Saturday 18 April 1953 at Molineux (Att 33,474)

Wolves (1) 5 (Wilshaw 19, Hancocks 66, Stockin 75 80, Mullen 84): Williams, Gibbons, Pritchard, Flowers, Shorthouse, Slater, Hancocks, Stockin, Swinbourne, Wilshaw, Mullen.
Burnley (1) 1 (Holden 29): Thompson, Aird, Winton, Rodman, Cummings, Brown, Stephens, McIlroy, Holden, Shannon, Elliott.

Referee: Mr R Leafe (Nottingham).
Order of Goals: W,b,W,W,W,W.
International: Wolves were without Billy Wright who was helping England to a draw at Hampden Park.
Landmark: Johnny Hancocks nets the 100th League goal scored by Wolves against Burnley.
Position: 2nd.