FA Cup (Third Round)- Saturday 9 January1954  at Molineux (Att 36,784)

Wolves (1) 1 (Wilshaw 14): Sims, Short, Pritchard, Slater, Shorthouse, Wright, Hancocks, Broadbent, Swinbourne, Wilshaw, Mullen.
Birmingham City (1) 2 (Rowley 16 Murphy 68): Merrick, Hall, Green, Kinsey, Newman, Boyd, Astall, Murphy, Lane, Rowley, Govan.

Referee: Mr B Griffiths (Newport, Mon).
Order of Goals: W,b,b.
Ball: An orange ball was used because of the poor light.
League Status: Wolves were top of the League and Birmingham were halfway down the Second Division.