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{{Infobox football match
| title = 1951 Durand Cup final
| image =
| caption =
| event = [[Durand Cup|1951 Durand Cup]]
| team1 = [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
| team2 = [[Rajasthan Police|Rajasthan Armed Constabulary]]
| details = East Bengal won after a [[Replay (sports)#Association football|replay]]
| firstleg = Final
| team1score1 = 1
| team2score1 = 1
| date1 = 21 October 1951
| stadium1 = [[Ambedkar Stadium|Delhi Gate Stadium]]
| city1 = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| referee1 = Major F. Upfold
| attendance1 = 10,000 (estd.)
| secondleg = Replay
| team1score2 = 2
| team2score2 = 1
| date2 = 22 October 1951
| stadium2 = [[Ambedkar Stadium|Delhi Gate Stadium]]
| city2 = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| referee2 = Major F. Upfold
| attendance2 = 8,000 (estd.)
| weather =
| previous = 1950
| next = [[1952 Durand Cup final|1952]]
}}

The '''1951 Durand Cup final''' was the 48th final of the [[Durand Cup]], the oldest football competition in [[India]], and was contested between Kolkata giant [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]] and [[Rajasthan Police|Rajasthan Armed Constabulary]] on 21 October 1951 first which ended in a draw and then a replay on 22 October 1951 at the [[Ambedkar Stadium|Delhi Gate Stadium]] in [[New Delhi]].

East Bengal won the replay final 2–1 to claim their 1st Durand Cup title. [[Ahmed Khan (footballer)|Ahmed Khan]] and [[Pansanttom Venkatesh]] scored the goals for East Bengal in the replay final as East Bengal lifted their first Durand Cup title.<ref name=rsssf>{{cite web|first=Neil|last=Morrison|date=11 October 2022|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiadurandcuphist.html|title=India - List of Durand Cup Finals|work=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=25 November 2022}}</ref>

==Route to the final==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan="2"| [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
!Round
!colspan="2"| [[Rajasthan Police|Rajasthan Armed Constabulary]]
|- style="background:#C1E0FF"
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|Round
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Kalighat
|colspan="1"|4–1
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Quarter–Final
|style="text-align:left"|Indian Air Force
|colspan="1"|1–0
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad Police]]
|colspan="1"|1–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Semi–Final
|style="text-align:left"|[[Simla Youngs FC|Young Mens]]
|colspan="1"|2–0
|-
|}

==Match==
===Summary===
The Durand Cup final began at the [[Ambedkar Stadium|Delhi Gate Stadium]] in [[New Delhi]] on 21 October 1951 in front of a packed crowd as Kolkata giant [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]] and faced [[Rajasthan Police|Rajasthan Armed Constabulary]]. East Bengal reached their maiden Durand Cup final after defeating [[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad Police]] 1–0 in the semi-final. Rajasthan Armed Constabulary also made their maiden appearance in the final after they defeated [[Simla Youngs FC|Young Mens]] 2–0 in the semi-final.<ref name=rsssf/>

East Bengal started as the favorites having already won the [[1951 IFA Shield Final|IFA Shield]], and with a star-studded forward line consisting of the famous [[Pancha Pandavas]]. East Bengal got the best chance in the first half as [[Pansanttom Venkatesh]] shot hit the crossbar in the twenty-first minute. The deadlock was broken in the second half as Venkatesh found the net with a grounded effort in the thirty-fifth minute to give East Bengal the lead. Rajasthan however, was quick to respond and equalised just five minutes later as their star forward [[Sheoo Mewalal]] found the back of the net with a header to make it 1–1. The game ended in a draw and the organising committee decided to host the replay final the very next day.<ref name=final>{{cite news |date=22 October 1951 |title= ডুরান্ড কাপের ফাইনাল খেলা অমীমাংসিত |trans-title=The Durand Cup Final remains undecided |language=bn |work=Jugantor }}</ref>

===Details===
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|time=16:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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|report=
|team2=[[Rajasthan Police|Rajasthan Armed Constabulary]]
|score= 1–1
|goals1=[[Pansanttom Venkatesh|Venkatesh]] {{goal|35}}
|goals2=[[Sheoo Mewalal|Mewalal]] {{goal|40}}
|stadium=[[Ambedkar Stadium|Delhi Gate Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
|attendance=10,000 (est.)
|referee=Major F. Upfold}}

