Saturday 11 August 1956 at Molineux (Att 10,000)

Colours (1) 3 (Murray 41 72, Harris 77og): Williams, Short, Shorthouse, Slater, Wright, Flowers, Hooper, Broadbent, Murray, Booth, Neil.
Whites (0) 0: Dwyer, Beavon (Tether HT), Harris, Clamp, Showell, Hancocks, Mason, Swinbourne, Wilshaw, Mullen.

Referee: Mr J Taylor (Wolverhampton).
Note: Notts County manager George Poyser attended the match.