Saturday 30 October 1948 at Maine Road (Att 44,1230)

Manchester City (2) 3 (Oakes 25, Linacre 28, Black 68): Swift, Williams, Westwood, Fagan, McDowell, Walsh, Oakes, Black, Smith, Linacre, Clarke.
Wolves (3) 3 (Pye 27, McDowell 32og, Smyth 37): Williams, Kelly, Pritchard, W Crook, Shorthouse, Wright, Hancocks, Dunn, Pye, Smyth, Mullen.

Referee: Mr B Flanagan (Sheffield).
Order of Goals: m,W,m,W,W,m.
Position: 12th.