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{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = Santosh Trophy
| year = 1945–46
| other_titles = National Football Championship
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| country = India
| num_teams = 10
| winners = [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiasantoshhist.html RSSSF]</ref>
| count = 2
| second = [[Maharashtra football team|Bombay]]
| matches = 9
| goals = 31
| attendance =
| scoring_leader = [[Fred Pugsley]] (9 goals)
| dates = 30 September – 11 October 1945
| prev_season = [[1944–45 Santosh Trophy|1944–45]]
| next_season = [[1946–47 Santosh Trophy|1946–47]]
| extra_information = 60 minute matches
}}

The '''1945–46 Santosh Trophy''' was the third edition of the [[Santosh Trophy]], the main [[States and union territories of India|State]] competition for [[football in India]]. It was held in [[Mumbai|Bombay]]. Bengal defeated Bombay 2–0 in the final.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oLI-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=SEwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5067%2C775139 Bengal wins Santosh Trophy], Indian Express, 12 OCtober, 1945</ref>

[[Fred Pugsley]], an Anglo-Burmese footballer who had moved to India temporarily during the [[World War II|war]], scored seven goals in Bengal's win over Rajputana. This is a record in Santosh Trophy that was later equalled by [[Inder Singh (footballer)|Inder Singh]] in [[1974–75 Santosh Trophy|1974-75 Jalandhar nationals]].

Western India Football Association (WIFA) renamed itself as Bombay just before the tournament.

==Matches==
{{football box
|team1= [[Delhi football team|Delhi]]
|team2= [[Tamil Nadu football team|Madras]]
|score1 = 2
|score2 = 1
|goals1=
* Rammohan Rao {{goal|5|o.g.}}
* Rabbani {{goal|8}}
|goals2=
* Arnikandasami {{goal|3}}
|stadium=
|referee= S.C. Ghosh
|date = 30 September 1945 <ref name=ab4>[http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/document/UkpyZ3dqeXA5UXlzdGhLZktCdnBsUT09 Amrita Bazar Patrika], 2 October 1945</ref>
}}

{{football box
|team1= [[Karnataka football team|Mysore]]
|team2= [[Uttar Pradesh football team|United Provinces]]
|score1 = 1
|score2 = 0
|goals1=
* Ahmed {{goal|7}}
|stadium=
|referee= Jayram
|date = 1 October 1945 <ref name=ab2/>
}}

{{football box
| team1 = [[Maharashtra football team|Bombay]]
| team2 = [[North-West India Football Association|N.W.I.F.A]]
| score1 = 4
| score2 = 0
| goals1 = * Arnold {{goal}}
* Tipple {{goal}}
* Cocklin {{goal}} {{goal}}
| stadium =
| referee = Atkinson
| date = 2 October 1945 <ref name=ab2>[http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/document/ZTdqVkcwaktURHgrZ0VtRm5ncmpMUT09 Amrita Bazar Patrika], 4 October 1945</ref>
| event =
| time =
| round =
| report =
| goals2 =
| attendance =
}}

Bombay led 2–0 at half time
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{{football box
| team1 = [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
| team2 = [[Rajasthan football team|Rajputana]]
| score1 = 7
| score2 = 0
| goals1 = * [[Fred Pugsley|Pugsley]] {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}}
| stadium =
| referee = Atkinson
| date = 4 October 1945 <ref name=ab1>[http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/nw_document/csssc_abp/abp/16158 Bengal's Runaway Victory. Rajputana trounced by 7 clear goals : Pugsley scores all the goals], Amrita Bazar Patrika, 6 October 1945, p.8 </ref>
}}

