Saturday 4 September 1897 at Molineux (Att 3,000)

Wolves (1) 3 (Wood 25, Tonks 50, Miller 65): Baddeley, Eccles, Blackett, Griffiths, Owen, Fleming, Tonks, McMain, Beats, Wood, Miller.
Bury (0) 0: Montgomery, Darroch, Barbour, Pray, Clegg, Ross, Pangbourne, Settle, Millar, Henderson, Plant.

Referee: J Strawson (Lincoln).
Position: 1st.