Saturday 9 January 1897 at Molineux (Att 2,000)

Wolves (1) 1 (Beats 5): Tennant, Eccles, Wood, Griffiths, Owen, Fleming, Tonks, Lyden, Beats, McMain, Smith.
Liverpool (1) 2 (Allan 15, Geary 70): Donnelly, Goldie, Wilkie, McCartney, Neil, Cleghorn, Geary, Michael, Allan, Becton, Bradshaw.

Referee: Mr J Cowley (Sheffield).
Order of Goals: W,l,l.
Position: 13th.