1950–51 Santosh Trophy

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

The 1950–51 Santosh Trophy was the seventh edition of the

Bengal defeated Hyderabad 1–0 in the final. Bengal was captained by Sailen Manna
.

Preliminary Matches

Bengal
5–0Madhya Pradesh
Report
Referee: Sushil Ghosh
Orissa
3–0Bihar
Report
Uttar Pradesh2–1Bombay
Report

Quarter Finals

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

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.

Orissa
3–2Mysore
Report
Hyderabad5–0Uttar Pradesh
  • Sussay Jr 6'
  • Amarnath 13' (o.g.)
  • Moin
  • Layeek
Report
Referee: Ramen Bagchin

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

Semifinals

Orissa
Report
Referee: A. Jayaraman
Hyderabad2–2Delhi
Report
  • Naththu 15', ?'
Referee: Sushil Ghosh
Hyderabad2–0
replay
Delhi
Report
Referee: Sushil Ghosh

Final

Bengal
1–0Hyderabad
  • Mewalal
Report

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

Squads

  • Bengal : M. Sarkar;
    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

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