Opening of Lights- Monday 2 March 1953 at Boothferry Park (Att 21,034)

Hull City (1) 3 (Horton 29, Garrie 65 88): Bly, Phillips, Jensen, Harris, Berry Durham, Linaker, Horton, Garrie, Murray, Cripsey
Wolves (0) 1 (Stockin 70): Williams, Gibbons, Pritchard, Wright, Shorthouse, Baxter, Hancocks, Stockin, Swinbourne, Booth, Mullen.

Order of Goals: h,h,W,h.