The 1949–50 Santosh Trophy was the sixth edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. Bengal defeated Hyderabad 5–0 in the final. This was Bengal's sixth final appearance and the fourth title.
The tournament was held in Calcutta, West Bengal and the matches were played on the grounds of Calcutta Football Club, Mohammedan Sporting and the Aryan Football Club. National soccer championship starts with two matches on cards, Amrita Bazar Patrika, July 26, 1949, p.6
There was no Santosh Trophy in the 1948–49 season because of the delay in finding a venue.
Early rounds
The second half was played in heavy rain.
Quarter-finals
Semifinals
Sukhlal equalised in the last minute for Services but was off-side
Final
The awards were presented the next day by Kailash Nath Katju, the Governor of West Bengal, at the Great Eastern Hotel, Calcutta.Presentation ceremony at the Great Eastern Hotel, Ananda Bazar Patrika, 8 August 1950, p.6 On the same day, a 15-member Indian football team to tour Afghanistan was selected, captained by Abid Hossain of Bengal, East Bengal and Lucknow University. The team was composed mainly of students.Abid to lead All India football team at Kabul, Ananda Bazar Patrika, 8 August 1950, p.6
Squads Bengal : M. Sarkar (Bhowanipore); Taj Mohammad (East Bengal) and D. Paul (Mohun Bagan); Latif (Mohammedan Sporting), Daud Mohamed (Mohammedan Sporting) and S. Roy (Kalighat); R. Das (Bhowanipore), Abid Hossain (East Bengal), Mewalal (E.I. Railway), Sattar (Mohammedan Sporting) and S. Nandy (captain, E.I. Railway) Also, M. Ghatak (East Bengal) (goal keeper); Abhay Ghose (Mohun Bagan); S. Ghosh (E.I. Railway), N. Bose (Bhowanipore), Anthony (Mohammedan Sporting),Bengal meets Hyderabad in the Santosh Trophy final today, Amrita Bazar Patrika, 6 August 1949, p.6 Sailen Manna (Mohun Bagan), Anil Dey, S. Mookerjee (Sporting Union), Dr. Kumar
Bengal was captained by Anil Dey in the first two matches, Sailen Manna in the quarter final and S. Nandy in the semi-final and final.
Hyderabad : Erayya (Hyderabad City Police, ; Aziz (National Sporting) and Fruvall (captain, City Police); Pindari (Ordinance Dept), Jamal (City Police) and Noor Mohamed (City Police); Laiq (Hunters), Sussay (City Police), Moin (City Police), Duraiswami (Ordinance Dept) and Mahmud (City Police) Also, F. Rahim (Hyderabad Sporting), Ansari (Hyderabad Sporting), Narayan Prasad (Hyderabad Sporting), Asghar (National Sporting) and Yelliah (Railway Recreation Club). Manager : Syed Abdul Rahim, Assistant Manager : Maqdoom Services : Khem Bahadur; Thomas and Ranbir; Gokul, Chandan Singh and Puran Gurang; Lal Bahadur, Mukundan, Dhan Bahadur, Sukhlal and Puran Thapa. Also Capt. Rao Mysore : Varadaraj; Arokiaswami and Masoom; Basheer, Summukhan and C. Thambi; Baboo, Arikiraj, Nari, Raman and Ramaiah Madras : Muniswami; Rajavelu and Anjanallu; Gurunathan, Alagarswami and Murugeshan; A. Kandaswami, Thangaraj, D'Cruz, Iyyadurai and Thyagarajan Also, Thangaswamy, Nelson, Hanumant Rao Bihar : A. Roy; K.S. Mani and C.S. Ramaiah; P. Narayan, Salauddin and G. Mohamed; M. Shafi, S. Ganguli, Bhagabati, S. Kanjilal and A. Mukherjee Assam : D. Singh; U. Das and J. Roy Chowdhury; D. Dunn, N. Das and A. Ghosh; K. Bardoloi, H. Dey, Presswell, N. Chowdhury and B. Mukherjee Delhi : Hardeo Sahai; R.K. Dasgupta and Trilok Nath Lan; P.K. Dasgupta, Satprakash and R. Prasad; Satpal, Karam Chand, Chandoin, Mohendrapai and S. Thappa Rajputana : Lee; Chandermull and Ambica Dutt; Ibrahim, Randhir Singh and Uday Karan; Satyanarain, Jethmull, Shew Dutt, Mumtaz and Mul Singh Bombay : Sanjiva; Woodcock and Papen; Narayan, Krishnan and Govind; Anwar, Parab, Ferrao, Thomas and Peters Central Provinces : Abdul Jabbar; Claudius and Ramulu; Shewcharan, Baliah and Abbul Azim; A. Rahim, Bose, Ramdas, Maniram and Baboo Orissa : Rajani; Alam and Enayat; Bipin, Sachi and Kamayya; Biranjan, Bulu, Tarikh (capt), William Paul and Tiki United Provinces : Anu Bose; Naka Banerjee and Amiya Banerjee; Behari Lal, Aziz and Mahabir Prasad; S. Mukherjee, Bibhas Ghosh, Shally, Subhas Banerjee and Daljit Singh
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