| Manchester City | Middlesbrough | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Walter Smith | GK | Tim Williamson | ||
| RB | Bertram Jackson | RB | Donald 'Slasher' McLeod | ||
| LB | Charlie Burgess | LB | Jimmy Watson | ||
| RH | James Buchan | RH | Sam Aitken | ||
| CH | Tom Holford | CH | Daddler Aitken | ||
| LH | George Dorsett | LH | Freddie Wilcox | ||
| OR | Charles Webb | OR | Alf Common | ||
| IR | John Wood | IR | Steve Bloomer | ||
| CF | Irvine Thornley | CF | Fred Pentland | ||
| IL | Lot Jones | IL | Tommy Dixon | ||
| OL | Jimmy Conlin | OL | Jim Thackeray | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Harry Newbould | Daddler Aitken | ||||