This is a list of the India national football team's results from 1924 to 1947 (pre-independence) that, for various reasons, are not accorded the status of official International A Matches. India competed as Calcutta Indians and Calcutta Wanderers during the initial years.[1][2]
1924
edit| 24 September 1924 | Singapore FA  | 0–4 |  Calcutta Indians | Singapore |
| [2] | H. Bose  ?'Samad ?', ?'R. Ganguly ?' |
Stadium: Anson Road Stadium Referee: C. Salter |
| 25 September 1924 | Singapore Chinese FA | 0–1 | Calcutta Indians | Singapore |
| [3] | M. Dutt ?' |
Stadium: Anson Road Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: R.H. Gale |
| 28 September 1924 | Hercules  | 0–2 | Calcutta Indians | Batavia |
| [4] | Stadium: B.V.C.-veld, Weltevreden Attendance: 20,000 Referee: W. van Galen |
| 29 September 1924 | Batavia FC (BVC) | 0–1 | Calcutta Indians | Batavia |
| [5] | P Chatterjee ?' |
Stadium: B.V.C.-veld, Weltevreden Referee: J. Hetharia |
| 2 October 1924 | West Java FA (WJVB) | 0–0 | Calcutta Indians | Batavia |
| [6] | Stadium: B.V.C.-veld, Weltevreden Referee: F.X.A. Drilling |
| 5 October 1924 | Hoogere Burger School (HBS) | 1–0 | Calcutta Indians | Surabaya |
| Cana ?' |
[7] | Stadium: T.H.O.R.-veld Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Henny van Alphen |
| 9 October 1924 | Soerabaja FA (SVB) | 0–1 | Calcutta Indians | Surabaya |
| [8] | Stadium: T.H.O.R.-veld Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Wegeman |
| 13 October 1924 | Hercules | 2–1 | Calcutta Indians | Batavia |
| Willy Galstaun ?', ?' |
[9] | Chatterjee ?' |
Stadium: B.V.C.-veld, Weltevreden Attendance: 20,000 Referee: W. van Galen |
| 15 October 1924 | Bandoeng FA (BVB) | 0–0 | Calcutta Indians | Bandung |
| [10] | Referee: Foltynski |
| 21 October 1924 | Bandoeng FA (BVB) | 5–1 | Calcutta Indians | Bandung |
| De Jager 5', 20' Middleton 10'Giesel 41'? 55' (o.g.) |
[13] | ? ?' |
Referee: Foltynski |
1926
edit| 20 October 1926 | Duke of Wellington's | 5–2 | Calcutta Wanderers | Singapore |
| Hawthorn 5', ?', ?' Osborne ?'Basford ?' |
[14] | Samad ?' (pen.) Rahman ?' |
| 21 October 1926 | Singapore FA | 2–4 | Calcutta Wanderers | Singapore |
| Chan Hee 5' Wan Puteh ?' |
[15] | N. Gossain ?' T. Shome ?'T. Das ?', ?' |
| 28 October 1926 | Bandoeng FA (BVB) | 2–0 | Calcutta Wanderers | Bandung |
| [18] |
| 10 November 1926 | Singapore Chinese FA | 3–0 | Calcutta Wanderers | Singapore |
| ? ?' (o.g.) Un Sun ?', ?' |
[23] |
1933
edit| 1933 Friendly | Ceylon  | 0–1 | India | British Ceylon |
| [24] [25] [26] | Gostha Paul ?' |
1934
edit| 9 June 1934 | Natal XI  | 0–6 | India | Durban |
| Report | Bhattacharya 1', ?', ?' Ramanna ?', ?', ?' |
Stadium: Curries Fountain Attendance: 10,000 |
| 11 June 1934 | Natal XI | 3–1 | India | Pietermaritzburg |
| 13 June 1934 | Transvaal XI | 1–7 | India | Johannesburg |
| A. Naidu ?' |
Report | Lakshminarayan ?', ?', ?', ?' Ramanna ?', ?', ?' |
Stadium: Natalspruit Indian Sports Ground Attendance: 4000 |
| 16 June 1934 | Transvaal XI | 1–6 | India | Pretoria |
| Govinder |
