FA Cup (Third Round)- Saturday 10 January 1953 at Deepdale (Att 32,135)

Preston North End (2) 5 (Finney 12, Wayman 37 65 89, Lewis 68): Thompson, Cunningham, Scott, Docherty, Marston, Forbes, Finney, Lewis, Wayman, Baxter, Morrison.
Wolves (1) 2 (Wilshaw 24, Smith 70): Williams, Pritchard, Gibbons, Baxter, Chatham, Wright, Smith, Broadbent, Swinbourne, Wilshaw, Mullen.

Referee: Mr R Leafe (Nottingham).
Order of Goals: p,W,p,p,p,W,p.