Saturday 6 November 1948 at Molineux (Att 43,496)

Wolves (1) 2 (Wright 21, Smyth 53): Williams, Kelly, Pritchard, W Crook, Shorthouse, Wright, Hancocks, Forbes, Pye, Smyth, Mullen.
Charlton Athletic (0) 0: Bartram, Campbell, Lock, Fenton, Phipps, Revell, Hurst, O’Linn, Vaughan, Brown, Duffy.

Referee: Mr H Pearce (Luton).
Injury: Charlton finished with ten men after their captain Charlie Revell had to leave the pitch after a collision with Jesse Pye.
Guy Forks: The referee stopped play to remonstrate with a section of the crowd about the discharge of fireworks.
Position: 9th.