Saturday 21 November 1896 at Molineux (Att 4,000)

Wolves (2) 2 (Nicholls 8 20): Tennant, Eccles, Wood, Griffiths, Malpass, Owen, Tonks, Nicholls, Beats, Smith, Miller.
Burnley (0) 0: Tatham, Reynolds, McLintock, W Place ‘snr’, Hill, Taylor, Nicol, Chambers, Robertson, Bowes, W Place ‘jnr’.

Referee: Mr A Kingscott (Derby).
Landmark: Billy Smith makes his Football League debut. Alf Nicholls nets his only goals in a Wolves shirt.
Position: 14th.