Saturday 15 March 1890 at Molineux (Att 2,500)

Wolves (4) 5 (Wykes 30s, Wykes 12, Wykes*, Brodie*, Worrall*): Rose, Johnson, J Mason, H Griffiths, Allen, Lowder, Worrall, Wykes, Brodie, Pickerall, Booth.
Bolton Wanderers (1) 1 (Cassidy 11): Parkinson, Robinson, Woods, Bullough, Weir, Roberts, Milne, Brogan, Cassidy, Turner, McNee.

Order of Goals: W,b,W,W,W,W.
Landmark: Both Tom Johnson Jack Pickerall make their only ever Football League appearances and Hil Griffiths makes his League debut.
Position: 4th.