| Sunderland | Newcastle United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Matt Middleton | GK | Bill McPhillips | ||
| RB | Bill Murray | RB | Jimmy Nelson | ||
| LB | Harry Shaw | LB | Bob Thomson | ||
| RH | Charlie Thomson | RH | Dave Bell | ||
| CH | Bert Johnston | CH | Dave Davidson | ||
| LH | Alex Hastings | LH | Sam Weaver | ||
| OR | Bert Davis | OR | Jimmy Boyd | ||
| IR | Raich Carter | IR | Jimmy Richardson | ||
| CF | Bobby Gurney | CF | Ron Williams | ||
| IL | Patsy Gallacher | IL | Bob Dennison | ||
| OL | Jimmy Connor | OL | Tommy Lang | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Johnny Cochrane | Andy Cunningham | ||||