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{{Infobox football match
| title = 1950 IFA Shield final
| image = 16 September 1950 - East Bengal 3-0 Services - IFA Shield Final - PBA Saleh receiving Shield trophy from West Bengal Governor Dr. Kailashnath Katju.jpg
| caption = PBA Saleh receiving the IFA Shield trophy from West Bengal Governor Dr. Kailashnath Katju
| event = [[IFA Shield|1950 IFA Shield]]
| team1 = [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
| team1score = 3
| team2 = [[Services football team|Services]]
| team2score = 0
| details =
| date = 16 September 1950
| stadium = [[East Bengal Ground|East Bengal–Mohun Bagan Ground]]
| city = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]
| man_of_the_match1a =
| referee = Alok Ray
| attendance =
| weather =
| previous = [[1949 IFA Shield final|1949]]
| next = [[1951 IFA Shield final|1951]]
}}

The '''1950 IFA Shield final''' was the 58th final of the [[IFA Shield]], the second oldest football competition in [[India]], and was contested between Kolkata giants [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]] and [[Services football team|Services]] on 16 September 1950 at the [[East Bengal Ground|East Bengal–Mohun Bagan Ground]] in Kolkata.

East Bengal won the final 3–0 to claim their 4th IFA Shield title. [[K. P. Dhanraj]] scored twice and [[P. B. A. Saleh]] scored the third as East Bengal lifted their fourth IFA Shield title.<ref name=rsssf>{{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"| [[Services football team|Services]]
|- style="background:#C1E0FF"
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|Round
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Howrah Union]]
|colspan="1"|4–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|First Round
|style="text-align:left"|[[Eastern Railway FC|Eastern India Railway]]
|colspan="1"|2–0
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Munger Town
|colspan="1"|4–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Second Round
|style="text-align:left"|''bye''
|colspan="1"|–
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Calcutta Cricket and Football Club|Calcutta F.C.]]
|colspan="1"|3–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Third Round
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra football team|Maharashtra]]
|colspan="1"|3–0
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bhawanipore FC|Bhawanipore]]
|colspan="1"|1–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Quarter–Final
|style="text-align:left"|Kalighat
|colspan="1"|0–0; 4–0
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Sporting Union
|colspan="1"|2–1
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Semi–Final
|style="text-align:left"|[[Mohun Bagan]]
|colspan="1"|2–1
|-
|}

==Match==
===Summary===
[[File:East Bengal FC 1949 IFA Shield.jpg|thumb|alt=Photograph of the Pancha Pandavas with the IFA Shield |East Bengal team with the 1950 [[IFA Shield]] trophy.|250x250px|left]]
The IFA Shield final began at the [[East Bengal Ground|East Bengal–Mohun Bagan Ground]] in Kolkata on 16 September 1950 in front of a packed crowd as Kolkata giants [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]] faced [[Services football team|Services]]. East Bengal, the defending champions, reached their seventh final, having won thrice in 1943, 1945 and 1949, after defeating Sporting Union 2–1 in the semi-final. Services made their first appearance in the final after they defeated Kolkata giants [[Mohun Bagan]] 2–1 in the semi-final.<ref name=rsssf/> This was the first time that the IFA Shield final was being held at the [[East Bengal Ground|East Bengal–Mohun Bagan Ground]].

East Bengal started as the favorites in front of their home crowd as the defending champions and with a star-studded forward line consisting of the famous [[Pancha Pandavas]], East Bengal dominated the game from the beginning and scored the first goal in the eighth minute of the match after [[Pansanttom Venkatesh]] and Apparao interchanged between themselves and put a forward pass for [[K. P. Dhanraj]] who scored through a powerful grounded shot to make it 1–0. East Bengal doubled their lead just five minutes before the half time after [[P. B. A. Saleh]] scored with a grounder, after he was set through on goal by [[Ahmed Khan (footballer)|Ahmed Khan]]. East Bengal scored their third goal just ten minutes before the end of the play after Apparao again played Dhanraj through on goal, who got his second of the match as East Bengal won their fourth IFA Shield title and thus became the first-ever club to win the coveted ''Double'' – League and Shield champions for the third time (previously: 1945 and 1949), surpassing the record held by [[Gordon Highlanders]] (1908 and 1909), [[Calcutta Cricket and Football Club|Calcutta FC]] (1922 and 1923) and [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]] (1936 and 1941); who had won the double twice.<ref name=final>{{cite news |date=17 September 1950 |title= ফুটবল খেলার ইতিহাসে ইষ্টবেঙ্গল ক্লাবের গৌরবময় অধ্যায় রচনা |trans-title=East Bengal creates history in Indian football |language=bn |work=Jugantor }}</ref><ref name=final1>{{cite news |date=17 September 1950 |title= তৃতীয়বার যুগপৎ লীগ ও শিল্ড বিজয় |trans-title=Third League and Shield Double |language=bn |work=Jugantor }}</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=16 September 1950
|time=16:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
|report=
|team2=[[Services football team|Services]]
|score= 3–0
|goals1=* [[K. P. Dhanraj|Dhanraj]] {{goal|8||40}}
* [[P. B. A. Saleh|Saleh]] {{goal|20}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[East Bengal Ground|East Bengal–Mohun Bagan Ground]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=20,000 (est.)
|referee=Alok Ray}}

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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|IND}} Manilal Ghatak
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} N. Guha
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Rakhal Mazumdar
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Dhirendranath Chanda
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Biren Ray
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} G. R. Gokul
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Pansanttom Venkatesh]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} M. Apparao
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[K. P. Dhanraj]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ahmed Khan (footballer)|Ahmed Khan]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[P. B. A. Saleh]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|}
|valign="top"|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|colspan="4"|
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Khem Bahadur
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} John
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Ranbir Singh
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Lal Bahadur (Jr.)
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Chandan Singh Rawat|Chandan Singh]]
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[D. N. Devine Jones|Cpt. Jones]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Dil Bahadur (Sr.)
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Lal Bahadur (Sr.)
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Tikaram
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Simon
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Puran Bahadur Thapa|Puran Bahadur]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|}
|}

{| 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]

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

[[Category:IFA Shield finals]]
[[Category:1950–51 in Indian football]]
[[Category:East Bengal Club matches]]
[[Category:Football competitions in Kolkata]]
[[Category:September 1950 sports events in Asia|IFA Shield Final]]

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Bharat at 21:17, 23 December 2025