1949–50 Santosh Trophy

Santosh Trophy 1949–50 National Football Championship India 13 Bengal 4 Hyderabad 12 50 Mewalal (11 goals) 1947–48 1950–51 60 minute matches The 1949–50 Santosh Trophy was the sixth edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. Bengal defeated Hyderabad 5–0 in the final. This was Bengal's sixth final appearance and the fourth title. The tournament was held in Calcutta, West Bengal and the matches were played on the grounds of Calcutta Football Club, Mohammedan Sporting and the Aryan Football Club. National soccer championship starts with two matches on cards, Amrita Bazar Patrika, July 26, 1949, p.6 There was no Santosh Trophy in the 1948–49 season because of the delay in finding a venue. Early rounds 26 July 1949 Hyderabad beat Orissa by three goals, Ananda Bazar Patrika, 27 July 1950, page 6 Hyderabad Orissa Sussay 10 Duraiswamy 32 54 3 0 CFC Ground, Calcutta A. Roy http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/nw_document/csssc_abp/abp/36285 26 July 1949 Bengal set up record in goal scoring, Ananda Bazar Patrika, 27 July 1950, page 6 Bengal Central Provinces Ramulu 7 (o.g.) Abid 15 Mewalal 25 34 36 50 58 R. Das 29 41 9 0 CFC Ground, Calcutta P.S. Gopalan http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/nw_document/csssc_abp/abp/36285 30 July 1949 Fine recovery by Madras, Ananda Bazar Patrika, 31 July 1950, page 6 Madras Delhi D'Cruz 4 6 1 Karam Chand 2 1 CFC Ground, Calcutta Sushil Ghosh http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/nw_document/csssc_abp/abp/36324 30 July 1949 Bihar Assam A. Ghosh 3 (o.g.) A. Mukherjee 24 Bhagabati 40 6 Presswell 3 1 CFC Ground, Calcutta R Bagchi http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/nw_document/csssc_abp/abp/36324 1 August 1949 Services XI beat United Provinces, Ananda Bazar Patrika, 2 August 1950, page 6 Services United Provinces A. Bose 10 Sukhlal 23 Lall Bahadur 59 Mukundan 60 S. Banerjee 11 4 1 Calcutta Dr. S. Dutt http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/nw_document/csssc_abp/abp/36343 The second half was played in heavy rain. Quarter-finals 28 July 1949 Hyderabad beat Bombay, Ananda Bazar Patrika, 29 July 1950, page 6 Hyderabad Bombay Moin 50 53 Sussay 60 1 6 Anwar 3 2 CFC Ground, Calcutta N. Sen http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/nw_document/csssc_abp/abp/36305 29 July 1949 Bengal reach semi-final, Ananda Bazar Patrika, 30 July 1950, page 6 Bengal Rajputana Mewalal 12 15 25 Daud Mohamed 22 S. Nandy 50 5 0 Calcutta S.A. Rahim http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/nw_document/csssc_abp/abp/36313 1 August 1949 Bihar waste two-goal lead, Ananda Bazar Patrika, 2 August 1950, page 6 Madras Bihar D'Cruz 18 Thyagarajan 48 Kandaswami 50 4 Bhagabati 6 S. Ganguly 3 2 Calcutta S. Pathak http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/nw_document/csssc_abp/abp/36343 2 August 1949 Services XI beat Mysore, Ananda Bazar Patrika, 3 August 1950, page 6 Services Mysore Dhan Bahadur 60 1 0 Calcutta P.S. Gopalan http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/nw_document/csssc_abp/abp/36353 Semifinals 3 August 1949 Bengal reach final, Ananda Bazar Patrika, 4 August 1950, page 6 Bengal Madras Latif 7 S. Ghosh 10 32 52 D'Cruz 3 1 Calcutta Major F. Upfold http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/nw_document/csssc_abp/abp/36363 4 August 1949 Hyderabad to oppose West Bengal in the final, Ananda Bazar Patrika, 5 August 1950, page 6 Services Hyderabad Moin 49 1 0 Calcutta Sushil Ghosh http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/nw_document/csssc_abp/abp/36373 Sukhlal equalised in the last minute for Services but was off-side