Saturday 16 January 1897 at Deepdale (Att 5,000)

Preston North End (2) 4 (Henderson 10, Boyd*, Boyd*, Stevenson*): Trainer, Holmes, Dunn, Blyth, Sanders, Orr, Smith, Pratt, Stevenson, Boyd, Henderson.
Wolves (0) 0: Tennant, Fleming, Wood, Griffiths, Malpass, Owen, Edge, Lyden, Beats, McMain, Smith.

Injuries: Wolves were reduced to nine men during the first-half. Only one returned for the second period.
Position: 14th.