Monday 26 March 1951 at Molineux (Att 50,139)

Wolves (0) 2 (Wilshaw 53, Hancocks 56p): Williams, Short, Pritchard, Russell, Shorthouse, Wright, Hancocks, Pye, Swinbourne, Wilshaw, Mullen.
Aston Villa (2) 3 (Dixon 23, Parkes 42p Short 57og): Rutherford, Parkes, Aldis, Blanchflower, F Moss, Dorsett, H Smith, Thompson, Walsh, Dixon, Goffin.

Referee: Mr H Holt (Rochdale).
Order of Goal: a,a,W,W,a.
Penalties: Wolves spot-kick was awarded for handball and Villa’s was awarded for a foul on by Bill Shorthouse on David Walsh.
Position: 12th.