R. Lumsden (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | British India | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| International career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1938 | India | 5 | (8) |
R. Lumsden was an Indian footballer, who played for the India national football team as a striker.
Football career[edit]
He was India's first ever hat-trick scorer.[1][2][3] He scored it against Australia national football team during a friendly match on 24 September 1938. His hat-trick includes a penalty at the 46th minutes.[4][5][6]
Lumsden scored eight official goals for India from five international friendly matches against Australia during the Australia tour, considered as first ever international tour of the national side.[4][5] He also scored two more hat-tricks and a total of 10 goals from 11 matches during that tour from some friendly matches against clubs and Australian state teams.[7][8][9]
International statistics[edit]
- Scores and results list India's goal tally first.[5]
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 September 1938 | Royal Agricultural Show Ground, Sydney, Australia |  Australia |
3–4 | 3–5 | Friendly |
| 2 | 10 September 1938 | Royal Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, Australia | Australia |
4–4 | 4–4 | Friendly |
| 3 | 17 September 1938 | Newcastle Sports Ground, Newcastle, Australia | Australia |
2–1 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 4 | 3–1 † | |||||
| 5 | 24 September 1938 | Royal Agricultural Show Ground, Sydney, Australia | Australia |
1–3 | 4–5 | Friendly |
| 6 | 2–3 | |||||
| 7 | 3–4 † | |||||
| 8 | 1 October 1938 | Melbourne Showgrounds, Victoria, Australia | Australia |
1–2 | 1–3 | Friendly |
- † indicates that the goal was scored through penalty kick.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ International hat-tricks scored by Indian footballers Archived 16 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine sportstar.thehindu.com. 3 May 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ R. Lumsden first indian to score a hat-trick Archived 8 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine the-aiff.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "History in Timeline of Indian Football". the-aiff.org. All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ a b Dey, Subrata. "India - Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ a b c Greg Stock, Thomas Esamie, John Punshon. "Socceroo Internationals for 1938". ozfootball.net. OZfootball. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Matches 1938". fifa.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Indian's first ever International tour to Australia – 1938 (Part 1)". eastbengalclubrecords.wordpress.com. 17 November 2014. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Indian's first ever International tour to Australia – 1938 (Part 2)". eastbengalclubrecords.wordpress.com. 17 November 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "1938 Indian Tour of Australia". ozfootball.net. Australian Online Football Museum. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
Bibliography[edit]
- Kapadia, Novy (2017). Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-143-42641-7.
- Martinez, Dolores; Mukharji, Projit B (2009). Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-88353-6. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022.
- Sharma, Nikhil Paramjit; Gupta, Shantanu (4 February 2019). India's Football Dream. SAGE Publications India. ISBN 9789353283063. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- Dutta, P. L., Memoir of 'Father of Indian Football' Nagendraprasad Sarbadhikary (Calcutta: N. P. Sarbadhikary Memorial Committee, 1944) (hereafter Memoir)
- Majumdar, Boria, Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). Goalless: The Story of a Unique Footballing Nation. Penguin India. ISBN 9780670058747.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Nath, Nirmal (2011). History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10. Readers Service. ISBN 9788187891963. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022.
- Dineo, Paul; Mills, James (2001). Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora. London, United Kingdom: Frank Cass Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7146-8170-2. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022.
- "Triumphs and Disasters: The Story of Indian Football, 1889—2000" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- D'Mello, Anthony (1959). Portrait Of Indian Sport. P R Macmillan Limited, London.
- From recreation to competition: Early history of Indian football Archived 9 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine. pp. 124–141. Published online: 6 Aug 2006. www.tandfonline.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- Sengupta, Somnath (29 July 2011). "Tactical Evolution Of Indian Football (Part One): Profiling Three Great 2-3-5 Teams". thehardtackle.com. Kolkata: The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- Majumdar, Boria; Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). A Social History Of Indian Football: Striving To Score. Routledge. ISBN 9780415348355. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.
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External links[edit]
- Dey, Subrata. "Hat-tricks for India National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
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