Monday 2 October 1961 at Villa Park (Att 39,823)
Aston Villa (1) 1 (MacEwan 11): Sidebottom, Neal, Aitken, Crowe, Dugdale, Deakin, MacEwan, Tindall, McParland, Wylie, Burrows.
Wolves (0) 0: Finlayson, Stuart, G Harris, Clamp, Slater, Kirkham, Lazarus, Broadbent, Farmer, Murray, Deeley.
Referee: Mr R Smith (Newport, Mon).
Position: 16th.