Bengal led by five goals at half-time. The tournament schedule was adjusted because Bengal arrived a day late.
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{{football box
| team1 = [[Hyderabad football team|Hyderabad]]
| team2 = [[Karnataka football team|Mysore]]
| score1 = 1
| score2 = 0
| goals1 = * Mahmood {{goal|22}}
| stadium =
| referee = Atkinson
| date = 6 October 1945 <ref>[http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/document/MnNkSVR6Z3hJRGFxcnZXbE9XM2d4QT09 Amrita Bazar Patrika], 7 October 1945</ref>
}}
[[Syed Moinuddin|Moin]] of Hyderabad was sent off 13 minutes from the end.
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{{football box
| team1 = [[Maharashtra football team|Bombay]]
| team2 = [[Dacca football team|Dacca]]
| score1 = 3
| score2 = 0
| goals1 = * Cocklin {{goal}} {{goal}}
* Tipple {{goal}}
| stadium =
| referee = S.C.Ghosh
| date = 7 October 1945 <ref name="md1">[http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/nw_document/csssc_abp/abp/16186 Amrita Bazar Patrika], 8 October 1945, p.6</ref>
}}

== Semifinal==
{{football box
| team1 = [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
| team2 = [[Hyderabad football team|Hyderabad]]
| score1 = 5
| score2 = 0
| goals1 = * Ghosh {{goal}}
* [[Fred Pugsley|Pugsley]] {{goal}} {{goal}}
* S. Nandy {{goal}}
* Apparao {{goal}}
| stadium =
| referee = Gopalan
| date = 8 October 1945 <ref>[http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/document/VlVNSkxWeTJBSEhwWXpyUjl6RThHQT09 Amrita Bazar Patrika], 9 October 1945</ref>
}}
{{football box
| team2 = [[Delhi football team|Delhi]]
| team1 = [[Maharashtra football team|Bombay]]
| score1 = 3
| score2 = 2
| goals1 = * Thomas {{goal}} {{goal}}
* Dhakuram {{goal}}
| goals2 = * Yusuf {{goal}}
* Roshan Ali {{goal}}
| stadium =
| referee = S.C. Ghosh
| date = 9 October 1945 <ref name=ab3>[http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/document/a3YxVTkrdldxdXpKMDUxamJ5UmhQUT09 Amrita Bazar Patrika], 10 October 1945</ref>
}}
Bombay led 2–0 at half time.

== Final ==
{{football box
| team1 = [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
| team2 = [[Maharashtra football team|Bombay]]
| score1 = 2
| score2 = 0
| goals1 = * [[Rabi Das]] {{goal|5}}
* S. Nandy {{goal}}
| stadium = [[Cooperage Ground]], [[Mumbai|Bombay]]
| referee = Atkinson
| date = 11 October 1945 <ref name=ab>[http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/document/SmlTendOcmxqdEsvc1hnK0tCZG9Mdz09 Bengal regains lost honours], Amrita Bazar Patrika, 12 October 1945</ref>
}}

Bengal scored their goals in the 5th minute of both halves. Das scored from a cross by [[Fred Pugsley|Pugsley]]. Nandy was assisted by S. Ghosh in the second goal. The trophy was presented by Justice Kama.

