1944–45 Santosh Trophy
National Football Championship
Tournament details
Country India
Final positions
ChampionsDelhi (1st title)
Runner-upBengal

The 1944–45 Santosh Trophy was the second edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was resumed in 1944 after a break of two years. Delhi defeated the defending champions Bengal in the final.[1]

Like the previous tournament, the regional matches were played across India.

Preliminary Matches

United Provinces5–3Bihar
Kanpur
Delhi3–2
replay		United Provinces
New Delhi
Hyderabad4–2Madras
  • Moin
  • Sussay
  • John Joseph
  • Jayaraman
Sullivan Sports Ground, Bangalore
Mysore2–1 (a.e.t.)Hyderabad
Sullivan Sports Ground, Bangalore

Raman scored the winning goal in the extra time. This was the South Zone final and Mysore qualified to meet Bengal in the national semifinal. The match was attended by a crowd of twenty thousand.

Bengal2–0Dacca
  • Bimal Kar
Dacca

Semi-final

According to the original schedule, the Mysore-Bengal semifinal was scheduled to be held in Calcutta on November 16 and final at Delhi on September 21.[7] Mysore failed to turn up and the semifinal was postponed to September 28 and final to October 1.[8] Mysore again to appear on the new date and asked for a postponement for 10 days. Bengal was given a walk-over.[9]

Final

Squads

  • Hyderabad : Ferayya; Fruvall (captain)[10] and Sher Khan; Muhammad Noor, Sheikjamal and Hadi; Mohammadali, Syed Hafizali, Shamsheed Khan, Sussay and Khaja Moin[4]
  • Madras : Hussain; Rammohan Rao and Ranga Rao; Murugesan, Kothandan and Paul; Appalmurthi, Jayaraman, John Joseph, Narayana and Ayyadurai [4]
  • Mysore : Basha, Rodgers, Jayaram, Henderson, Mohiuddin, Shanmugam, Karim, Tomkins, Somanna, Duncan, Raman, Nanjunda, Antony, Basheer, Chinnaswamy[11]

The name of the Hyderabad goal keeper appears as Eeriah in the reports of 1945-46. The spellings Sussay, Susay and Susai are used for the Hyderabad forward.

References

  1. ↑ RSSSF
  2. ↑ U.P. beat Bihar, Indian Express, 22 August 1944
  3. ↑ Inter-Provincial Football Tournament, Indian Express, 25 August 1944
  4. 1 2 3 Hyderabad beat Madras, Indian Express, 29 August 1944
  5. ↑ Mysore enters semifinal, Indian Express, 31 August 1944
  6. ↑ Bengal beat Dacca, Indian Express, 28 August 1944
  7. ↑ Venues for Semi-final And Final, Indian Express, 11 September 1945
  8. ↑ Santosh Memorial Trophy, Indian Express, 23 September 1944
  9. ↑ Mysore team scratched, Indian Express, 29 September 1944
  10. ↑ Biswas, Sudipto (1 November 2019). "Hyderabad Football: Retracing the city's rich legacy in the sport". khelnow.com. Khel Now. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  11. ↑ Inter-Provincial football tourney, Indian Express, 25 August 1944


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