Saturday 31 August 1957 at Molineux (Att 38,645)

Wolves (1) 5 (Murray 3 73, Mullen 53, Deeley 61, Booth 67): Finlayson, Stuart, Harris, Clamp, Wright, Flowers, Deeley, Broadbent, Murray, Booth, Mullen.
Sunderland (0) 0: Bollands, Graham, McDonald, Anderson, Aitken, Elliott, Bingham, Revie, Maltby, O’Neill, Grainger.

Referee: Mr S Baker (Bexleyheath).
Landmark: Sunderland’s Allan Graham was making his League debut.
Position: 4th.