Saturday 18 August 1951 at Maine Road (Att 45,748)

Manchester City 0: Trautmann, Phillips, Hannaway, Paul, Rigby, McCourt, Meadows, Hart, Westcott, Clarke, Cunliffe.
Wolves 0: Williams, Short, Pritchard, Baxter, Shorthouse, Wright, Hancocks, Dunn, Swinbourne, Pye, Mullen.

Referee: Mr A Blythe (Edmonton, London).
Penalty: Awarded for foul on John Hart. Hart himself took the kick but put it wide.
Landmark: City’s Jack Hannaway makes his League debut.
Position: 11th.