Huddersfield striker Martin Smith netted twice before the break at the McAlpine Stadium to keep Colin Lee's Wolves out of the play-off picture.

His first came after 20 minutes when he drove a low shot through keeper Michael Oakes legs. Then 15 minutes later he slotted home from close range after strike partner Clyde Wijnhard found him with a cross from the right.

Smith gave an early indication of his threat when he sent a low drive wide after just four minutes.

Kenny Irons tried his luck next when he had Oakes scrambling across his goal with a fierce drive from 18 yards.

Huddersfield finally broke the deadlock after 20 minutes when Smith notched his 16th goal of the season.

Wijnhard collected Chris Lucketti's ball on the left and sent in a low cross for Smith to round Keith Curle and slot the ball through Oakes' legs.

Wolves finally recorded their first effort on 24 minutes when Michael Branch fired over a Neil Emblem flick-on from Kevin Muscat's throw.

Huddersfield increased their lead ten minutes later, with Wijnhard again the provider.

The Dutchman chased a lost cause down the right and, with the ball looking like it was going out of play, he managed to centre it towards Smith.

With Oakes only able to parry his first effort, the striker was handed the simple opportunity of stabbing home from six-yards.

Huddersfield continued to press and Dean Gorre found Wijnhard on the edge of the area but the striker sent his shot wide.

Then Gorre and Smith exchanged passes resulting in the former Sunderland man testing Oakes reflexes with a snapshot from 15 yards.

In one of Wolves' rare attacks, Ade Akinbiyi hooked a right foot shot past Nico Vaesen's left-hand post in the 39th minute.

The home side's superiority showed again as Chris Holland sent a vicious drive just wide on the stroke of half-time.

It was a similar story after the break as Huddersfield kept the pressure on Oakes' goal, with the keeper forced to save bravely at Wijnhard's feet just after the hour.

Smith was denied a hat-trick by a brilliant reflex save from Oakes on 65 minutes when he punched the striker's powerful header clear

The visitors only manage two clear cut chances in the second-half, with Ludovic Pollet and Akinbiyi both heading their opportunities wide.

Teams:

Huddersfield: Vaesen, Jenkins, Armstrong, Monkou (Baldry 30), Lucketti, Vincent, Holland, Irons (Sellars 88), Gorre, Wijnhard, Smith (Horne 83).

Subs Not Used: Margetson, Donis.

Goals: Smith 20, 34.

Wolverhampton: Oakes, Muscat, Curle, Pollet, Naylor (Taylor 45), Bazeley, Sedgley, Emblen, Sinton, Akinbiyi, Branch (Flo 80).

Subs Not Used: Simpson, Corica, Petterson.

Att: 17,214

Ref: D Elleray (Harrow-on-the-Hill).