Saturday 5 December 1896 at Molineux (Att 4,000)

Wolves (2) 4 (McMain 3, Tonks 40, Smith*, Miller*): Tennant, Eccles, Wood, Griffiths, Owen, Fleming, Tonks, McMain, Beats, Smith, Miller.
Nottingham Forest (1) 1 (Forman 8): Allsopp, Ritchie, Iremonger, Wragg, MacPherson, Stewart, FR Forman, Spencer, A Capes, AJ Capes. McInnes.

Referee: Mr A Kingscott (Derby).
Order of Goals: W,f,W,W,W.
Landmark: Joe McMain makes his Football League debut and scores his first Wolves goal. Billy Smith also nets his first Wolves goal.
Newspaper: Some reports state that Billy Smith also scored Wolves second.
Position: 13th.