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{{Infobox football match
| title = 1952 Durand Cup final
| image =
| caption =
| event = [[Durand Cup|1952 Durand Cup]]
| team1 = [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
| team2 = [[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad City Police]]
| details =
| team1score = 1
| team2score = 0
| date = 23 November 1952
| stadium = [[Ambedkar Stadium|Delhi Gate Stadium]]
| city = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| referee = Major F. Upfold
| attendance =
| weather =
| previous = [[1951 Durand Cup final|1951]]
| next = 1953
}}

The '''1952 Durand Cup final''' was the 49th final of the [[Durand Cup]], the oldest football competition in [[India]], and was contested between Kolkata giant [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]] and [[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad City Police]] on 23 November 1952 at the [[Ambedkar Stadium|Delhi Gate Stadium]] in [[New Delhi]].

East Bengal won the final 1–0 to claim their 2nd Durand Cup title. [[Pansanttom Venkatesh]] scored the only goal for East Bengal in the final as East Bengal lifted their second 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"| [[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad City Police]]
|- style="background:#C1E0FF"
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|Round
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Eastern Railway FC|Eastern India Railway]]
|colspan="1"|2–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Quarter–Final
|style="text-align:left"|[[8th Gorkha Rifles]]
|colspan="1"|1–0
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC|Hindustan Aircraft]]
|colspan="1"|2–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Semi–Final
|style="text-align:left"|[[Aryan F.C.|Aryan]]
|colspan="1"|0–0; 1–0
|-
|}

==Match==
===Summary===
The Durand Cup final began at the [[Ambedkar Stadium|Delhi Gate Stadium]] in [[New Delhi]] on 23 November 1952 in front of a packed crowd as Kolkata giant [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]] and faced [[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad City Police]]. East Bengal, the defending champions, reached their second consecutive Durand Cup final after defeating [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC|Hindustan Aircraft]] 2–0 in the semi-final. Hyderabad City Police also made their second appearance in the final after they defeated [[Aryan F.C.|Aryan]] 1–0 in the semi-final, having previously won the cup in 1950.<ref name=rsssf/>

East Bengal and Hyderabad City Police, both tried to take control of the game from the first minute, however, neither could break the deadlock until three minutes before the halftime, when Ramana found [[Pansanttom Venkatesh]] free inside the box with a measured pass, who made no error to find the net and make it 1–0 for East Bengal. Hyderabad got perhaps the easiest chance to equalise just two minutes later but Mahmood missed the chance. In the second half, Hyderabad went all out to find the equaliser but were denied by the East Bengal defence led by Dorailingam and Dr. P. Kumar as East Bengal managed to hold onto the scoreline and successfully defend their Durand Cup title, thus becoming the first Indian team to win the Durand Cup more than once.<ref name=rsssf/><ref name=final>{{cite news |date=24 November 1952 |title= ইস্ট বেঙ্গল দলের পুনরায় ডুরান্ড কাপ লাভ |trans-title=
East Bengal wins the Durand Cup again |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>{{Cite web|last=Lokapally|first=Vijay|title=East Bengal: A long history with Delhi|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/east-bengal-100-years-delhi-indian-football-kolkata-derby-mohun-bagan-durand-cup-novy-kapadia-aiff/article32247468.ece|access-date=2021-08-04|website=Sportstar|language=en|archive-date=2021-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413173247/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/east-bengal-100-years-delhi-indian-football-kolkata-derby-mohun-bagan-durand-cup-novy-kapadia-aiff/article32247468.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Details===
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|date=23 November 1952
|time=16:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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|report=
|team2=[[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad City Police]]
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|goals1=[[Pansanttom Venkatesh|Venkatesh]] {{goal|22}}
|goals2=
|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}} Dorailingam
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Dr P.Kumar
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} G. R. Gokul
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Chandan Singh Rawat|Chandan Singh]]
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} S. Ray
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Muhammad Kannayan]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} M. Apparao
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Pansanttom Venkatesh]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ahmed Khan (footballer)|Ahmed Khan]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Ramana
|-
|}
|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}} A. Raya
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din]]
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Sk. Azam
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Anthony Patrick]]
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Sk. Jamal
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Muhammad Noor]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Syed Moinuddin]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} G.Y.S. Laiq
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Doraiswami
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Sussay
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Mahmood
|-
|}
|}

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

|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Match rules'''
*50 minutes.
*Replay if scores still level.
*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:East Bengal Club matches]]
[[Category:1952–53 in Indian football]]
[[Category:Football competitions in New Delhi]]

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ZARAKHANMAHI8 at 17:42, 25 December 2025