Saturday 20 November 1948 at Molineux (Att 37,096)

Wolves (2) 3 (Smyth 31, Mullen 45, Pye 69): Williams, Kelly, Pritchard, W Crook, Shorthouse, Wright, Hancocks, Forbes, Pye, Smyth, Mullen.
Burnley (0) 0: Strong, Loughran, Mather, Attwell, Woodruff, Bray, Chew, Potts, Harrison, Haigh, Hays.

Referee: Mr L Thompson (Worksop).
Position: 10th.