Saturday 29 September 1945 at Molineux (Att 29,679)

Wolves (1) 1 (Darby 34): B Williams, Morris, Kirkham, Alderton, Ashton, Green, King, James Dunn, Darby, W Wright, Mullen.
Chelsea (0) 0: Woodley, Winter⁰, Tennant, Smith, Harris⁰, Foss, McCall, Williams, Machin, Goulden⁰, Bain⁰.

Referee: Mr W Wood (Bedford).
Landmark: Bert Williams makes his Wolves debut. Darby net his first Wolves goal.

⁰ Guest.