| Aston Villa | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Billy George | GK | Harry Linacre | ||
| RB | Howard Spencer | RB | Charlie Craig | ||
| LB | Freddie Miles | LB | Jim Iremonger | ||
| RH | James Gray | RH | John Barnsdale | ||
| CH | Alf Wood | CH | Peter Robertson | ||
| LH | Alec Leake | LH | Sammy Timmins | ||
| OR | Billy Brawn | OR | Syd Sugden | ||
| IR | Bert Hall | IR | Bill Shearman | ||
| CF | Billy Matthews | CF | Tommy Niblo | ||
| IL | Joe Bache | IL | Grenville Morris | ||
| OL | Billy Garatty | OL | Alf Spouncer | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| George Ramsey | Harry Haslam | ||||