| Sunderland | Leicester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Jimmy Thorpe | GK | Sandy McLaren | ||
| RB | Bill Murray | RB | Adam Black | ||
| LB | Harry Shaw | LB | Dai Jones | ||
| RH | Sandy McNab | RH | John Gurry | ||
| CH | Jock McDougall | CH | Roger Heywood | ||
| LH | Danny Edgar | LH | Sep Smith | ||
| OR | Bert Davis | OR | Hughie Adcock | ||
| IR | Benny Yorston | IR | Arthur Maw | ||
| CF | Bobby Gurney | CF | Johnny Campbell | ||
| IL | Patsy Gallacher | IL | Arthur Lochhead | ||
| OL | Jimmy Connor | OL | Danny Liddle | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Johnny Cochrane | Peter Hodge | ||||