Saturday 16 September 1944 at Villa Park (Att 14,000)

Aston Villa (2) 3 (Parker 2, Iverson*, Haycock*): Wakeman, Potts⁰, Cummings, Massie, Morby, Starling, Edwards, Haycock, Parker, Iverson, Houghton.
Wolves (1) 1 (Acquroff*): A Scott, Morris, J Smith⁰, W Crook, Ashton, W Wright, Roberts, Bicknell, Acquroff⁰, Finch⁰, Aldecoa.

Referee: Mr B Ames (Redditch).
Order of Goals: a,W,a,a.
Injury: Aldecoa last the pitch midway though the second-half following a freak injury in trying to scorer. Wolves played the remainder of the match with ten players.
Landmark: Roy Bicknell makes his Wolves debut.

⁰ Guest.