It was the seventh FA Charity Shield match and was contested by First Division champions West Bromwich Albion and Second Division champions Tottenham Hotspur.
The match was played at Tottenham's home ground, White Hart Lane.
This was the first Charity Shield match since 1913; the competition had not taken place during the intervening period because of the First World War.
West Bromwich Albion: H Pearson, J Smith, J Pennington, S Richardson, S Bowser, R McNeal, J Crisp, A Smith, A Bentley, F Morris, H Gregory.
Tottenham Hotspur: W Jacques, T Clay, R Brown, J Archibald, B Smith, A Grimsdell, J Banks, J Seed, J Cantrell, H Bliss, J Dimmock.