Sunday 26 December 1943 at Molineux (Att 19,097)

Wolves (0) 1 (Aldecoa 86): Sidlow, Kelly, Dowen⁰, W Crook, Ashton, Gardiner, Stephens, Dunn, Aldecoa, Hazelton, Alderton.
Stoke City (0) 1 (Sale 76): Foster, Griffiths⁰, Hayward⁰, Massey, Franklin, Cowden, Liddle, Bowyer, Sale, Mountford, Basnett.

Referee: Mr J Davis (Walsall).
Order of Goals: s,W.
Goalkeepers: Stoke’s Foster was carried off early in the second-half after a collision with Aldercoa. Former Wolves full-back Jack Griffiths then went between the sticks and was quickly replaced by Cowden. Foster returned fifteen minutes later.

⁰ Guest