Wednesday 26 August 1953 at Roker Park (Att 57,135)

Sunderland (2) 3 (T Wright 18, Shackleton 26, Ford 51): Cowell, Stelling, Hedley, Aitken, Daniel, A Wright, T Wright, Kirtley, Ford, Shackleton, McSeveney.
Wolves (0) 2 (Hancocks 56p, Wilshaw 81): Sims, Short, Pritchard, Slater, Shorthouse, Wright, Hancocks, Stockin, Swinbourne, Wilshaw, Mullen.

Referee: Mr T Wood (Bury).
Order of Goals: s,s,s,W,W.
Penalty: Awarded for a trip on Dennis Wilshaw.
Position: 16th.