| Stoke City | Birmingham City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dennis Herod | 1 | Gil Merrick | ||
| 2 | Billy Mould | 2 | Cyril Trigg | ||
| 3 | Cyril Watkin | 3 | Dennis Jennings | ||
| 4 | Roy Brown | 4 | Len Boyd | ||
| 5 | Roy Jones | 5 | Ted Duckhouse | ||
| 6 | Johnny Sellars | 6 | Fred Harris | ||
| 7 | George Mountford | 7 | Jackie Stewart | ||
| 8 | Frank Bowyer | 8 | Neil Dougall | ||
| 9 | Freddie Steele | 9 | Jimmy Dailey | ||
| 10 | Bill Caton | 10 | Harry Bodle | ||
| 11 | Alec Ormston | 11 | Harry Roberts | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Bob McGrory | Bob Brocklebank | ||||