Saturday 2 September 1961 at Ewood Park (Att 24,200)

Blackburn Rovers (2) 2 (Clayton 8, Haverty 27): Else, Bray, Newton, Clayton, Woods, McGrath, Isherwood, Crowe, Pickering, Douglas, Haverty.
Wolves (0) 1 (Farmer 62): Finlayson, Stuart, Jones, Clamp, Slater, Flowers, Stobart, Deeley, Farmer, Murray, Hinton.

Referee: Mr K Tuck (Chesterfield).
Landmark: Gwyn Jones makes his League debut. Joe Haverty nets the 8,000th goal in all Wolves Football League matches and the 200th League goal scored by Rovers against Wolves.
Position: 18th.