Saturday 2 April 1898 at Molineux (Att 4,000)

Wolves (2) 3 (Beats 35, Wood 38, Wood*): Harris, Tuft, Blackett, Griffiths, Owen, Fleming, Chadburn, Wood, Beats, W Smith, Miller.
Blackburn Rovers (0) 2 (Booth*, Proudfoot*): Carter, Brandon, Mills, Killean, Booth, Chambers, Briercliffe, Hulse, Proudfoot, Wilkie, Campbell.

Referee: Mr A Scragg (Crewe).
Order of Goals: W,W,b,b,W.
Penalty: Awarded against Ted Killean and taken by Jack Miller. James Carter saved, and Harry Wood scored the third from the rebound.
Injury: Blackburn played the whole of the second-half as Ben Hulse was injured in the first forty-five minutes.
Landmark: George Harris and Billy Tuft both make their League debuts.
Newspaper: Some reports state that Billy Smith scored Wolves third and John Campbell hit Blackburn’s second.
Position: 7th.