Staffordshire Cup (Preliminary Round) Monday- 10 October 1898 at Molineux (Att 2,000)

Wolves (0) 1 (McMain 53): Harris, Tuft, Matthias, Nurse, Pheasant, Fleming, Chadburn, Harper, McMain, Smith, Miller.
Small Heath (0) 1 (McRoberts*): Clutterbuck, Lester, Pratt, Dunlop, Leake, Robertson, Archer, Walton, McRoberts, Abbott, Wharton.

Referee: Mr J Tunnicliffe (Longton).
Order of Goals: W,s.
Penalty: George Harris saved from Bobby McRoberts during the first-half.