Saturday 28 November 1953 at Molineux (Att 35,154)

Wolves (2) 4 (Hancocks 12 40, Swinbourne 49 80): Williams, Short, Pritchard, Shorthouse, Wright, Hancocks, Broadbent, Swinbourne, Wilshaw, Mullen.
Sheffield Wednesday (1) 1 (Woodhead 7): Ryalls, Conwell, Curtis, Gannon, O’Donnell, Davis, Finney, Quixall, Jordan, Sewell, Woodhead.

Referee: Mr J Clough (Bolton).
Order of Goals: s,W,W,W,W.
Position: 2nd.