| Stoke City | Sunderland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Roy John | GK | Jimmy Thorpe | ||
| RB | Bob McGrory | RB | Bill Murray | ||
| LB | Charlie Scrimshaw | LB | Harry Shaw | ||
| RH | Arthur Tutin | RH | Sandy McNab | ||
| CH | Arthur Turner | CH | Bert Johnston | ||
| LH | Harry Sellars | LH | Alex Hastings | ||
| OR | Stanley Matthews | OR | Bert Davis | ||
| IR | Harry Davies | IR | George Ainsley | ||
| CF | Tommy Sale | CF | Bobby Gurney | ||
| IL | Frank Soo | IL | Benny Yorston | ||
| OL | Joe Johnson | OL | Jimmy Connor | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Tom Mather | Johnny Cochrane | ||||