| Aston Villa | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Cyril Spiers | GK | Alfred Bennett | ||
| RB | Tommy Smart | RB | Harry Bulling | ||
| LB | Tommy Mort | LB | Harry Jones | ||
| RH | Frank Moss | RH | Jackie Belton | ||
| CH | Len Capewell | CH | Gerry Morgan | ||
| LH | George Blackburn | LH | Noah Burton | ||
| OR | Dicky York | OR | Sid Gibson | ||
| IR | Billy Kirton | IR | Jack Spaven | ||
| CF | Ian Dickson | CF | John Green | ||
| IL | Billy Walker | IL | Bobby Parker | ||
| OL | Arthur Dorrell | OL | Harry Martin | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| George Ramsey | Bob Masters | ||||