1950–51 Santosh Trophy

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.

1950–51 Santosh Trophy
National Football Championship
Tournament details
CountryIndia
Final positions
ChampionsBengal (5th title)
Runner-upHyderabad

Preliminary Matches

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Bengal5–0Madhya Pradesh
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Referee: Sushil Ghosh
Orissa3–0Bihar
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Uttar Pradesh2–1Bombay
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Quarter Finals

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Delhi3–0Services
  • Naththu   2'   ?'
  • S. Thapa
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The 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.

Orissa3–2Mysore
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Hyderabad5–0Uttar Pradesh
  • Sussay Jr   6'
  • Amarnath   13' (o.g.)
  • Moin    
  • Layeek  
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Referee: Ramen Bagchin

Moin scored in the 18th and 23rd minutes of the second half and Layeek in the 29th.

Semifinals

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Bengal5–0Orissa
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Referee: A. Jayaraman
Hyderabad2–2Delhi
  • Asghar   12'
  • Moin   19'
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  • Naththu   15', ?'
Referee: Sushil Ghosh
Hyderabad2–0
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Delhi
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Referee: Sushil Ghosh

Final

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Bengal1–0Hyderabad
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Mewalal's goal was scored in the 6th minute of the second half from a center by Saleh

Squads

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  • 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

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