R. Lumsden (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | British India | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| International career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1938 | India | 5 | (8) |
Robert "Bob" Lumsden[1] was an Indian footballer, who played for the India national football team as a striker.
Football career
He was India's first ever hat-trick scorer.[2][3][4] 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.[5][6][7]
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.[5][6] 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.[8][9][10]
International statistics
- Scores and results list India's goal tally first.[6]
| 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
References
- ^ @IndianfootballH (20 May 2022). "Found a news clip from the 1938 tour of Australia which refers Lumsden as "Bob Lumsden". Bob is usually short form for Robert, so it's possible that full name was Robert Lumsden" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 July 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ 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.com. 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. 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. 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
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- 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.
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- 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.
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External links
- Dey, Subrata. "Hat-tricks for India National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
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