| Nottingham Forest | Birmingham City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chic Thomson | 1 | Gil Merrick | ||
| 2 | Jack Hutchinson | 2 | Jeff Hall | ||
| 3 | Geoff Thomas | 3 | Ken Green | ||
| 4 | Bill Morley | 4 | Johnny Watts | ||
| 5 | Bobby McKinlay | 5 | Trevor Smith | ||
| 6 | Jack Burkitt | 6 | Dick Neal | ||
| 7 | Billy Gray | 7 | Gordon Astall | ||
| 8 | Eddie Baily | 8 | Noel Kinsey | ||
| 9 | Tommy Wilson | 9 | Eddy Brown | ||
| 10 | Jimmy Barrett | 10 | Peter Murphy | ||
| 11 | Stewart Imlach | 11 | Alex Govan | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Billy Walker | Arthur Turner | ||||