Tuesday 1 January 1962 at Roker Park (Att 35,072)

Sunderland (0) 1 (Shackleton 86): Robinson, Hedley, Hudgell, Watson, Hall, Aitken, Bingham, Kirtley, Ford, Shackleton, McSeveney.
Wolves (1) 1 (Mullen 9): Parsons, Shorthouse, Gibbons, Baxter, Chatham, Wright, Smith, Broadbent, Whitfield, Dunn, Mullen.

Referee: Mr P Rhodes (York).
Weather: There were four inches of snow covering the Roker Park pitch on the morning of the match. It took a number of Sunderland official and fifty helpers to clear it.
Ball: An orange ball was used for the last fifteen minutes.
Position: 12th.