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{{Infobox football match
| title = 1911 IFA Shield final
| image = File:Mohun Bagan.jpg
| caption = The Mohun Bagan squad, pictured with the 1911 [[IFA Shield]] trophy.
| event = [[IFA Shield|1911 IFA Shield]]
| team1 = [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]]
| team2 = [[East Yorkshire Regiment]]
| details =
| team1score = 2
| team2score = 1
| date = 29 July 1911
| stadium = [[Mohun Bagan Ground|Calcutta FC Ground]]
| city = [[Calcutta]], [[India]]
| referee = H.G. Pooler
| attendance = 80,000
| weather =
| previous = 1910
| next =
}}

The '''1911 IFA Shield final''' was the first time an all Indian team, which consisted of purely bengalese players, had won the tournament. The final took place between [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]] and British East Yorkshire Regiment, the match was played at the [[Mohun Bagan Ground|Calcutta Ground]], [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]] won the match by 2–1, enabling themselves to left the title for the very first time and becoming the first ever Indian team to achieve this accomplishment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=THE HISTORICAL TRIUMPH OF 1911 IFA SHIELD – MOHUN BAGAN CLUB.COM |url=https://www.mohunbaganclub.com/the-historical-triumph-of-1911-ifa-shield/ |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=www.mohunbaganclub.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=India 1911 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india1911.html |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=India - List of IFA Shield Finals |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-ifahist.html |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Heffernan |first=Conor |date=2015-03-22 |title=Mohun Bagan and the fight for Indian independence |url=https://thesefootballtimes.co/2015/03/22/mohun-bagan-and-the-fight-for-indian-independence/ |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=These Football Times |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Route to the final ==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan="2"| [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]]
!Round
!colspan="2"| [[Royal Warwickshire Regiment]]
|- style="background:#C1E0FF"
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|Round
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |[[St. Xavier's College, Kolkata|St. Xavier's College]]
|3–0
|Round 1
| style="text-align: left;" |Unknown
|N/A
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |[[Calcutta Cricket and Football Club|Calcutta Rangers]]
|2–1
|Round 2
| style="text-align: left;" |Unknown
|N/A
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |[[Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)|Rifle Brigade]]
|1–0
|Round 3
| style="text-align: left;" |Unknown
|N/A
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[Middlesex Regiment|1st Middlesex]]
| colspan="1" |3–0
| style="background:#C1E0FF" |Semi–Final
| style="text-align:left" |Unknown
| colspan="1" |N/A
|-
|}

