Saturday 6 February 1954 at Molineux (Att 27,795)

Wolves (1) 4 (Hancocks 17, Swinbourne 54 84 85): Williams, Short, Pritchard, Slater, Shorthouse, Wright, Hancocks, Flowers, Swinbourne, Wilshaw, Mullen.
Blackpool (0) 1 (Stephenson 69): Farm, Shimwell, Frith, Fenton, Crosland, Johnston, Harris, Mudie, Stephenson, Brown, Perry.

Referee: Mr J Sherlock (Sheffield).
Order of Goals: W,W,b,W,W.
International: Blackpool were minus five internationals including Stanley Matthews and Stan Mortensen.
Landmark: Johnny Hancocks makes his 300th League appearance. Len Stephenson nets the 2,000th Football League goal at Molineux and Roy Swinbourne’s hat-trick goal is the 100th League between the two clubs at Molineux.
Position: 2nd.