| Aston Villa | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Jimmy Whitehouse | GK | Dan Allsopp | ||
| RB | Howard Spencer | RB | Archie Ritchie | ||
| LB | Albert Evans | LB | Jim Iremonger | ||
| RH | Baldy Reynolds | RH | Frank Forman | ||
| CH | Jimmy Cowan | CH | John MacPherson | ||
| LH | Bob Chatt | LH | Alec Stewart | ||
| OR | Charlie Athersmith | OR | Fred Forman | ||
| IR | Jack Devey | IR | Adrian Capes | ||
| CF | Jimmy Crabtree | CF | Charlie Richards | ||
| IL | Freddy Wheldon | IL | Sailor Capes | ||
| OL | Steve Smith | OL | Tom McInnes | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| George Ramsey | Harry Radford | ||||