Monday 28 August 1961 at Molineux (Att 31,703)

Wolves (2) 2 (Farmer 10 30): Finlayson, Stuart, J Harris, Clamp, Slater, Flowers, Deeley, Mason, Farmer, Murray, Hinton.
Aston Villa (0) 2 (Dougan 62 66): Sidebottom, Lee, Neal, Crowe, Sleeuwenhoek, Deakin, MacEwan, Baker, Dougan, Thomson, Burrows.

Referee: Mr J Mitchell (Prescott, Lancs).
Injuries: John Harris making only his second League appearance and his first at Molineux was carried off after just fifteen minutes with a broken shin bone following a challenge from both Jimmy MacEwan and Victor Crowe. Villa’s Gordon Lee was struck by a bottle thrown from the Waterloo Road Stand but was able to continue after treatment.
Landmark: Eddie Clamp makes his 200th League appearance for Wolves.
Position: 11th.