Saturday 5 March 1949 at Ayresome Park (Att 28,005)

Middlesbrough (1) 4 (Mannion 43 47, Hartnett 54, Donaldson 81): Hodgson, Robinson, Hardwick, Bell, Whitaker, Gordon, Spuhler, Mannion, Donaldson, McCrae, Hartnett.
Wolves (2) 4 (Mullen 10, Pye 29 69, Smyth 48): Williams, Kelly, Pritchard, W Crook, Shorthouse, Wright, Smith, Smyth, Pye, Dunn, Mullen.

Referee: Mr R Mortimer (Huddersfield).
Order of Goals: W,W,m,m,W,m,W,m.
Penalty: Bert Williams saved from Alexander McCrae after it had been awarded in the first minute of the second-half for a foul on John Spuhler.
Landmark: James Hartnett makes his Boro debut.
Position: 9th.