Saturday 20 August 1955 at The Hawthorns (Att 45,306)

West Bromwich Albion (1) 1 (Nicholls 4): Saunders, Williams, Millard, Dudley, Kennedy, Barlow, Griffin, Carter, Allen, Nicholls, Lee.
Wolves (0) 1 (Swinbourne 59): Williams, Stuart, Shorthouse, Slater, Wright, Flowers, Hancocks, Broadbent, Swinbourne, Wilshaw, Smith.

Referee: Mr E Crawford (Doncaster).
Injury: Albion’s were reduced to just ten men with twelve minutes remaining after Ronnie Allen injured early in the match finally had to give way to injury. He had earlier spent twelve minutes receiving treatment and had spent the rest of the match on the right-wing.
Position: 15th.