Saturday 20 March 1948 at Maine Road (Att 50,667)

Manchester United (0) 3 (Mitten 55, Morris 67, Delaney 70): Crompton, Carey, Aston, Warner, Chilton, Anderson, Delaney, Morris, Rowley, Pearson, Mitten.
Wolves (1) 2 (Dunn 25, Smyth 61): Williams, Kelly, Springthorpe, Crook, Shorthouse, Wright, Dunn, Pye, Westcott, Smyth, Hancocks.

Referee: Mr J Parker (Macclesfield).
Order of Goals: W,m,W,m,m.
Venue: United were using Maine Road for home matches because Second World War bomb damage.
Position: 6th.