| Sunderland | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Ned Doig | GK | William Brown | ||
| RB | Tom Porteous | RB | Archie Ritchie | ||
| LB | Robert Smellie | LB | Adam Scott | ||
| RH | Hughie Wilson | RH | Dan Allsopp | ||
| CH | John Auld | CH | John MacPherson | ||
| LH | Will Gibson | LH | Peter McCracken | ||
| OR | Jimmy Hannah | OR | Neil McCallum | ||
| IR | John Harvey | IR | Arthur Shaw | ||
| CF | Johnny Campbell | CF | Sandy Higgins | ||
| IL | Davy Hannah | IL | Horace Pike | ||
| OL | Jock Scott | OL | Tom McInnes | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Tom Watson | Harry Radford | ||||