1941–42 Santosh Trophy

August 2022 August 2022 Santosh Trophy 1941–42 National Football Championship India Bengal 1 Delhi 1944–45 60 minute matches The 1941–42 Santosh Trophy was the first edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main state competition for football in India. It was held in July, 1941. Bengal won the title beating Delhi 5–1 in the final.IFA beat Delhi in football final, Bombay Chronicle, 27 July 1941 Ten teams entered the tournament but Dacca Sporting Association withdrew.Inter Provincial Football, Bombay Chronicle, 18 April 1941 Matches were played across the country and the final was played in Calcutta.Schedule, Bombay Chronicle, 14 June 1941 Preliminary matches Zone A NWIFA qualified directly for the semifinals as they were the only team in the North Zone. Zone B Delhi Rajputana 0–0 Delhi 5 July 1941 Delhi Rajputana 5–1 Delhi replay Zone C Bengal received a walkover as Dacca withdrew drew to communal riots. The match was scheduled to be held in Dacca on 13 July.Dacca withdraws due to riots, Amrita Bazar Patrika, 7 July 1941, p.4 Bihar United Provinces 1–0 Patna 17 July 1941 Bengal Bihar 0–0 Patna Bengal Bihar * Bachi Khan Somana D Banerjee 4–0 Patna 21 July 1941 Bengal's comfortable win, Amrita Bazar Patrika, 22 July 1941 H. Cage replay Zone D Mysore Madras * Nanjunda Karim Habib 3–0 SIAA Grounds, Madras 6 July 1941 Mysore defeat Madras, 3-0, 7 July 1941, Amrita Bazar Patrika https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19410707&printsec=frontpage&hl=en PN Ramachandran Bombay Mysore Langton Hill Bhimrao Nanjunda 13 4–1 Cooperage Ground, Bombay 13 July 1941 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19410714&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Swallow The score was 1–1 at half-time. Semifinals Delhi NWIFA 3–2 Delhi 12 July 1941 Harnam Singh Bengal Bombay P De Mello 50 1–0 Calcutta 24 July 1941 Bengal in final, Amrita Bazar Patrika, 25 July 1941, p.9 http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/nw_document/csssc_abp/abp/24016 T Shome Final There was a shower before the final and both teams started cautiously. The gates for the match was 6175 rupees and 4 annas (Rs. 6175.25). The Bengal-Bombay semifinal at the same venue collected 6492 rupees and 8 annas. De Mello scored the first goal in the fourth minute directly from a corner kick, an "Olympic Goal". "The ball came in the trek of an archaic parabola and swerved into the net within the far post." Hameeduddin equalised in the ninth minute with a rising shot, from a pass by Atma Ram. In the 22nd minute, the Delhi goal keeper Daley missed by a center by Noor Mohammad. The ball was headed on by D. Banerjee for De Mello to score his second goal. Bengal led 2–1 at half time. The third Bengal goal came in the eighth minute of the second half, Banerjee playing an angular shot from the right across Daley from a pass by Bhattacharjee. Bhattacharjee scored in the 16th and 23rd minutes, Sunil Ghosh providing both assists. Ghosh suffered a head injury at the start of the match but returned in the eleventh minute. Bengal was presented the trophy by Mrs H.R. Norton, the wife of the President of Indian Football Association. The chief guests for the final were Mrs Norton and B. C. Ghosh, the vice president of the IFA. Bengal Delhi * P De Mello 5 22 A Bhattacharjee 46 53 D Banerjee 38 * Hameeduddin 9 5–1 Calcutta 26 July 1941 Bengal emerge triumphant, Amrita Bazar Patrika, 27 July 1941, p.12 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19410727&printsec=frontpage&hl=en P. Misra Squads Bengal : Osman; Serajuddin and P. Chakraverti; A. Nandi, J. Lumsden and Masoom; Noor Mohamed, A. Bhattacharjee, D. Banerjee, S. Ghosh and P. De Mello Bombay : F. E.Edden (captain, Bombay Gymkhana); James (British Infantry) and S. Thompson (H.V.M.); Raja (B.E.S.T), Alexander (Y.M.C.A) and Telang (B.E.S.T); Bhimrao (Y.M.C.A), Rashad (Muslim Sports), Hill (British Infantry), Butchi (B.E.S.T) and Langton (British Infantry). Reserves : Drynan (GK, Heavy Battery), Higgins (Heavy Battery), Osbourne (Police), Karunakar (Caltex) and Swami (W.I.A.A)Bombay team, Amrita Bazar Patrika, 11 July 1941 Mysore : Kadirvelu; Habeeb and Atkinson; Sheriff, Khader and Chinnaswamy; Nanjunda, Laxminarayan, Swaminathan, Murgesh and Rahmat Bombay defeat Mysore 4-1, Amrita Bazar Patrika, 14 July 1941, p.4 Delhi : Daley; A.N. Kaul, Qamaruddin, Mohd Yousuf, Afzal Khan and Sardar Mirza; Habib Beg, Nawab, Akhtar, Atma Ram and Fayaz Khan. Also, Mohd Saeed Shah, Buland Akhtar, Hameeduddin, Safdar Rajputana : N Lodrick; H. Dean, A Rahim; Mobeen Ahmad, Sajjad Mohammad, Samiullah; Mumtaz Ahmed, Atta Mohammad, Debi Singh, Wahiduddin and Sikandar Khan Notes Some of the teams were referred to after their football associations. This article uses the names by which the teams came to be known. IFA Bengal (Indian Football Association) - Bengal WIFA Bombay (Western India Football Association) - Bombay NWIFA (North West India Football Association) - Punjab and Balochistan Delhi FA - Delhi References Category:Santosh Trophy seasons Category:1941–42 in Indian football