Saturday 9 April 1948 at Molineux (Att 39,066)

Wolves (1) 3 (Wilshaw 30 74, Dunn 69): Williams, Pritchard, Springthorpe, Baxter, Shorthouse, Forbes, Hancocks, Smyth, Wilshaw, Dunn, Mullen.
Stoke City (0) 1 (Steele 86): Herod, Watkin, McCue, F Mountford, Jones, Sellars, G Mountford, Peppitt, Steele, Baker, Ormston.

Referee: Mr R Leafe (Nottingham).
Order of Goals: W,W,W,s.
International: Wolves were missing Billy Wright and Stoke Neil Franklin; both were playing for England against Scotland at Hampden Park.
Position: 8th.