Saturday 16 November 1946 at Molineux (Att 43,741)

Wolves (1) 3 (Pye 32, Westcott 47 65): Williams, McLean, Crook, Galley, Cullis, Wright, Hancocks, Pye, Westcott, Forbes, Mullen.
Sheffield United (0) 1 (Forbes 81p): Smith, Shimwell, Cox, Jackson, Thompson, Forbes, Rickett, Brook, Collindridge, Hagen, Warhurst.

Referee: Mr S Roberts (Wallasey).
Order of Goals: W,W,W,s.
Penalty: Awarded for a foul on Roy Warhurst.
Landmark: Sheffield United’s Roy Warhurst makes his League debut. He was signed from Atlas & Norfolk FC, the same club that Ernest Jackson – who had made his United debut against Wolves some fourteen years earlier – had been signed from.
Position: 2nd.