Saturday 18 December 1897 at Meadow Lane (Att 4,000)

Notts County (1) 2 (Carter 7, Deighton*): Toone, Prescott, Gibson, Crone, Calderhead, Stewart, Langham, Carter, Bull, Boucher, Deighton.
Wolves (0) 2 (Owen 60, Miller 70): Baddeley, Eccles, Blackett, Malpass, Owen, Fleming, Tonks, Wood, Beats, W Smith, Miller.

Order of Goals: n,W,W,n.
Position: 4th.