1945 IFA Shield final

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1945 IFA Shield Final
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East Bengal captain Paritosh Chakravarti and Mohun Bagan captain Anil Dey before the start of the match
Event 1945 IFA Shield
Date9 August 1945
Venue Calcutta Ground, Kolkata, West Bengal
Referee Segt. McBride
1944
1947

The 1945 IFA Shield Final was the 53rd final of the IFA Shield, the second oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 9 August 1945 at the Calcutta Ground in Kolkata.

Contents

East Bengal won the final 10 to claim their 2nd IFA Shield title. Fred Pugsley scored the only goal of the match in the second half as East Bengal lifted their second IFA Shield title. [1]

Route to the final

East Bengal Round Mohun Bagan
OpponentResultRoundOpponentResult
Barisal F.A.2–0Second RoundB & A Railway2–0
Hyderabad Police 2–0Third Round Wari Club Dhaka 1–0
Bogra Town3–1Quarter–Final Bhawanipore 2–0
Kalighat 2–1Semi–Final Calcutta F.C. 1–0

Match

Summary

The IFA Shield final began at the Calcutta Ground in Kolkata on 9 August 1945 in front of a packed crowd as Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan faced each other in a Kolkata Derby for the first time ever in a major tournament final. East Bengal reached their fourth consecutive final, having lost the previous one to Eastern Bengal Railway in 1944. Mohun Bagan also made their fourth appearance in the final after having lost the previous two in 1923 and 1940, being champions in 1911, after they defeated Calcutta F.C. 10 in the semi-final. [1]

East Bengal however, were dominant from the start as they created multiple scoring opportunities with their forward line consisting of Fred Pugsley, Appa Rao, Sunil Ghosh, Swami Nayar, and T. Kar constantly creating pressure on the Mohun Bagan defense. The Mohun Bagan custodian D. Sen made a few excellent saves to keep them in the match however, it was in the sixteenth minute of the second half when a powerful attempt by Sunil Ghosh got deflected of a defender and fell onto the feet of Pugsley, who scored with a powerful right footed shot to make in 10. Mohun Bagan did get a few chances in the dying minutes of the match but East Bengal goalkeeper A. Mukherjee managed to keep a clean sheet as East Bengal lifted their second IFA Shield title. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Details

East Bengal 1–0 Mohun Bagan
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Calcutta Ground, Kolkata
Attendance: 30,000 (est.)
Referee: Segt. McBride
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East Bengal
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Mohun Bagan
GK British Raj Red Ensign.svg Amitabha Mukherjee
CB British Raj Red Ensign.svg N. Guha
CB British Raj Red Ensign.svg Paritosh Chakravarti (c)
CM British Raj Red Ensign.svg Dhirendranath Chanda
CM British Raj Red Ensign.svg S. M. Kaiser
CM British Raj Red Ensign.svg Mohabir Prasad
FW British Raj Red Ensign.svg Titu Kar
FW British Raj Red Ensign.svg M. Apparao
FW British Burma 1937 flag.svg Fred Pugsley
FW British Raj Red Ensign.svg Sunil Ghosh
FW British Raj Red Ensign.svg Swami Nayar
GK British Raj Red Ensign.svg Dwipen Sen
CB British Raj Red Ensign.svg Sarat Das
CB British Raj Red Ensign.svg Sailen Manna
CM British Raj Red Ensign.svg Anil Dey (c)
CM British Raj Red Ensign.svg Talimeren Ao
CM British Raj Red Ensign.svg Dwipen Sen
FW British Raj Red Ensign.svg Nirmal Chatterjee
FW British Raj Red Ensign.svg Butchi
FW British Raj Red Ensign.svg Bijon Bose
FW British Raj Red Ensign.svg Nimu Bose
FW British Raj Red Ensign.svg Nirmal Mukherjee

Match rules

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

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