambition and their leveller was richly deserved.

The ardent Salop supporters to brave the deceptive summer's breeze were allowed a second-half treat as Mellon brought on debutant Ivan Toney - on loan from Newcastle United - on for Leitch-Smith.

And the hosts were intent to begin the second period just as they did the first, Riley's ball in from the right almost dropped for Toney but as the visiting backline panicked, Dodds poked a right boot at it and his effort almost squirmed under Liverpool loanee goalkeeper Danny Ward, with the Welsh international fortunate to claim at second attempt.

The hosts were much brighter in the second-half and Sarcevic and Shaun Whalley were unfortunate not to link on the edge of the box before attacking full-back Riley collected Whalley's ball but dragged his strike across goal.

Van La Parra was clearly intent on lighting the evening up back in this part of the country and he sent a bicycle kick from Sean Scannell's cross wide before firing a 30-yard free-kick towards Leutwiler's top corner that the Swiss dealt with admirably.

If Toney's introduction had a big impact on proceedings then Mellon's second change proved a real game-changer as 18-year-old Ethan Jones replaced Whalley on the right side, barely a moment had passed before Jones' 74th minute introduction that he had a hand in the goal some minute later.

Working hard on the right, Jones cleverly helped clear Salop's lines via Sarevic and the ball was sent into the path of the academy graduate on the right touchline.

Jones burst onto the Terriers' defence and sent in a low cross towards Toney, the powerful striker did his upmost to hold the cross up before it spilled on the edge of the box to a grateful Dodds who tucked his opportunity into Ward's left corner via a slight touch from the shot-stopper.

Jones' impressive cameo continued as he made a fine 60-yard burst, threatening to put the game to bed, but he picked out the wrong team-mate with Toney shepherded out and O'Brien better placed.

Huddersfield's measured play had long ceased to exist as the visitors chased another equaliser but to a man Town defended valiantly, on the one occasion a long ball paid off Leutwiler was on-hand to deny Kachunga's spectacular effort as Town held out to progress.

Shrewsbury Town (4-2-3-1)

Leutwiler; Riley, McGivern, El-Abd (c), Brown; Deegan, Sarcevic; Whalley (Jones, 74), Dodds (Ogogo, 79), O'Brien; Leitch-Smith (Toney, 45)

Unused: Halstead, Lancashire, Black, Mangan

Huddersfield Town (4-2-3-1)

Ward, Hogg © (Paurevic, 45), Scannell, Kachunga, Mooy, Carnie, Lowe (Hefele, 84), Payne (Palmer, 58), Van La Parra, Schindler, Stankovic

Unused: Coleman, Smith, Lolley, Wells

Referee: Graham Salisbury

Attendance: 2,862 (652 from Huddersfield)