Also known as the Former Colonial India Quadrangular Tournament.
The Ceylon Football Association organised a football tournament as part of the Colombo Fair in 1952. The Colombo Cup, the trophy for the tournament, was confined to the countries of the former Indian Empire - Burma, Ceylon, India and Pakistan. The success of the tournament encouraged the four countries to complete a round of tournaments, one in each country of the participating nations. It was discontinued after 1955 when the cycle was completed.
It appears that the 1952-55 cycle was the 2nd one, as the 1955 tournament is reported as being the 8th Asian Quadrangular football (Soccer) Tournament; presumably tournaments were held 1948-51 but no data are known.
Year Venue Winners 1952 Ceylon India 1953 Burma India 1954 India India 1955 Pakistan India
India 4-0 Burma India 2-0 Ceylon [3-0?] India 0-0 Pakistan Pakistan 1-0 Burma Pakistan 2-0 Ceylon Burma unk Ceylon [may not have been played] 1.INDIA 3 2 1 0 6- 0 5 2.Pakistan 3 2 1 0 3- 0 5 3.Ceylon 2 0 0 2 0- 4 0 4.Burma 2 0 0 2 0- 5 0
India 4-2 Burma India 1-0 Ceylon [2-0?] India 1-0 Pakistan Pakistan 1-1 Burma Pakistan 6-0 Ceylon Burma 3-2 Ceylon 1.INDIA 3 3 0 0 6- 2 6 2.Pakistan 3 1 1 1 7- 2 3 3.Burma 3 1 1 1 6- 7 3 4.Ceylon 3 0 0 3 2-10 0
18-12 India 1-1 Ceylon
[Ceylon scorer: Andrew Fernando]
Pakistan 1-1 Burma
India 3-1 Pakistan
25-12 Burma 1-2 Ceylon
[Ceylon scorers: Tom Marikar Deen, Andrew Fernando]
Pakistan 2-1 Ceylon
India 2-1 Burma
1.INDIA 3 2 1 0 6- 3 5
2.Ceylon 3 1 1 1 4- 4 3
3.Pakistan 3 1 1 1 4- 5 3
4.Burma 3 0 1 2 3- 5 1
Ceyln representation:
GK: M. Sheriff, J.A.G. Wilson
DF: O.K. Khan, A.C.M. Junaid (vice captain), M.B. Saldin
MF: Peter Ranasinghe (captain), T. Meedin, K.A. Premadasa,
M.I.M. Laheer
FW: T.S. Jayman, M. Sainoon, Tom Marikar Deen, Andrew Fernando,
N.B. Hemachandra Tom Ossen, A.R. Jailabdeen, Karunapala Fernando
Manager: A.W. Musafer
Ass.Manager: R. Jeevarathnam
Ref: Clarence Mc. Hezer
India 4-3 Ceylon India 2-1 Burma India 2-1 Pakistan Pakistan 4-2 Burma Pakistan 2-1 Ceylon Burma 3-1 Ceylon 1.INDIA 3 3 0 0 8- 5 6 2.Pakistan 3 2 0 1 7- 5 4 3.Burma 3 1 0 2 6- 7 2 4.Ceylon 3 0 0 3 5- 9 0 Note that Dhaka (now capital of Bangladesh) then belonged to (East-)Pakistan.
Data on 1954 Ceylon representation from an article in The Morning Leader of Oct 1, 2008 (vol. 4 no. 14)
With thanks to Bojan Jovanovic and Abdul Rasheed Khan
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