Saturday 7 September 1889 at Molineux (Att 4,000)

Wolves (1) 2 (Worrall 44, Wykes*): Rose, Baugh, C Mason, Fletcher, Allen, Knight, Worrall, Perry Wykes, Wood, Booth.
Notts County (0) 0: Toone, Clements, McMillan, Ferguson, McLean, A Shelton, W Smith, John Oswald, James Oswald, May, Daft.

Landmark: Both Charlie Booth and Arthur Worrall makes there League debuts and Walter Perry makes his first League start in a Wolves shirt. George Toone, James McMillan, Alex Ferguson, Williams Smith, John Oswald, James Oswald all make their County debuts.
Position: 1st.