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{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|colspan="4"|
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Manilal Ghatak
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Byomkesh Bose]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Ansari
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} G. R. Gokul
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Chandan Singh Rawat|Chandan Singh]]
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} S. Ray
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Pansanttom Venkatesh]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sushil Bhattacharya]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[K. P. Dhanraj]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ahmed Khan (footballer)|Ahmed Khan]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[P. B. A. Saleh]]
|-
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|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}} [[Sanjeeva Uchil]]
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Manuel
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Ratnam ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Arokiyaswami
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Gurbaux Singh
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahabir Prasad (footballer)|Mahabir Prasad]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Kanaiyan
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Myasi
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sheoo Mewalal]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Raman
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Kupuswami
|-
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|}

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

|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Match rules'''
*50 minutes.
*Replay if scores still level.
*No Substitutes.
|}

==Replay==
===Summary===
The replay final began at the [[Rajasthan Police|Rajasthan Armed Constabulary]] in New Delhi on 22 October 1951 after the first game ended in a 1–1 stalemate.

East Bengal made a fast start and was once again the first to score as [[Ahmed Khan (footballer)|Ahmed Khan]] found the net with a powerful shot in the fourteenth minute after receiving a pass from [[K. P. Dhanraj]]. Rajasthan was quick to respond and equalized just three minutes later as Raman made a solo run past four defenders to place the ball inside the goal to make it 1–1. East Bengal found the winner in the second half with just eight minutes remaining when [[Pansanttom Venkatesh]] dribbled past a couple of defenders to score with a powerful left-footed strike to make it 2–1 as East Bengal lifted their maiden Durand Cup title, thus also becoming the first ever Indian team to win the [[IFA Shield]] and Durand Cup in the same season, a record previously only held by British regimental teams: [[Black Watch]] (1920), [[Worcestershire Regiment]] (1921), and [[Sherwood Foresters]] (1928).<ref name=rsssf/><ref name=finalreplay>{{cite news |date=23 October 1951 |title= ইস্ট বেঙ্গল দলের ডুরান্ড কাপ জয়ের গৌরব |trans-title=
East Bengal achieved the glory of winning the Durand Cup |language=bn |work=Jugantor }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-27|title=Top 10 moments in Durand Cup history {{!}} East Bengal won their first-ever Durand Cup in 1951|url=https://khelnow.com/football/durand-cup-2019-history#:~:text=East%20Bengal%20won%20their%20first-ever%20Durand%20Cup%20in%201951|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-04|website=Khel Now|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226184414/https://khelnow.com/football/durand-cup-2019-history#:~:text=East%20Bengal%20won%20their%20first-ever%20Durand%20Cup%20in%201951}}</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><ref name=pandavas>{{cite web|last=Banerjee|first=Ritabrata|date=27 Mar 2020|title=Who were the 'Pancha Pandavas' of East Bengal and what impact did they have in Indian football?|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/pancha-pandavas-east-bengal-impact-indian-football/v3dy3f4xowaw1borvbizchdqv|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410151927/https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/pancha-pandavas-east-bengal-impact-indian-football/v3dy3f4xowaw1borvbizchdqv|archive-date=10 April 2020|work=[[Goal (website)|Goal]]|accessdate=20 November 2022}}</ref>

===Details===
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|date=22 October 1951
|time=16:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
|report=
|team2=[[Rajasthan Police|Rajasthan Armed Constabulary]]
|score= 2–1
|goals1=*[[Ahmed Khan (footballer)|Khan]] {{goal|14}}
*[[Pansanttom Venkatesh|Venkatesh]] {{goal|42}}
|goals2=*Raman {{goal|17}}
|stadium=[[Ambedkar Stadium|Delhi Gate Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
|attendance=10,000 (est.)
|referee=Major F. Upfold}}

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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}} [[Byomkesh Bose]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Ansari
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} G. R. Gokul
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Chandan Singh Rawat|Chandan Singh]]
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} S. Ray
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Pansanttom Venkatesh]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sushil Bhattacharya]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[K. P. Dhanraj]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ahmed Khan (footballer)|Ahmed Khan]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[P. B. A. Saleh]]
|-
|}
|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}} [[Sanjeeva Uchil]]
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Manuel
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Ratnam ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Arokiyaswami
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Gurbaux Singh
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahabir Prasad (footballer)|Mahabir Prasad]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Kanaiyan
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Myasi
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sheoo Mewalal]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Raman
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Kupuswami
|-
|}
|}

{| 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.
*No Substitutes.
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiadurandcuphist.html Durand Cup Finals]

{{Durand Cup}}
{{East Bengal Club}}

[[Category:Durand Cup finals]]
[[Category:1951–52 in Indian football]]
[[Category:East Bengal Club matches]]
[[Category:Football competitions in New Delhi]]

1951 Durand Cup final - Revision history

Sadnasankar138 at 17:42, 25 December 2025