Saturday 11 October 1947 at The Valley (Att 45,088)

Charlton Athletic (2) 5 (Vaughan 10, McCrae 35, Hurst 50, Duffy 54 89): Bartram, Shreeve, Lock, Fenton, Phipps, Welsh, Hurst, Lancelotte, Vaughan, McCrae, Duffy.
Wolves (1) 1 (Mullen 20): Williams, McLean, Pritchard, Crook, Brice, Wright, Hancocks, Pye, Forbes, Smyth, Mullen.

Referee: Mr W Wood (Luton).
Order of Goals: c,W,c,c,c,c.
Injury: Bert Williams who was accidentally kicked in the head by Gordon Hurst with Charlton leading 1-0 and was replaced twice by Sammy Smyth at half-time. Wolves trainer stood by his goal for most of the first half giving Williams ‘booster sniffs’. Williams went to outside-left for the second-half.
Position: 5th.