| Birmingham | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Harry Hibbs | GK | Len Langford | ||
| RB | Harold Booton | RB | Laurie Barnett | ||
| LB | Ned Barkas | LB | Billy Dale | ||
| RH | Lew Stoker | RH | Matt Busby | ||
| CH | George Morrall | CH | Sam Cowan | ||
| LH | Charlie Calladine | LH | Jimmy McLuckie | ||
| OR | Francis McGurk | OR | Ernie Toseland | ||
| IR | Tom Grosvenor | IR | Alec Herd | ||
| CF | Joe Bradford | CF | Robert Syme | ||
| IL | Sam Smith | IL | Fred Tilson | ||
| OL | Billy Guest | OL | Eric Brook | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Leslie Knighton | Wilf Wild | ||||