Burslem Port Vale (H) 1884/85 SC

Staffordshire Senior Cup (Second Round Replay)- Saturday 10th January at Dudley Road (Att 2,000)

Wolves (3) 3 (Brodie 5, Brodie*, J Griffiths*): I Griffiths, Baynton, Aston, Pearson, Yates, Davidson, Brodie, Deans, Cliff, Lowder, J Griffiths.
Burslem Port Vale (0) 1 (Rushed): Rowley, Dain, Bateman, Powell, Simpson, Poulson, Page, Reynolds, Owen, Davies.

Referee: Mr C Crump (Wolverhampton).
Note: Port Vale only used ten players.
Wolves best in the World: The newspaper ‘Hull Packet’ on Friday 9th January produced a list of the top 32 clubs in the country up the end of December. Wolves lead the table with an average of 6.07, followed by Blackburn Olympic 4.29, Preston North End 4.21, Notts 2.82, Queens Park 2.66, Bolton Wanderers 2.55, Dumbarton 2.50, Accrington 2.43, Blackburn Rovers 2.27, Aston Villa 1.41, Wednesday 1.22, Old Carthusians 1.18. Wolves record according to the ‘Wellington Journal’ was record stood at: P 19, W 14, D 4, l 1, F 86, A 15.