Tuesday 28 December 1897 at Molineux (8,100)

Wolves (1) 1 (Wood 3): Baddeley, Eccles, Blackett, Malpass, Owen, Fleming, Tonks, Wood, Beats, W Smith, Miller.
West Bromwich Albion (0) 1 (Reid 70): Reader, Cave, Williams, Perry, Jones, Banks, Bassett, Flewitt, Reid, McKenzie, Garfield.

Position: 4th.