Saturday 13 November 1897 at Molineux (Att 6,000)

Wolves (2) 4 (Wood 25, Tonks*, Tonks*, Smith*): Baddeley, Eccles, Blackett, Griffiths, Owen, Fleming, Tonks, Wood, Beats, W Smith, Miller.
Sunderland (2) 2 (Wilson 15, Eccles*og): Doig, Bach, Boyle, Dunlop, McAlister, Wilson, Leslie, Ferguson, McIntosh, Morgan, Chalmers.

Order of Goals: s,W,s,W,W,W.
Newspaper: Some reports state that Billy Beats netted Wolves second and George Fleming the fourth. Also, they state that Sunderland’s first goal was netted by Hugh Morgan.
Position: 6th.