Monday 6 April 1953 at Molineux (Att 29,929)

Wolves (2) 4 (Hancocks 12, Stockin 27, Wilshaw 71 89): Sims, Short, Pritchard, Wright, Shorthouse, Slater, Hancocks, Stockin, Swinbourne, Wilshaw, Mullen.
Portsmouth (0) 1 (Harris 77): Upritchard, Gunter, Wilson, Scoular, Froggatt, Dickinson, Harris, Phillips, Clarke, Henderson, Dale.

Referee: Mr H Wright (Thornton Heath).
Order of Goals: W,W,W,p,W.
Position: 1st.