| Aston Villa | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Willie Dunning | GK | Dan Allsopp | ||
| RB | John Baird | RB | Archie Ritchie | ||
| LB | James Elliott | LB | Adam Scott | ||
| RH | Baldy Reynolds | RH | William 'Tich' Smith | ||
| CH | Jimmy Cowan | CH | John MacPherson | ||
| LH | Willie Groves | LH | Alec Stewart | ||
| OR | Charlie Athersmith | OR | Horace Pike | ||
| IR | Bob Chatt | IR | Arthur Shaw | ||
| CF | Jack Devey | CF | Tommy Rose | ||
| IL | Denny Hodgetts | IL | Jimmy Collins | ||
| OL | Steve Smith | OL | George Geary | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| George Ramsey | Harry Radford | ||||