Saturday 1 November 1952 at Anfield (Att 46,487)

Liverpool (1) 2 (Payne 3, Liddell 48): Ashcroft, Lambert, Spicer, Heydon, Hughes, Brierley, Payne, Barron, J Smith, Williams, Liddell.
Wolves (0) 1 (Broadbent 76): Williams, Short, Pritchard, Flowers, Shorthouse, Wright, Smith, Broadbent, Swinbourne, Wilshaw, Mullen.

Referee: Mr A Ellis (Halifax).
Order of Goals: l,l,W.
Penalty: Awarded three minutes into the second-half for a foul on Jack Smith. It was taken by Billy Liddell and saved by Bert Williams. Liddell scored from the rebound.
Landmark: Bill Shorthouse makes his 200th League appearance.
Position: 1st.