Saturday 11 September 1897 at Newcastle Road (Att 15,000)

Sunderland (1) 3 (Wilson 37, Brown 46, Morgan 74): Doig, Bach, McNeill, Ferguson, McAlister, Wilson, Bradshaw, Leslie, Brown, Morgan, Chalmers.
Wolves (1) 2 (McMain 43, Beats 50): Baddeley, Eccles, Blackett, Griffiths, Owen, Fleming, Tonks, McMain, Beats, Wood, Miller.

Order of Goals: s,W,s,W,s.
Landmark: Hugh Morgan net the 500th goal in Wolves away Football League matches.
Position: 3rd.