==Squads==
* Bengal : [[Ismail Jan|Ismail]]; S Das and [[Taj Mohammad Sr.|Taj Mohammad]]; D. Chandra, [[Talimeren Ao|T. Aao]] and [[Mahabir Prasad (footballer)|Mahabir Prasad]]; [[Rabi Das]], Apparao, [[Fred Pugsley|Pugsley]], S. Ghosh and S. Nandy (captain). Also : D. Sen, P. Chakroborty, D. Paul, A. Dey, [[Alauddin Khan (footballer)|Alauddin]], A. Mozumdar.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP262-1-1-41-233#?open=true&xywh=-4004%2C0%2C14861%2C9678&cv=5|title=Amrita Bazar Patrika [Daily]. Vol: 77; Issue:249; Page:06 (06 September 1945)|language=bn|access-date=16 January 2026|website=eap.bl.uk|archive-date=19 January 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260119073904/https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP262-1-1-41-233#?open=true&xywh=-3541%2C-538%2C13931%2C10753&cv=5|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Bombay : [[Sanjeeva Uchil|Sanjiva]]; D.M. Mandon (captain) and [[Thenmadom Varghese|Papen]]; Arnold, Robinson and Govind; Vandockum, Tipple, Cocklin, McCall and Dhakuram<ref name=ab/> Also : Shetty
* Delhi : [[Osman Jan|Osman]]; S.M. Bhukari and Rahmat; Bashir, [[Afzal Khan (footballer)|Afzal]] and S. A. Hashmi; Yusuf, Roshan Ali, Buland Akhtar, Atma Ram and M.P. Khan.<ref name=ab3/> Also : Mahmud (defender), Hasan (mid), Habib, Rabbani, M. Faiyaz (forwards)<ref name=ab4/>
* Dacca : G. Burton; D. Dutta and [[Sheikh Shaheb Ali|Shaheb Ali]]; H. Mitra, S. Guha and R. Sen; S. Bose, A. Roy, P. Mukerjee, A. Rachia and A. Das<ref name="md1"/> Also : B. Bose, R. Talukdar, C. Bose, Bailey, S. Sen.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP262-1-1-41-261#?open=true&xywh=-4004%2C0%2C14861%2C9678&cv=5|title=Amrita Bazar Patrika [Daily]. Vol: 77; Issue:277; Page:06 (04 October 1945)|language=bn|access-date=16 January 2026|website=eap.bl.uk|archive-date=19 January 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260119105427/https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP262-1-1-41-261#?open=true&xywh=-3540%2C-538%2C13931%2C10753&cv=5|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Hyderabad : Eeriah; Sher Khan and [[Norbert Fruvall|Fruvall]]; Hadi, Jamal and [[Muhammad Noor|Noor]]; S Susay, A Susay, Shamsher, Azeem and Mahmood. Also [[Syed Moinuddin|Moin]]
* N.W.I.F.A : Yacoob; [[Ibrar Hussain Bali]] and [[Saeed Mirza (footballer)|Saeed]]; Yoya Jan, [[Ghulam Muhammad (footballer)|Ghulam Muhammad]] and Arshad; Akbarjan, Gilbert, Rahim, Ataullah and Amjad
* Mysore : Bama; Palladi and Jayram; [[Sattar Basheer|Baseer]], S. Mohiuddin and Sumugan; Borolingam, Karim, Nanjunda, Ahmed and [[Sarangapani Raman|Raman]]; Also : [[T. Shanmugham|Shanmugam]]
* United Provinces : Arthur; Kazim and Rajaram; Wajihul, Aziz and Mahabir; Kullu, Abid, Furhat, Mahmud and Qader <ref name=ab2/>
* Madras : S. Moni; Rammohan Rao and K. Mani; A. D. Parthasarathy, Jaganathan and Murugesan; Arnikandasami, Ganesan, Vishwesara Rao, Hanumantha Rao and Thangaraj<ref name=ab4/>

The day after the final, a match was played between All India and Europeans.

*Indian XI : [[Osman Jan|Osman]] (Delhi); [[Taj Mohammad Sr.|Taj Mohammad]], and [[Thenmadom Varghese|Papen]] (Bombay); [[T. Shanmugham|Shanmugham]] (Mysore), [[Talimeren Ao|T. Ao]] (Bengal) and [[Mahabir Prasad (footballer)|Mahabir Prasad]] (Bengal); [[Santosh Nandy|S. Nandy]] (Bengal), Apparao (Bengal), [[Rabi Das]] (Bengal), [[Sarangapani Raman|Raman]] (Mysore) and Dhakuram (Bombay)
:Reserves : [[Ismail Jan|Ismail]] (Bengal), S. Das (Bengal), D. Chandra (Bengal), A. Rudra (Dacca) and Thomas (Bombay)

*Europeans : Lambert ([[Corps of Military Police (India)|CMP]]), Hamilton ([[Royal Navy|Navy]]) and Tipple ([[Royal Air Force|RAF]]) and Arnold (Navy), Robinson (Embarkation Headquarters (EHQ)) and Airog (Navy); Shanks (RAF), Gallacher (CMP), Cocklin (Navy), McCall (EHQ) and Sutton (CMP) <ref name=ab/>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Santosh Trophy}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1945-46 Santosh Trophy}}
[[Category:Santosh Trophy seasons]]
[[Category:1945–46 in Indian football]]

1945 46 Santosh Trophy - Revision history

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