1956–57 Santosh Trophy

1956–57 Santosh Trophy
Tournament details
Country	India
Dates	September 1956
Final positions
Champions	Hyderabad (1st title)
Runner-up	Bombay
	← 1955–56 1957–58 →

The 1969–70 Santosh Trophy was the 13th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held in 1956 in Trivandrum, Kerala. Hyderabad beat Bombay 4–1 in the replayed final.

Third place match

3 September 1956 ^[1]

Mysore	1–0	Bengal
John 21'

University Stadium, Trivandrum

Referee: T.V. Thomas

Mysore missed a penalty in the sixth minute.

Final

4 September 1956 ^[2]

Hyderabad	1–1	Bombay
Balaram 24'		D'Sa 10'

University Stadium, Trivandrum

Referee: Chakravarthy

5 September 1956 ^[3]

Hyderabad	4–1 replay	Bombay
Balaram 2' Kannan 18' ?' Poonawala 26' (o.g.)		Neville D'Souza

University Stadium, Trivandrum

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Chakravarthy

The own goal was when Balaram's shot was deflected on the goal. Zulfikar, Moin and Balaram provided the assists for the other three goals. Hyderabad led 4-0 at half time. Near the end of the match, Neville D'Souza's shot was helped into the net by Hussain's attempt to block.

Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, the Rajpramukh of Travancore–Cochin, presented the trophies. The 30 member provisional squad for the Melbourne Olympics was announced at the end of the final.

Hyderabad : Ramaswamy; Aziz, Ahmad Hussain and Latif; Yousuf Khan (footballer), Noor Mohammed; Moin, Balaram, Kannan, Zulfikar and Yusuf
Bombay : Narayan; Bhaskaran, Poonawala and David Solomon; F. D'Souza and G. Fernandez; Joe D'sa, Neville D'Souza, Linky Grostate, Nagraj and Pavithran

Squads

Mysore : Nandan; Dhan Singh and Muthu; Jayaram, Narasimhaiah and Pooswamy; John, Mari, Damodaran, Barackulla and Sreenivas
Bengal : Sett; Abdul Rahaman and James Fenn; P. Mitra, Sarbadhikary and Nandy; P. K. Banerjee, Chuni Goswami, Mewalal, Kittu and Kanniyan

References

^ Mysore annex Sampangi Cup, Indian Express, 4 September 1956, p.8
^ Bombay and Hyderabad fail to decide, Indian Express, 5 September 1956, p.10
^ Hyderabad win final for the first time, Indian Express, 6 September 1956, p.10

[1] Mysore annex Sampangi Cup, Indian Express, 4 September 1956, p.8

[2] Bombay and Hyderabad fail to decide, Indian Express, 5 September 1956, p.10

[3] Hyderabad win final for the first time, Indian Express, 6 September 1956, p.10

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