Saturday 4 October 1952 at Molineux (Att 39,404)

Wolves (2) 6 (Wilshaw 25 53, Swinbourne 40 55 88, Mullen 46): Williams, Short, Pritchard, Flowers, Shorthouse, Slater, Smith, Broadbent, Swinbourne, Wilshaw, Mullen.
Manchester United (2) 2 (Rowley 19 20): Allen, McNulty, Aston, Carey, Chilton, Gibson, Berry, Downie, Rowley, Pearson, Scott.

Referee: Mr B Flanagan (Sheffield).
Order of Goals: m,m,W,W,W,W,W,W.
International: Wolves were missing Billy Wright who was away helping England draw in Northern Ireland.
Landmark: Bill Slater makes his Wolves debut.
Position: 2nd.