Sunderland
  Aston Villa
Managers
Alan Brown
(Sunderland)
Eric Houghton
(Aston Villa)
Notes
Villa's Dugdale was injured in the 25th minute and went off until returning in the 40th minute, eventually retiring completely 20 minutes from time.
Willie Fraser
Joe McDonald
Billy Elliott
Graham Reed
Charlie Hurley
George Aitken
Billy Bingham
Charlie Fleming 1
Don Revie
Ambrose Fogarty
Colin Grainger 1
Nigel Sims
Stan Lynn 3
George Ashfield
Vic Crowe
Jimmy Dugdale 70
Pat Saward
Les Smith
Jackie Sewell 1
Gerry Hitchens
Billy Myerscough 1
Peter McParland
Goals
Stan Lynn (pen) 4  min
Billy Myerscough 11  min
Colin Grainger 13  min
Charlie Fleming 23  min
Stan Lynn (pen) 30  min
Jackie Sewell 34  min
Stan Lynn 42  min