The 1950–51 Santosh Trophy was the seventh edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held in Calcutta, West Bengal. Bengal defeated Hyderabad 1–0 in the final. Bengal was captained by Sailen Manna.
National Football Championship | |
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Tournament details | |
Country | India |
Final positions | |
Champions | Bengal (5th title) |
Runner-up | Hyderabad |
Preliminary Matches
editBengal | 5–0 | Madhya Pradesh |
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Report |
Referee: Sushil Ghosh
Quarter Finals
editThe Delhi center-forward Naththu headed in a corner kick from Dharambir in the sixth minute. He scored in the second minute of the second half from a pass by Dharambir. Thapa scored a minute before the end from a pass by Naththu.
Hyderabad | 5–0 | Uttar Pradesh |
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Report |
Referee: Ramen Bagchin
Moin scored in the 18th and 23rd minutes of the second half and Layeek in the 29th.
Semifinals
editFinal
editMewalal's goal was scored in the 6th minute of the second half from a center by Saleh
Squads
edit- Bengal : M. Sarkar; B. Bose and S. Manna (captain); Latif, S. Sarbadhikary and A.Ghosh; Venkatesh, R Guha Thakurta, Mewalal, Ahmed Khan and Saleh played in the final. Also B. Anthony, Mahinder, Syeed, A Dasgupta
- Hyderabad : Ramaswamy; Ali and Fruvall; Patrick, Jamal, Noor, Moin, Layeek; Sussay (Sr), Sussay (Jr) and Mohammad played in the final. Also Aziz and Ayyub.
- Delhi : Hardev, Ghanshyam and Gulzari; Yusuf, Jayaraman and Kewal; Satpal (sr), Dharambir, Naththu, Mahinder Kumar and S Thapa
- Orissa : Bari; Alam and Enayat; Jenamani, Sachi Das and Chitta Sahu; Biranjan Bera, Golak Samal, A. M. Bachan (captain), Sita Ramarao and Tareque Hussain
- Bombay : Christoper (St Francis Goans), Arikinathan (Rashids), goalkeepers; Papen (Tata) and Chinnathambi Pillay (Maharashtra), backs; Narayan (Culture League), Gabriel D'Costa (Goan Sports), Shanker (Rashids), Lyngdoh (Indian Navy) and Damodar (Tata), halves; Stewart (Indian Navy), Parab (Culture League), Kuppuswami (Rashids), Peter Ferrao (Tata), Thomas (Culture League), Anthony Braganza (Tate) and Verghese (Rashids). Captain : Parab, Vice Captain : Leslie Woodcock, Manager : N. N. Guha [11]
- Bihar : D Sen; Qurban, B. Dutta, Parshid, Safi, Kanjilal
- Madhya Pradesh : S Ganguly; Ramalu and T. Ford; Narmade Prasad, Balaiya and Narsaiyah; G.Chatterji, Ramdas, P.K. Roy, M. Kumar and M.I. Haque
- Uttar Pradesh : Anu Bose; S.K. Sarkar and Amarnath; Radheyshyam, Bihari and Qasim; S. Mukherji, Bibhas Ghosh, S.N. Sarkar, Hafeez and Dajeet Singh
References
edit- ^ Indian Express, 9 August 1950
- ^ Indian Express, 12 August 1950
- ^ Indian Express, 17 August 1950
- ^ Indian Express, 15 August 1950
- ^ Indian Express, 17 August 1950
- ^ Indian Express, 21 August 1950
- ^ The Indian Express, 20 August 1950
- ^ Bombay Chronicle, 22 August 1950
- ^ Bombay Chronicle, 25 August 1950
- ^ Indian Express, 29 August 1950
- ^ 17 selected to represent Bombay, Indian Express, 12 August 1950