Saturday 25 August 1951 at Molineux (Att 40,931)

Wolves (1) 2 (Hancocks 3, Swinbourne 87): Williams, Short, Pritchard, Deeley Shorthouse, Wright, Hancocks, Dunn, Swinbourne, Pye, Mullen.
Arsenal (1) 1 (Holton 2): Swindin, Scott, Barnes, Forbes, Daniel, Mercer, Roper, Logie, Holton, Lishman, Marden.

Referee: Mr D Vickery (Bristol).
Order of Goals: a,W,W.
Landmark: Norman Deeley makes his Wolves debut.
Position: 14th.