1950 IFA Shield final

1950 IFA Shield Final

PBA Saleh receiving the IFA Shield trophy from West Bengal Governor Dr. Kailashnath Katju

Event

1950 IFA Shield

East Bengal	Services

3	0

Date

16 September 1950

Venue

East Bengal–Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata, West Bengal

Referee

Alok Ray

← 1949

1951 →

The 1950 IFA Shield Final was the 58th final of the IFA Shield, the second oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Services on 16 September 1950 at the East Bengal–Mohun Bagan Ground in Kolkata.

East Bengal won the final 3–0 to claim their 4th IFA Shield title. K. P. Dhanraj scored twice and P. B. A. Saleh scored the third as East Bengal lifted their fourth IFA Shield title.^[1]

Route to the final

East Bengal		Round	Services
Opponent	Result	Round	Opponent	Result
Howrah Union	4–0	First Round	Eastern India Railway	2–0
Munger Town	4–0	Second Round	bye	–
Calcutta F.C.	3–0	Third Round	Maharashtra	3–0
Bhawanipore	1–0	Quarter–Final	Kalighat	0–0; 4–0
Sporting Union	2–1	Semi–Final	Mohun Bagan	2–1

Match

Summary

The IFA Shield final began at the East Bengal–Mohun Bagan Ground in Kolkata on 16 September 1950 in front of a packed crowd as Kolkata giants East Bengal faced Services. East Bengal, the defending champions, reached their seventh final, having won thrice in 1943, 1945 and 1949, after defeating Sporting Union 2–1 in the semi-final. Services made their first appearance in the final after they defeated Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan 2–1 in the semi-final.^[1] This was the first time that the IFA Shield final was being held at the East Bengal–Mohun Bagan Ground.

East Bengal started as the favorites in front of their home crowd as the defending champions and with a star-studded forward line consisting of the famous Pancha Pandavas, East Bengal dominated the game from the beginning and scored the first goal in the eighth minute of the match after Pansanttom Venkatesh and Apparao interchanged between themselves and put a forward pass for K. P. Dhanraj who scored through a powerful grounded shot to make it 1–0. East Bengal doubled their lead just five minutes before the half time after P. B. A. Saleh scored with a grounder, after he was set through on goal by Ahmed Khan. East Bengal scored their third goal just ten minutes before the end of the play after Apparao again played Dhanraj through on goal, who got his second of the match as East Bengal won their fourth IFA Shield title and thus became the first-ever club to win the coveted Double – League and Shield champions for the third time (previously: 1945 and 1949), surpassing the record held by Gordon Highlanders (1908 and 1909), Calcutta FC (1922 and 1923) and Mohammedan Sporting (1936 and 1941); who had won the double twice.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Details

16 September 1950

16:00 IST

East Bengal	3–0	Services
Dhanraj 8', 40' Saleh 20'

East Bengal–Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata

Attendance: 20,000 (est.)

Referee: Alok Ray

East Bengal

Services



GK		Manilal Ghatak
FB		N. Guha
FB		Rakhal Mazumdar
HB		Dhirendranath Chanda
HB		Biren Ray
HB		G. R. Gokul
FW		Pansanttom Venkatesh
FW		M. Apparao
FW		K. P. Dhanraj
FW		Ahmed Khan
FW		P. B. A. Saleh (c)



GK		Khem Bahadur
FB		John
FB		Ranbir Singh
HB		Lal Bahadur (Jr.)
HB		Chandan Singh
HB		Cpt. Jones
FW		Dil Bahadur (Sr.)
FW		Lal Bahadur (Sr.)
FW		Tikaram
FW		Simon
FW		Puran Bahadur (c)

Match rules

50 minutes.
Joint winners if both finals ends in a draw

References

^ ^a ^b Chaudhuri, Arunava (10 October 2022). "India - List of IFA Shield Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
^ "ফুটবল খেলার ইতিহাসে ইষ্টবেঙ্গল ক্লাবের গৌরবময় অধ্যায় রচনা" [East Bengal creates history in Indian football]. Jugantor (in Bengali). 17 September 1950.
^ "তৃতীয়বার যুগপৎ লীগ ও শিল্ড বিজয়" [Third League and Shield Double]. Jugantor (in Bengali). 17 September 1950.
^ Sen, Debayan (1 August 2020). "A century of excellence: East Bengal's greatest hits". ESPN. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

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