Saturday 5 April 1952 at Molineux (Att 16,737)

Wolves (1) 1 (Hancocks 30): Williams, Shorthouse, Gibbons, Crook, Chatham, Deeley, Hancocks, Swinbourne, Pye, Broadbent, Mullen.
Burnley (0) 2 (Shannon 72, McIlroy 85): McNulty, Aird, Mather, Adamson, Cummings, Attwell, Chew, Morris, Shannon, McIlroy, Elliott.

Referee: Mr H Trenholm (Stockton-on-Tees).
International: Billy Wright was away helping England beat Scotland at Hampden Park.
Position: 12th.