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{{Infobox football match
| title = 1943 IFA Shield final
| image =
| caption =
| event = [[IFA Shield|1943 IFA Shield]]
| team1 = [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
| team1score = 3
| team2 = Police A.C.
| team2score = 0
| details =
| date = 26 August 1943
| stadium = [[Mohun Bagan Ground|Calcutta Ground]]
| city = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]
| man_of_the_match1a =
| referee = P. Mishra
| attendance =
| weather =
| previous = 1942
| next = 1944
}}

The '''1943 IFA Shield final''' was the 51st final of the [[IFA Shield]], the second oldest football competition in [[India]], and was contested between Kolkata clubs [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]] and Police A.C. on 26 August 1943 at the [[Mohun Bagan Ground|Calcutta Ground]] in Kolkata.

East Bengal won the final 3–0 to claim their 1st IFA Shield title. Appa Rao, Fatik Sinha and A.C. Somana scored the three goals in the final as East Bengal became the fourth Indian team after [[Mohun Bagan]], [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]] and [[Aryan F.C.|Aryan]] to lift the IFA Shield title.<ref>{{cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|date=10 October 2022|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-ifahist.html|title=India - List of IFA Shield Finals|work=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=18 November 2022}}</ref>

==Route to the final==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan="2"| [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
!Round
!colspan="2"| Police A.C.
|- style="background:#C1E0FF"
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|Round
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|-
|style="text-align:left"|''bye''
|colspan="1"|–
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|First Round
|style="text-align:left"|Bengal Sporting
|colspan="1"|5–0
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Kushtia Shivkali
|colspan="1"|8–1
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Second Round
|style="text-align:left"|Mahishur Blues
|colspan="1"|2–0
|-
|style="text-align:left"|BI Battalion
|colspan="1"|3–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Third Round
|style="text-align:left"|Burnpur United
|colspan="1"|0–0; 3–1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bhawanipore FC|Bhawanipore]]
|colspan="1"|1–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Quarter–Final
|style="text-align:left"|[[Aryan F.C.|Aryan]]
|colspan="1"|3–1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|B & A Railway
|7–1
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Semi–Final
|style="text-align:left"|[[Mohun Bagan]]
|0–0; 0–0; 0–0; 1–0
|-
|}

==Match==
===Summary===
The IFA Shield final began at the [[Mohun Bagan Ground|Calcutta Ground]] in Kolkata on 26 August 1943 in front of a packed crowd as [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]] and Police A.C. faced each other. East Bengal reached their second consecutive final after defeating B & A Railway 7–1 in the semi-final, having lost the previous one to [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]] in 1942. Police made their third appearance in the final after 1937 and 1939, being champions in 1939, after they defeated the reigning [[Calcutta Football League]] champions [[Mohun Bagan]] 1–0 in the semi-final. East Bengal however, started the match positively as Appa Rao scored in the third minute of the match with a header after the ball rebounded off Police custodian Withers after he failed to save a powerful shot from Fatik Sinha. It was Fatik Sinha who double the lead in the second half as he headed home from close range. A.C. Somana made it three for East Bengal with a powerful shot after receiving a pass from Appa Rao as East Bengal became only the fourth Indian team to lift the IFA Shield title.<ref name=final>{{cite news |date=27 August 1943 |title=ইস্টবেঙ্গল দলের শিল্ড বিজয় |trans-title=East Bengal are the Shield Champions |language=bn |work=Jugantor }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Deeparnab|last=Rakhshit|date=12 November 2020|url=https://eastbengaltherealpower.com/first-ifa-shield-champion-in-1943/|title=First IFA Shield Champion In 1943|website=eastbengaltherealpower.com|accessdate=18 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Debayan|last=Sen|date=1 August 2020|url=https://www.espn.in/football/east-bengal/story/4139529/a-century-of-excellence-east-bengals-greatest-hits|title=A century of excellence: East Bengal's greatest hits|work=ESPN|accessdate=18 November 2022}}</ref>

===Details===
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|date=26 August 1943
|time=14:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
|report=
|team2=[[Kolkata Police|Police]]
|score= 3–0
|goals1=*Appa Rao {{goal|}}
* Fatik Sinha {{goal|}}
* A.C. Somana {{goal|}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Mohun Bagan Ground|Calcutta Ground]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=20,000 (est.)
|referee=P. Mishra}}

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{| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="40%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|colspan="4"|
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK || ||{{flagicon|British India}} D Sen
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|British India}} Paritosh Chakraborty
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|British India}} Rakhal Mazumdar ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|British India}} Ajit Nandi
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|British India}} Arokiraj
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|British India}} Nogen Ray
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|British India}} Fatik Sinha
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|British India}} Apparao
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|British India}} A.C. Somana
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|British India}} Sunil Ghosh
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|British India}} Sushil Chatterjee
|-
|}
|valign="top"|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|colspan="4"|
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK || ||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Withers
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} J. Fawls ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Myers
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} M. Mills
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Robinson
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Avertoom
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} L. Hay
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} E. Templeton
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Hearn
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} P. D'Mellow
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Allen
|-
|}
|}

{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"

|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Match rules'''
*50 minutes.
*Joint winners if both finals ends in a draw
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

{{IFA Shield}}
{{East Bengal Club}}

[[Category:IFA Shield finals]]
[[Category:1943–44 in Indian football]]
[[Category:East Bengal Club matches]]
[[Category:Football competitions in Kolkata]]

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