League Cup Proper (Final, First Leg) Saturday 23 May 1942 at Roker Park (Att 34,776)

Sunderland (0) 2 (Carter 55, Stubbins 77): Heywood, Gorman, Eves, Housam, Hewison, Hastings, Spuhler, Stubbins⁰, Whitelum, Carter, G Robinson⁰.
Wolves (1) 2 (Westcott 10 85): Sidlow, G Robinson, Dowen⁰, Thornhill, Galley, Dorsett, Broome⁰, McIntosh, Westcott, Stevenson, Mullen.

Referee: Corporal J Wiltshire (Dorset).
Order of Goals: Ws,s,W.
⁰ Guest