Saturday 8 December 1951 at Molineux (Att 23,813)

Wolves (1) 4 (Mullen 13, Pye 56 86, Swinbourne 80): Parsons, Short, Pritchard, Baxter, Shorthouse, Wright, Smith, Dunn, Swinbourne, Pye, Mullen.
Middlesbrough (0) 0: Ugolini, Blenkinsopp, Robinson, Bell, Whitaker, Dicks, Delapenha, Fitzsimons, Spuhler, Mannion, Mochan.

Referee: Mr A Ellis (Halifax).
Position: 13th.