1956–57 Durand Cup final

1956–57 Durand Cup Final

Event

1956–57 Durand Cup

East Bengal	Hyderabad City Police

2	0

Date

5 January 1957

Venue

Delhi Gate Stadium, New Delhi, India

Referee

A. N. Jayrana

Attendance

15,000 (estd.)

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The 1956–57 Durand Cup Final was the 53rd final of the Durand Cup, the oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giant East Bengal and Hyderabad City Police on 5 January 1957 at the Delhi Gate Stadium in New Delhi.

East Bengal won the final 2–0 to claim their 3rd Durand Cup title. Balasubramanium and Musa Ghazi scored the goals for East Bengal in the final as East Bengal lifted their third Durand Cup title.^[1]

Route to the final

East Bengal		Round	Hyderabad City Police
Opponent	Result	Round	Opponent	Result
Mughals	2–1	Second Round	New Delhi Heroes	3–2
Caltex Club	0–0; 3–0	Quarter–Final	Western Railway	2–0
Madras Regimental Centre	0–0; 0–0; 2–0	Semi–Final	E.M.E. Centre	2–1

Match

Summary

The Durand Cup final began at the Delhi Gate Stadium in New Delhi on 5 January 1957 in front of a packed crowd as Kolkata giant East Bengal and faced Hyderabad City Police. East Bengal reached their third Durand Cup final after defeating the defending champions Madras Regimental Centre 2–0 in the semi-final, having own the tournament previously in 1951 and 1952. Hyderabad City Police made their fourth appearance in the final after they defeated E.M.E. Centre 2–1 in the semi-final, having previously won the cup in 1950 and 1954.^[1]

East Bengal and Hyderabad City Police, both started the game positively, creating attacks but were denied by the strong defence from both the teams. In the nineteenth minute of the game, Anthony Patrick fouled Varahalu nead the box and Balasubramanium scored directly from the free-kick from 30 yards to give East Bengal the lead. Hyderabad tried to get back into the game but their forward line consisting of Sussay, Mohammed Zulfiqaruddin and Yousuf Khan wasted multiple chances. East Bengal doubled their lead in the second half with just seven minutes remaining when Musa Ghazi made a solo run past the defenders and scored for East Bengal to make it 2–0 as East Bengal held onto the scoreline and won their third Durand Cup title.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Details

5 January 1957

15:30 IST

East Bengal	2–0	Hyderabad City Police
Balasubramanium 19' Ghazi 53'

Delhi Gate Stadium, New Delhi

Attendance: 15,000 (est.)

Referee: A. N. Jayrana

East Bengal

Hyderabad City Police



GK		Makhon Chatterjee
FB		T. Abdul Rahman
FB		James Fenn
HB		Masood-ul-Hassan Butt
HB		Bir Bahadur Gurung
HB		Mariappa Kempaiah
FW		Muhammad Kannayan
FW		Balasubramanium
FW		J. Krishnaswamy "Kittu" (c)
FW		Varahalu
FW		Musa Ghazi



GK		Nabi
FB		Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din
FB		Yusuf Khan
HB		Anthony Patrick
HB		Sk. Kaleem
HB		Muhammad Noor (c)
FW		Syed Moinuddin
FW		G.Y.S. Laiq
FW		Mohammed Zulfiqaruddin
FW		Sussay
FW		Yousuf Khan

Match rules

60 minutes.
Replay if scores still level.
No Substitutes.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Morrison, Neil (11 October 2022). "India - List of Durand Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
^ "ইস্টবেঙ্গল ক্লাবের তৃতীয়বার ডুরান্ড কাপ বিয়জের গৌরব" [East Bengal wins the Durand Cup for the third time]. Jugantor (in Bengali). 6 January 1957.
^ PTI (6 January 1957). "EXTRAVAGANT POLICE GO DOWN TO E. BENGAL IN DURAND FINAL". The Indian Express. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
^ Sen, Debayan (1 August 2020). "A century of excellence: East Bengal's greatest hits". ESPN. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

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