| Aston Villa | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Billy George | GK | Harry Linacre | ||
| RB | Micky Noon | RB | Charlie Craig | ||
| LB | Freddie Miles | LB | Jim Iremonger | ||
| RH | Albert Wilkes | RH | Bob Innes | ||
| CH | Alf Wood | CH | John Barnsdale | ||
| LH | Alec Leake | LH | George Henderson | ||
| OR | Billy Brawn | OR | Tom Davies | ||
| IR | Billy Matthews | IR | Bill Shearman | ||
| CF | Billy Garatty | CF | Syd Sugden | ||
| IL | Joe Bache | IL | Harry Griffiths | ||
| OL | Arthur Lockett | OL | Alf Spouncer | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| George Ramsey | Harry Haslam | ||||