== Match ==
=== Summary ===
On July 29, 1911, the final of the IFA Shield, between [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]] and the British East Yorkshire Regiment ensued.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prashant |date=2025-08-25 |title=From Colonial Rivals to National Heroes |url=https://tacklefrombehind.com/football/the-green-and-maroon-legacy-mohun-bagans-historic-ifa-shield-win/ |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=TFB |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-30 |title=Why 29th July is called the Historic Mohun Bagan Day? |url=https://www.mbft.in/2023/07/why-29th-july-is-called-historic-mohun.html |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=MBFT {{!}} Everything related to Mohun Bagan |language=en}}</ref> The match began at 5:30, the game would see the first goal scored by the East Yorks, who took the lead, as the team was awarded a free-kick just outside the box, due to a handball from a Mohun Bagan player. Jackson, who took the free-kick, took a shot which goalkeeper Hiralal could not save in time, leading to the Yorkshire Regiment to take the lead. Five minutes later, [[Shibdas Bhaduri]] scored the equalizer,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Majumdar |first=Boria |date=2023-07-29 |title=Mohun Bagan’s 1911 IFA Shield victory on this day 112 years earlier was much more than a sporting milestone, it gave a colonised nation spine and pride |url=https://revsportz.in/mohun-bagans-1911-ifa-shield-victory-on-this-day-112-years-earlier-was-much-more-than-a-sporting-milestone-it-gave-a-colonised-nation-spine-and-pride/ |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=Sports News Portal {{!}} Revsportz |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-03-24 |title=1911: Retracing Every Touch of Mohun Bagan’s Greatest Achievement {{!}} Why Mohun Bagan Ep. 3 {{!}} |url=https://www.mbft.in/2024/03/Why-MohunBagan-EP3.html |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=MBFT {{!}} Everything related to Mohun Bagan |language=en}}</ref> enabling [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]] to stay on the same level as their opponents, after the interval, the rest of the game stayed in back and forth motions. Eventually, nearing the end of the game, Abhilash Ghosh, who received a pass from [[Shibdas Bhaduri]], managed to net in the goal in the final moments of the game.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sengupta |first=Somnath |date=2011-07-29 |title=Tactical Evolution Of Indian Football (Part One) : Profiling Three... |url=https://thehardtackle.com/2011/tactical-evolution-of-indian-football-part-one-profiling-three-great-2-3-5-teams/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009112727/https://thehardtackle.com/2011/tactical-evolution-of-indian-football-part-one-profiling-three-great-2-3-5-teams/ |archive-date=2021-10-09 |access-date=2026-04-03 |work=Thehardtackle.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History – 1910 – 1919 – MBC.Com – Premiere Fan site of Mohun Bagan AC |url=https://www.mohunbaganclub.com/history/632-2/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250617105550/https://www.mohunbaganclub.com/history/632-2/ |archive-date=2025-06-17 |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=www.mohunbaganclub.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Basu |first=Jaydeep |date=2020-07-29 |title=A victory for India? Why Mohun Bagan’s historic 1911 IFA Shield win was purely about football |url=https://scroll.in/field/968849/why-mohun-bagans-historic-1911-ifa-shield-win-should-be-judged-purely-from-a-football-perspective |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref> After the final whistle was blown, Mohun Bagan became the first Indian club to win the competition for the very first time.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Looking back at Mohun Bagan’s historic IFA Shield 1911 triumph |url=https://khelnow.com/football/2023-07-world-football-mohun-bagan-ifa-shield-1911 |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=Khel Now |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-25 |title=1911: A Mohun Bagan story that has aged well |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/football/1911-a-mohun-bagan-story-that-has-aged-well-101703509933474.html |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Scroll |date=2016-07-29 |title=Remember this date in 1911: when Mohun Bagan beat a British football team to become national icons |url=https://scroll.in/field/812760/remember-this-date-in-1911-when-mohun-bagan-beat-a-british-football-team-to-become-national-icons |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=K |first=Abhinav |date=2024-08-15 |title=A Football ‘Lagaan’: How Mohun Bagan's 'Immortal Eleven' inspired the nation |url=https://thebridge.in/football/immortal-xi-mohun-bagan-49101 |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=The Bridge - Home of Indian Sports |language=en}}</ref>

=== Details ===
{{football box
| date = 12 December 1940
| time =
| team1 = [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]]
| team2 = [[East Yorkshire Regiment]]
| score = 2–1
| goals1 = [[Shibdas Bhaduri]] {{goal|6}}<br>Abhilash Ghosh {{goal|88}}
| goals2 = Jackson {{goal|1}}
| stadium = [[Mohun Bagan Ground|Calcutta FC Ground]], [[British India]]
| attendance = 80,000–100,000 (est.)
| referee = H.G. Pooler
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|+ Mohun Bagan lineup
! Position !! Player
|-
| GK || {{flagicon|British India}} [[Hiralal Mukherjee]]
|-
| FB || {{flagicon|British India}} Bhuti Sukul
|-
| FB || {{flagicon|British India}} Sudhir Chatterjee
|-
| HB || {{flagicon|British India}} Monmohun Mukherjee
|-
| HB || {{flagicon|British India}} Rajen Sengupta
|-
| HB || {{flagicon|British India}} Nil Madhav Bhattacharya
|-
| FW || {{flagicon|British India}} Jitendranath Roy
|-
| FW || {{flagicon|British India}} Habul Sarkar
|-
| FW || {{flagicon|British India}} Abhilash Ghosh
|-
| FW || {{flagicon|British India}} Bijoydas Bhaduri
|-
| FW || {{flagicon|British India}} [[Shibdas Bhaduri]]
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|+ East Yorks lineup
! Position !! Player
|-
| GK || {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Cresay
|-
| FB || {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Whitey
|-
| FB || {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Scully
|-
| HB || {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Martin
|-
| HB || {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Jackson
|-
| HB || {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Neil
|-
| FW || {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Birch
|-
| FW || {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Dixon
|-
| FW || {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Haywood
|-
| FW || {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Howard
|-
| FW || {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Clucas
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-ifahist.html IFA Shield Finals]

[[Category:IFA Shield finals]]
[[Category:Football competitions in Kolkata]]

1911 IFA Shield final - Revision history

RosemaryBrifman at 21:45, 8 April 2026