Saturday 30 October 1897 at Molineux (Att 7,000)

Wolves (2) 3 (Beats 42, Tonks 44, Wood 70): Baddeley, Blackett, Matthias, Griffiths, Owen, Fleming, Tonks, Wood, Beats, W Smith, Miller.
Notts County (1) 1 (Carter 20): Toone, Prescott, Bull, Crone, Calderhead, Stewart, Langham, Carter, Hendry, Allan, Brearley.

Order of Goals: n,W,W,W.
Landmark: John Brearley makes his Magpies debut and County’s Robert Hendry makes his League debut.
Position: 4th.