R. Lumsden
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

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

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

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ R. Lumsden first indian to score a hat-trick Archived 8 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine the-aiff.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ a b Dey, Subrata. "India - Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  5. ^ 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)
  6. ^ "Matches 1938". fifa.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "1938 Indian Tour of Australia". ozfootball.net. Australian Online Football Museum. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2019.

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