Bhattacharya Lakshminarayan |
Stadium: Caledonian Football Ground |
| 1934 | South Africa | 0–2 | India | Johannesburg |
| Attendance: 6,000 |
| 1934 | South Africa | 0–2 | India | Durban |
| 1934 | Natal Sunday League XI | 1–7 | India |
| 1934 | Boards XI | 0–9 | India |
| 1934 | Eastern Province XI | 1–6 | India |
| 7 July 1934 | South Africa | 1–4 | India | Cape Town |
| Adams |
Report | Lakshminarayan ?', ?' S. Chaudhuri S. Dutt |
| 1934 | Nicualand | 1–6 | India |
| 1934 | Northern Natal | 1–8 | India |
| 1934 | Witwatersrand | 0–1 | India |
| 1934 | Kimberley Xi | unknown | India |
| 1934 | South Africa | unknown | India | Durban |
| Report |
1936
edit| 4 July 1936 Friendly | India | 1–1 |  China | Calcutta, India |
| Noor Mohammed ?' |
Report[27] | Suen Kam Shun ?' |
Stadium: Calcutta FC Ground Attendance: 100,000 |
1938
edit| 30 May 1938 Friendly | India | 2–2 |  Burma | Calcutta, India |
| Lakshminarayan ?', ?' |
[28] | Pugsley ?', ?' |
Stadium: Calcutta FC Ground |
| August 1938 | India | 6–1 |  South Australia | Adelaide, Australia |
| A.Nandi Prosad K.Bhattacharya |
[29] [30] | Stadium: Hindmarsh Oval Attendance: 3,000 |
| August 1938 | India | 1–4 |  Victoria (Australia) | Melbourne, Australia |
| K. Prosad ?' |
[31] [32] | Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| August 1938 | India | 4–6 |  New South Wales | Sydney, Australia |
| Rahim ?', ?', ?', ?' |
[33] [34] | Stadium: Sydney Showground Attendance: 25,000 |
| August 1938 | India | 1–2 |  Northern Districts (Australia) | Cessnock, Australia |
| Lumsden ?' |
[35] [36] | Heeney ?', ?' |
Stadium: Baddeley Park |
| 5 September 1938 | India | 6–5 |  Queensland | Brisbane, Australia |
| Rahim ?' Noor Mohammed ?'A. Nandi ?'Lumsden ?'B. Sen ?'A. Premlal ?' |
Report | Brittain ?', ?', ?' (pen.) ?', ?' |
Stadium: Brisbane Exhibition Ground Attendance: 5,000 |
| 7 September 1938 | India | 5–2 | Ipswich | Ipswich, Australia |
| Noor Mohammed 10' Lumsden 17', ?', 90'Rahim 40' |
Report | Donaldson ?' ?', ?' |
Stadium: North Ipswich Reserve Attendance: 2,000 |
| September 1938 | India | 5–2 | Queensland | Toowoomba, Australia |
| Lumsden ?' (pen) K. Bhattacharya 46', ?'Rahim 89' |
Report | Kitching ?' Young ?' |
Stadium: Athletic Oval |
| 22 September 1938 | India | 6–4 | South Coast | New South Wales, Australia |
| Report | Attendance: 4,000 |
| 28 September 1938 | India | 4–6 | Granville | New South Wales, Australia |
| Noor Mohammed ?' Lumsden ?', ?', 45' |
Report | R.Sanders ?', ?', ?' Hextell ?', ?'S McDonald ?' |
Stadium: Clyde Oval |
| 8 October 1938 | India | 1–5 |  Western Australia | Perth, Australia |
| K. Prosad ?' |
Report | W. Waddell ?', ?', ?', ?' ?', ?' |
Stadium: WACA Ground Attendance: 2,000 |
| 11 October 1938 | India | 3–1 | Western Australia | Perth, Australia |
| Report | Stadium: WACA Ground Attendance: 2,000 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "11 May 2023". Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "The passage of football in India". Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.