Saturday 12 January 1889 at Racecourse Ground (Att 3,500)

Derby County (2) 3 (Cooper 5, Plackett*, Higgins 68): Marshall, Latham, Ferguson, Williamson, Bellhouse, W Roulstone, Bakewell, Needham, Higgins, L Plackett, Cooper.
Wolves (0) 0: Baynton, Baugh, Mason, Fletcher, Allen, Lowder, Hunter, Cooper, Brodie, Wood, Wykes.

Referee: Mr J Cooper (Blackburn).
Landmark: Derby’s Ernest Bellhouse makes his League debut.
Position: 3rd.