| Stoke City | Sunderland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Norman Lewis | GK | Matt Middleton | ||
| RB | Bob McGrory | RB | Bill Murray | ||
| LB | Billy Spencer | LB | Alex Hall | ||
| RH | Arthur Tutin | RH | Charlie Thomson | ||
| CH | Arthur Turner | CH | Bert Johnston | ||
| LH | Harry Sellars | LH | Alex Hastings | ||
| OR | Stanley Matthews | OR | Bert Davis | ||
| IR | Bobby Liddle | IR | Raich Carter | ||
| CF | Tommy Sale | CF | Bobby Gurney | ||
| IL | Harry Davies | IL | Patsy Gallacher | ||
| OL | Peter McArdle | OL | Jimmy Connor | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Tom Mather | Johnny Cochrane | ||||