Saturday 28 April 1951 at Burnden Park (Att 25,068)

Bolton Wanderers (1) 2 (Codd 1, Moir 71): Hanson, Ball, Howe, Wheeler, Barrass, Edwards, Codd, Corfield, Lofthouse, Moir, Langton.
Wolves (0) 1 (Pye 51): Williams, Short, Pritchard, Baxter, Russell, Crook, Broadbent, Pye, Swinbourne, Dunn, Mullen.

Referee: Mr A Murdock (Sheffield).
Order of Goals: b,W,b.
Penalty: Bert Williams saved from Don Howe in the 20th minute. It had been awarded for handball.
Re-Arranged: Wolves trip to Lancashire was originally scheduled for 30 December but was postponed because of snow.
Position: 14th.