Saturday 25 May 1940 at Filbert Street (Att 3,340)

Leicester City (1) 3 (J Smith 26 47, Bowers 50): Queensborough, Frame, Jones, Smith, Bedford, Howe, Rochester, J Smith, Bowers, Jayes, Houghton.
Wolves (0) 1 (Somerfield 85): Scott, Springthorpe, Smith⁰, Thornhill, Smalley⁰, Pedley, W Wright, Alderton, Somerfield, Clewlow, Mullen.

Referee: Mr G Illiffe (Leicester).
Order of Goals: l,l,l,W.
Landmark: Jack Smith, Jimmy Alderton, Alf Somerfield, and Cyril Clewlow all make their Wolves debuts. Somerfield also nets his only Wolves goal.

⁰ Guests.