| Middlesbrough | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Tim Williamson | GK | John Smith | ||
| RB | Donald 'Slasher' McLeod | RB | Walter Dudley | ||
| LB | Jimmy Watson | LB | George 'Ginger' Maltby | ||
| RH | Sam Aitken | RH | Teddy Hughes | ||
| CH | Thomas Wilson | CH | George Wolfe | ||
| LH | Teddy Verrill | LH | Jack Armstrong | ||
| OR | Fred Pentland | OR | Bill Hooper | ||
| IR | Steve Bloomer | IR | Tom Marrison | ||
| CF | Sammy Cail | CF | Knocker West | ||
| IL | Jack Hall | IL | Grenville Morris | ||
| OL | Jim Thackeray | OL | John Horrocks | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| John Gunter | Fred Earp | ||||