GOALS from Harry Arter and Matt Ritchie saw Cherries come from behind to emerge triumphant from an incident-packed Championship contest at Molineux today.

Wolves, leading through Danny Graham’s first-half opener, ended the clash with nine men following red cards for Rajiv van La Parra and Matt Doherty.

Graham nodded the hosts into a 41st-minute lead when he squeezed a header past Artur Boruc to confirm Wolves’ first-half supremacy.

However, the tide turned after the break when Wolves were reduced to 10 men following the sending off of midfielder van La Parra after a clash with Steve Cook.

And Cherries made the most of their numerical advantage with Arter and Ritchie scoring in the last 17 minutes to win the day for the visitors before Doherty also saw red for a poor challenge on Brett Pitman.

James Henry, who had a loan spell with Cherries in 2007, went close to drawing first blood for Wolves when his stinging 20-yarder was parried by Boruc.

And as play quickly switched to the opposite end, Wolves goalkeeper Carl Ikeme was forced to beat away Ritchie’s thunderous long-range drive.

Pitman fastened on to a slide-rule pass from Ritchie, only to blaze his effort from a tight angle into the South Bank behind Ikeme’s goal.

Boruc spilled a deflected strike from Dominic Iorfa at his near post, although van La Parra was unable to capitalise and fired into the side netting.

As Wolves continued to press in the early stages, van La Parra’s shot was blocked by Cook before Tommy Elphick cut out Henry’s dangerous cross.

Boruc saved low down after van La Parra had again taken aim before shots from Arter and Marc Pugh were charged down by the Wolves defence.

Cherries loan star Boruc pulled off a top-drawer save to push Graham’s header over the crossbar after the Sunderland loan man had met a van La Parra centre.

Wilson lifted a presentable chance over the top after latching on to a Simon Francis pass, the striker failing to work Ikeme from around 12 yards.

Wolves made the breakthrough four minutes before the interval when Graham squeezed a header inside Boruc’s left-hand post after meeting Henry’s cross.

It was the hosts’ first goal for five hours and 48 minutes and the first conceded on the road by Cherries for five hours and 49 minutes.

Ikeme got down well to smother Ritchie’s venomous drive after Andrew Surman had rolled a free-kick into his team-mate’s path at the start of the second half.

Wolves were reduced to 10 men when van La Parra was controversially dismissed following a clash of heads with Cherries defender Cook, who needed treatment after the incident.

Referee Mike Jones, dropped from a Premier League game this week following his ambivalent display during Southampton’s 3-0 defeat by Manchester City, received some fearful abuse from home supporters after brandishing the red card.

Adam Smith, on as a 68th-minute replacement for Daniels, went close to levelling with a right-foot drive before Cook prodded a good chance over the crossbar.

Cherries equalised when Arter’s 20-yard piledriver whistled past Ikeme after appearing to take a slight deflection off Richard Stearman 17 minutes from time.

The opening came about after Ritchie had rolled the ball invitingly into Arter’s path, with Surman foxing the Wolves defence with a step-over on the edge of the box.

A flurry of activity, which saw Ikeme save from Ritchie and then Wilson’s header cleared off the line, ended with Cherries taking the lead four minutes from time.

Following the frantic scramble, Ritchie was on hand to ram home the loose ball from close range, the winger registering his third goal of the season.

Doherty followed van La Parra for an early bath when he received a straight red card following a two-footed lunge on Pitman.

MATCH FACTS

Cherries: Boruc, Francis, Cook, Elphick, Daniels (Smith, 68), Ritchie, Arter, Surman, Pugh (Kermorgant, 73), Pitman, Wilson (Gosling, 90).

Unused subs: Fraser, O’Kane, Stanislas, Camp (g/k).

Booked: Arter, Daniels.

Wolves: Ikeme, Iorfa, Stearman, Batth, Doherty, van La Parra, McDonald, Edwards, Sako (Clarke, 88), Henry (Jacobs, 76), Graham (McAlinden, 85).

Unused subs: Rowe, Price, Hause, Kuszczak (g/k).

Booked: Stearman, Iorfa, McDonald.

Sent off: van La Parra, Doherty.

Referee: Mike Jones (Chester).

Attendance: 20,196 (inc 1,828 away supporters).