Saturday 26 September 1896 at Molineux (Att 4,000)

Wolves (1) 1 (Miller 10): Tennant, Bunch, Dunn, Griffiths, Malpass, Owen, Tonks, Pheasant, Beats, Wood, Miller.
Blackburn Rovers (0) 1 (Tierney 46): Ogilvie, Brandon, Killean, Dewar, Anderson, Houlker, Wilmington, Chippendale, Tierney, Wilkie, Campbell.

Referee: Mr J West (Lincoln).
Landmark: Billy Malpass makes his 100th League appearance and Jack Miller nets his first Wolves goal.
Newspaper: Some reports have Blackburn’s scorer as Tom Brandon.
Position: 13th.