| Nottingham Forest | Newcastle United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Harry Linacre | GK | Charlie Watts | ||
| RB | Charlie Craig | RB | Bob Bennie | ||
| LB | Jim Iremonger | LB | Thomas Wills | ||
| RH | Bob Innes | RH | Alec Gardner | ||
| CH | John Barnsdale | CH | Peter McWilliam | ||
| LH | George Henderson | LH | Jack Carr | ||
| OR | Tom Davies | OR | George Thompson | ||
| IR | Bill Shearman | IR | Jimmy Howie | ||
| CF | Syd Sugden | CF | Bill Appleyard | ||
| IL | Sammy Timmins | IL | Colin Veitch | ||
| OL | Alf Spouncer | OL | Bob McColl | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Harry Haslam | Frank Watt | ||||