| Stoke City | Middlesbrough | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Norman Wilkinson | GK | Bob Ferguson | ||
| RB | Bill Winstanley | RB | Billy Brown | ||
| LB | Charlie Scrimshaw | LB | Bobby Stuart | ||
| RH | Billy Moore | RH | Jack Martin | ||
| CH | Arthur Turner | CH | Bobby Baxter | ||
| LH | Frank Soo | LH | Billy Forrest | ||
| OR | Stanley Matthews | OR | Ralph Birkett | ||
| IR | Bobby Liddle | IR | Benny Yorston | ||
| CF | Freddie Steele | CF | George Camsell | ||
| IL | Harry Davies | IL | Tim Coleman | ||
| OL | Joe Johnson | OL | Cliff Chadwick | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Bob McGrory | Wilf Gillow | ||||