29. September 1888 - 0:00 - England - 1. Liga - 1. Runde - Zuschauer: 5000

Wolverhampton Wanderers - Blackubrn Rovers 2:2 

1:0 Joseph Cooper

2:0 Dave Wykes 

2:1 Jack Southworth

2:2 Jack Southworth

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Jack Baynton, Dickie Baugh, Charles Mason, Harry Allen, Albert Fletcher, Arthur Lowder, Tommy Knight, Dave Wykes, Joseph Cooper, Tommy Hunter, Walter White. Trainer Jack Addenbrooke

Blackburn Rovers: Herby Arthur, Joseph Beverley, John Barton, Jimmy Forrest, James Douglas, Willie Almond, Jack Southworth, William Townley, Nat Walton, Robert Haresnape, Harry Fecitt. Trainer: Thomas Mitchell. Co-Trainer: Jack Hunter

Schiedsrichter: ?