Friday 26 December 1952 at Molineux (Att 51,419)

Wolves (1) 1 (Swinbourne 12): Williams, Short, Pritchard, Wright, Shorthouse, Slater, Smith, Broadbent, Swinbourne, Wilshaw, Mullen.
Sunderland (1) 1 (Bingham 15): Mapson, Stelling, Hedley, Watson, Aitken, A Wright, Bingham, Davis, Ford, Kirtley, Reynolds.

Referee: Mr H Jackson (Leeds).
Order of Goals: W,s.
Position: 1st.