| Darwen | Sunderland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Timothy Marsden | GK | Ned Doig | ||
| RB | Thomas Aspden | RB | Tom Porteous | ||
| LB | John Leach | LB | John Murray | ||
| RH | William Yates | RH | Hughie Wilson | ||
| CH | James Haddow | CH | John Auld | ||
| LH | Michael McAvoy | LH | Will Gibson | ||
| OR | Richard Craven | OR | Jimmy Hannah | ||
| IR | James Nightingale | IR | Davy Hannah | ||
| CF | Robert Fish | CF | Johnny Campbell | ||
| IL | Robert Smith | IL | Jimmy Millar | ||
| OL | John Wade | OL | Jock Scott | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Board of Directors | Tom Watson | ||||