| Sunderland | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Ned Doig | GK | Charlie Williams | ||
| RB | Andy McCombie | RB | Thomas Read | ||
| LB | Robert McNeill | LB | Di Jones | ||
| RH | Matthew Ferguson | RH | Stuart Munn | ||
| CH | Sandy McAllister | CH | William 'Buxton' Smith | ||
| LH | Dicky Jackson | LH | Billy Holmes | ||
| OR | Billy Hogg | OR | Billy Meredith | ||
| IR | Billy Farquhar | IR | Jimmy Ross | ||
| CF | Robert Hogg | CF | Alex Davidson | ||
| IL | Jim Leslie | IL | Fred Williams | ||
| OL | Colin McLatchie | OL | George Dougal | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Alex Mackie | Sam Ormerod | ||||