Saturday 30 August 1947 at Molineux (Att 46,890)

Wolves (2) 5 (Smyth 10, Westcott 13, Pye 56, Hancocks 65, Mullen 88): Williams, McLean, Pritchard, Galley, Brice, Wright, Hancocks, Pye, Westcott, Smyth, Mullen.
Blackburn Rovers (1) 1 (Rogers 30): Marks, Tomlinson, Higgins, Baldwin, Pryde, Bell, Campbell, Webber, Weir, Rogers, Langton.

Referee: Mr H Hartles (Runcorn).
Order of Goals: W,W,b,W,W,W.
Landmark: Robert Langton, signed the day before from Bolton Wanderers, makes his Rovers debut. Johnny Hancocks nets the 100th League goal scored by Wolves against Rovers.
Position: 3rd.