Saturday 1 October 1898 at Burnden Park (Att 5,000)

Bolton Wanderers (0) 2 (Wright 70 75): Sutcliffe, Somerville, Lockhart, W Davies, Brown, Freebairn, Carr, Miller, Nicoll, Wright, Gilligan.
Wolves (0) 1 (McMain 83): Harris, Matthias, Blackett, Griffiths, Malpass, Fleming, Chadburn, Harper, McMain, Smith, Miller.

Referee: Mr A Scragg (Crewe).
Order of Goals: b,b,W.
Injury: Wolves again finished with ten men after an injury to Billy Smith.
Landmark: Bolton’s SR Carr was making his League debut.
Position: 17th.