Saturday 28 December 1957 at Roker Park (Att 46,470)

Sunderland (0) 0: Fraser, Headley, Elliott, Anderson, Hurley, Aitken, Bingham, Revie, Maltby, Fogarty, Godbold.
Wolves (1) 2 (Murray 6, Broadbent 57): Finlayson, Stuart, Harris, Clamp, Showell, Slater, Deeley, Broadbent, Murray, Mason, Mullen.

Referee: Mr G Black (Kendal).
Penalty: Awarded in the ninth minute for a foul by Bill Elliott and Bobby Mason was taken and shot over by Eddie Clamp.
Position: 1st.