Saturday 24 March 1956 at The Valley (Att 27,372)

Charlton Athletic (0) 0: Read, Campbell, Townsend, O’Linn, Hewie, Ufton, Ayre, Ryan, Leary, Gould, White.
Wolves (1) 2 (Wilshaw 19, Murray 77): Williams, Stuart, Shorthouse, Slater, Wright, Flowers, McDonald, Broadbent, Murray, Wilshaw, Mullen.

Referee: Mr K Howley (Middlesbrough).
Penalty: Awarded four minutes into the second-half handball after a scramble in the box. Although Charlton scored from the scramble, the Referee disallowed the goal and ordered a penalty from which Stuart Leary shot wide.
Position: 6th.