Saturday 4 October 1958 at Molineux (Att 36,840)

Wolves (1) 4 (Mason 10, Murray 70 76, Mullen 75): Finlayson, Stuart, Harris, Slater, Showell, Clamp, Deeley, Durandt, Murray, Mason, Mullen.
Manchester United (0) 0: Wood, Foulkes, Greaves, Goodwin, Harrop, Crowther, Viollet, Quixall, Webster, Pearson, Scanlon.

Referee: Mr A Bond (Fulham).
International: Wolves were missing Billy Wright and Peter Broadbent and United Wilf McGuinness and Bobby Charlton, who were all helping England to a draw with Northern Ireland in Belfast. United’s Harry Gregg was also appearing for the Irish.
Landmark: Eddie Clamp makes his 100th League appearance and Cliff Durandt makes his League debut.
Evening Kick-off: Wolves experiment with this late start failed, as the crowd was 10,000 below the average and 19,000 below the expected crowd.
Position: 5th.