Saturday 12 March 1898 at Burnden Park (Att 6,000)

Bolton Wanderers (0) 2 (Cassidy 80 82): Lee, Somerville, Davies, Fitchett, Brown, Freebairn, Thomson, Gilligan, T Miller, Cassidy, Gregory.
Wolves (1) 1 (Beats*): Baddeley, Eccles, Blackett, Griffiths, Owen, Fleming, Tonks, Wood, Beats, W Smith, Miller.

Injury: Wolves were reduced to ten men early in the second-half after injury to Jack Tonks.
Landmark: Bolton’s J Lee and J Gregory (trialist) are both making their League debuts. Jimmy Cassidy’s first strike is the 1000th goal in all Wolves Football League matches.
Position: 7th.