Final 6 August 1949 Bengal retain Santosh Trophy, Ananda Bazar Patrika, 7 August 1950, page 6 Bengal Hyderabad Mewalal 4 32 40 Abid 5 44 5 0 Calcutta Major Upfold http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/nw_document/csssc_abp/abp/36392 The awards were presented the next day by Kailash Nath Katju, the Governor of West Bengal, at the Great Eastern Hotel, Calcutta.Presentation ceremony at the Great Eastern Hotel, Ananda Bazar Patrika, 8 August 1950, p.6 On the same day, a 15-member Indian football team to tour Afghanistan was selected, captained by Abid Hossain of Bengal, East Bengal and Lucknow University. The team was composed mainly of students.Abid to lead All India football team at Kabul, Ananda Bazar Patrika, 8 August 1950, p.6 Squads Bengal : M. Sarkar (Bhowanipore); Taj Mohammad (East Bengal) and D. Paul (Mohun Bagan); Latif (Mohammedan Sporting), Daud Mohamed (Mohammedan Sporting) and S. Roy (Kalighat); R. Das (Bhowanipore), Abid Hossain (East Bengal), Mewalal (E.I. Railway), Sattar (Mohammedan Sporting) and S. Nandy (captain, E.I. Railway) Also, M. Ghatak (East Bengal) (goal keeper); Abhay Ghose (Mohun Bagan); S. Ghosh (E.I. Railway), N. Bose (Bhowanipore), Anthony (Mohammedan Sporting),Bengal meets Hyderabad in the Santosh Trophy final today, Amrita Bazar Patrika, 6 August 1949, p.6 Sailen Manna (Mohun Bagan), Anil Dey, S. Mookerjee (Sporting Union), Dr. Kumar Bengal was captained by Anil Dey in the first two matches, Sailen Manna in the quarter final and S. Nandy in the semi-final and final. Hyderabad : Erayya (Hyderabad City Police, ; Aziz (National Sporting) and Fruvall (captain, City Police); Pindari (Ordinance Dept), Jamal (City Police) and Noor Mohamed (City Police); Laiq (Hunters), Sussay (City Police), Moin (City Police), Duraiswami (Ordinance Dept) and Mahmud (City Police) Also, F. Rahim (Hyderabad Sporting), Ansari (Hyderabad Sporting), Narayan Prasad (Hyderabad Sporting), Asghar (National Sporting) and Yelliah (Railway Recreation Club). Manager : Syed Abdul Rahim, Assistant Manager : Maqdoom Services : Khem Bahadur; Thomas and Ranbir; Gokul, Chandan Singh and Puran Gurang; Lal Bahadur, Mukundan, Dhan Bahadur, Sukhlal and Puran Thapa. Also Capt. Rao Mysore : Varadaraj; Arokiaswami and Masoom; Basheer, Summukhan and C. Thambi; Baboo, Arikiraj, Nari, Raman and Ramaiah Madras : Muniswami; Rajavelu and Anjanallu; Gurunathan, Alagarswami and Murugeshan; A. Kandaswami, Thangaraj, D'Cruz, Iyyadurai and Thyagarajan Also, Thangaswamy, Nelson, Hanumant Rao Bihar : A. Roy; K.S. Mani and C.S. Ramaiah; P. Narayan, Salauddin and G. Mohamed; M. Shafi, S. Ganguli, Bhagabati, S. Kanjilal and A. Mukherjee Assam : D. Singh; U. Das and J. Roy Chowdhury; D. Dunn, N. Das and A. Ghosh; K. Bardoloi, H. Dey, Presswell, N. Chowdhury and B. Mukherjee Delhi : Hardeo Sahai; R.K. Dasgupta and Trilok Nath Lan; P.K. Dasgupta, Satprakash and R. Prasad; Satpal, Karam Chand, Chandoin, Mohendrapai and S. Thappa Rajputana : Lee; Chandermull and Ambica Dutt; Ibrahim, Randhir Singh and Uday Karan; Satyanarain, Jethmull, Shew Dutt, Mumtaz and Mul Singh Bombay : Sanjiva; Woodcock and Papen; Narayan, Krishnan and Govind; Anwar, Parab, Ferrao, Thomas and Peters Central Provinces : Abdul Jabbar; Claudius and Ramulu; Shewcharan, Baliah and Abbul Azim; A. Rahim, Bose, Ramdas, Maniram and Baboo Orissa : Rajani; Alam and Enayat; Bipin, Sachi and Kamayya; Biranjan, Bulu, Tarikh (capt), William Paul and Tiki United Provinces : Anu Bose; Naka Banerjee and Amiya Banerjee; Behari Lal, Aziz and Mahabir Prasad; S. Mukherjee, Bibhas Ghosh, Shally, Subhas Banerjee and Daljit Singh References Category:Santosh Trophy seasons Category:1949–50 in Indian football