Saturday 8 September 1956 at White Hart Lane (Att 62,592)

Tottenham Hotspur (3) 4 (Smith 12 38, Brooks 34 90): Ditchburn, Baker, Hopkins, Blanchflower, Clarke, March, Medwin, Harper, Smith, Brooks, Robb.
Wolves (1) 1 (Hooper 17): Williams, Stuart, Shorthouse, Slater, Wright, Flowers, Hooper, Broadbent, Murray, Booth, Mullen.

Referee: Mr R Smith (Newport, Mon).
Order of Goals: t,W,t,t,t.
Position: 14th.