Saturday 27 November 1897 at Deepdale (Att 8,000)

Preston North End (1) 1 (Brown*): Trainer, Tait, Dunn, Blyth, Hunter, Matthews, T Smith, Stevenson, Brown, Pierce, Halsall.
Wolves (2) 2 (Smith 6, Wood*): Baddeley, Eccles, Blackett, Griffiths, Owen, Fleming, Chadburn, Wood, Beats, W Smith, Miller.

Order of Goals: W,p,W.
Injury: Wolves finished with just ten players after an injury to Harry Wood.
Landmark: Jack Chadburn makes his first League start for Wolves.
Position: 7th.