| Aston Villa | Sunderland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Harry Morton | GK | Bob Middleton | ||
| RB | Danny Blair | RB | Bill Murray | ||
| LB | Tommy Mort | LB | Harry Shaw | ||
| RH | Jimmy Gibson | RH | Alex Hastings | ||
| CH | Alec Talbot | CH | Jock McDougall | ||
| LH | Joe Tate | LH | Danny Edgar | ||
| OR | Eric Houghton | OR | Bert Davis | ||
| IR | Joe Beresford | IR | Sandy McNab | ||
| CF | George 'Bomber' Brown | CF | Bobby Gurney | ||
| IL | Billy Walker | IL | Patsy Gallacher | ||
| OL | Reg Chester | OL | Jimmy Connor | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Billy Smith | Johnny Cochrane | ||||