Saturday 22 September 1888 at Dudley Road (Att 4,000)

Wolves (2) 4 (White*, Knight*, White*, Cooper*): Baynton, Baugh, Mason, Fletcher, Allen, Cannon, Hunter, Cooper, Wykes, White, Knight.
Burnley (0) 1 (Brady*): Smith, Lang, McFettridge, Keenan, Friel, J Ridsdale, Brady, Duckworth, Poland, Gallocher, Yates.

Order of Goals: W,W,b,W,W.
Landmark: Wolves Tom Knight and Burnley’s Robert Duckworth, Sandy Lang and J Ridsdale all make their League debuts.
Position: 7th.