| Stoke City | Preston North End | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Norman Lewis | GK | Harry Holdcroft | ||
| RB | Bob McGrory | RB | Billy Hough | ||
| LB | Billy Spencer | LB | Harry Lowe | ||
| RH | Arthur Tutin | RH | Bill Shankly | ||
| CH | Arthur Turner | CH | Bob Batey | ||
| LH | Harry Sellars | LH | Jimmy Milne | ||
| OR | Stanley Matthews | OR | George Bargh | ||
| IR | Bobby Liddle | IR | Frank Beresford | ||
| CF | Tommy Sale | CF | Jackie Palethorpe | ||
| IL | Harry Davies | IL | Jimmy Dougal | ||
| OL | Joe Johnson | OL | Bud Maxwell | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Tom Mather | Board of Directors | ||||