| Sunderland | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Ned Doig | GK | Harry Linacre | ||
| RB | Andy McCombie | RB | Charlie Craig | ||
| LB | Jimmy Watson | LB | Jim Iremonger | ||
| RH | Billy Farquhar | RH | George Robinson | ||
| CH | Sandy McAllister | CH | Frank Forman | ||
| LH | Dicky Jackson | LH | Bob Norris | ||
| OR | Billy Hogg | OR | Fred Forman | ||
| IR | Jimmy Gemmell | IR | Jack Calvey | ||
| CF | Jimmy Millar | CF | Andy Gara | ||
| IL | Willie Maxwell | IL | Grenville Morris | ||
| OL | Colin McLatchie | OL | Alf Spouncer | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Alex Mackie | Harry Haslam | ||||