Saturday 27 October 1951 at Molineux (Att 46,167)

Wolves (0) 0: Williams, Short, Pritchard, Crook, Chatham, Wright, Hancocks, Dunn, Wilshaw, Pye, Mullen.
Manchester United (1) 2 (Pearson 8, Rowley 77): Allen, Carey, Redman, Gibson, Chilton, Cockburn, McShane, Pearson, Rowley, Birch, Bond.

Referee: Mr T Seymour (Wakefield).
Position: 10th.