Saturday 4 February 1961 at Ewood Park (Att 16,202)

Blackburn Rovers (1) 2 (Thomas 8, McLeod 75): Reeves, Taylor, Bray, McEvoy, Woods, Clayton, Crowe, Dobing, McLeod, Thomas, Isherwood.
Wolves (1) 1 (Durandt 19): Finlayson, Stuart, Showell, Clamp, Slater, Flowers, Deeley, Cocker, Farmer, Broadbent, Durandt.

Referee: Mr E Crawford (Doncaster).
Order of Goals: b,W,b.
Disturbance: Police had to stand behind Malcolm Finlayson’s goal during the second-half after objects were thrown from the crowd.
Landmark: Les Cocker makes his League debut. Cliff Durandt nets the 1500th away scored by Wolves in the Football League
Position: 2nd.