Saturday 17 November 1951 at Turf Moor (Att 24,840)

Burnley (1) 2 (McIlroy 19, Cummins 84): Strong, Aird, Mather, Adamson, Cummings, Attwell, Chew, Morris, Holden, McIlroy, Elliott.
Wolves (0) 2 (Pye 49 68): Williams, Short, Pritchard, Swinbourne, Shorthouse, Baxter, Smith, Dunn, Whitfield, Pye, Mullen.

Referee: Mr H Trenholm (Stockton-on-Tees).
Order of Goals: b,W,W,b.
Landmark: Bert Williams makes his 200th League appearance for Wolves and Ken Whitfield makes his League debut.
Position: 15th.