Saturday 19 December 1953 at Molineux (Att 27,206)

Wolves (1) 3 (Hancocks 36p 89, Wilshaw 62): Williams, Short, Pritchard, Shorthouse, Wright, Hancocks, Broadbent, Swinbourne, Wilshaw, Mullen.
Manchester City (1) 1 (Davies 26): Trautmann, Branagan, Little, Revie, Ewing, Paul, Hayes, Hart, Meadows, Davies, Clarke.

Referee: Mr A Murdock (Sheffield).
Order of Goals: m,W,W,W.
Penalty: Awarded for a foul on Dennis Wilshaw.
Landmark: During the first-half Johnny Hancocks nets the 3,500th goal scored by Wolves in the Football League.
Position: 1st.