Saturday 12 March 1949 Molineux (Att 41,152)

Wolves (0) 3 (Wilshaw 48 65 67): Williams, Kelly, Pritchard, W Crook, Shorthouse, Wright, Smith, Smyth, Pye, Dunn, Wilshaw.
Newcastle United (0) 0: Fairbrother, Cowell, Batty, Harvey, Brennan, Houghton, Walker, Robledo, Stobbart, Lowrie, Mitchell.

Referee: Mr T Seymour (Wakefield).
Landmark’s: Billy Wright makes his 100th League appearance and Dennis Wilshaw becomes only the second Wolves player to net a hat-trick on his debut.
Position: 8th.