South Africa - Inter-Race Singh's Trophy


Competition between representative teams of various "racial" groups# in Natal.

Palmares

Year    Winners 

1946    Natal Africans
1947    Natal Indians
1948    Natal Indians
1949      not held (due to riots)
1950    Natal Indians
1951    Natal Africans
1952    Natal Indians
1953    Natal Indians
1954    Natal Indians
1955    Natal Africans
1956    Natal Africans
1957    Natal Africans
1958    Natal Africans
1959    Natal Indians
1960    shared between all three participants

Number of Wins (14, one declared a three-way tie)

 8 Natal Indians          (includes 1960 shared win)
 7 Natal Africans         (includes 1960 shared win)
 1 Natal Coloureds        (includes 1960 shared win)


1946

[Jun 24]
Indians              1-2 Coloureds
[Aug 18]
Africans             3-2 Indians
[Sep 15]
Coloureds            0-3 Africans    
 
 1.Natal Africans        2   2  0  0   6- 2   4
 2.Natal Coloureds       2   1  0  1   2- 4   2
 3.Natal Indians         2   0  0  2   3- 5   0

1947

[Jun 30]
Indians              5-1 Coloureds
[Jul 26 (?)]
Africans             3-1 Coloureds
[Aug 10]
Africans             1-3 Indians
 
 1.Natal Indians         2   2  0  0   8- 2   4
 2.Natal Africans        2   1  0  1   4- 4   2
 3.Natal Coloureds       2   0  0  2   2- 8   0

[Aug 21, Curries Fountain, Durban]
Natal                2-1 Transvaal

1948

[Aug 14]
Coloureds            2-0 Africans
[Sep 5]
Indians              4-1 Coloureds
[Oct 2]
Indians              6-1 Africans     
 
 1.Natal Indians         2   2  0  0  10- 2   4
 2.Natal Coloureds       2   1  0  1   3- 4   2
 3.Natal Africans        2   0  0  2   1- 8   0

1950

[Jul 16]
Coloureds            5-3 Africans
[Jul 29]
Indians              2-1 Coloureds
[Aug 13]
Indians              1-1 Africans
 
 1.Natal Indians         2   1  1  0   3- 2   3
 2.Natal Coloureds       2   1  0  1   6- 5   2
 3.Natal Africans        2   0  1  1   4- 6   1

1951

[Jul 8]
Indians              2-3 Africans
[Aug 17]
Indians              4-4 Coloureds
[Sep 9]
Africans             3-0 Coloureds
 
 1.Natal Africans        2   2  0  0   6- 2   4
 2.Natal Indians         2   0  1  1   6- 7   1
 3.Natal Coloureds       2   0  1  1   4- 7   1

1952

[Aug 3]
Indians              3-1 Coloureds
[Aug 17]
Africans             2-1 Coloureds
[Sep 7]
Africans             2-2 Indians
 
 1.Natal Indians         2   1  1  0   5- 3   3
   Natal Africans        2   1  1  0   4- 3   3
 3.Natal Coloureds       2   0  0  2   2- 5   0

Playoff [Oct 11]
Indians              1-0 Africans         

1953

[Jul 5]
Indians              2-1 Africans
[Jul 19]
Coloureds            5-3 Africans
[Aug 2]
Indians              6-4 Coloureds
 
 1.Natal Indians         2   2  0  0   8- 5   4
 2.Natal Coloureds       2   1  0  1   9- 9   2
 3.Natal Africans        2   0  0  2   4- 7   0

[Aug 16, Johannesburg]
Transvaal            4-3 Natal   

1954

[May 9] 
Africans             5-2 Coloureds
[May 23]
Indians              3-2 Coloureds
[Jul 4]
Indians              3-2 Africans
 
 1.Natal Indians         2   2  0  0   6- 4   4
 2.Natal Africans        2   1  0  1   7- 5   2
 3.Natal Coloureds       2   0  0  2   4- 8   0

1955

[Jul 3]
Indians              3-2 Coloureds
[Jul 17]
Africans             3-1 Coloureds
[Jul 31]
Africans             5-0 Indians

 1.Natal Africans        2   2  0  0   8- 1   4
 2.Natal Indians         2   1  0  1   3- 7   2
 3.Natal Coloureds       2   0  0  2   3- 6   0

[Oct 2, Curries Fountain, Durban]
Natal                5-1 Transvaal 

1956

[Jun 10]
Indians              3-2 Coloureds
[Aug 19]
Africans             7-4 Coloureds
[Sep 30]
Africans             3-2 Indians

 1.Natal Africans        2   2  0  0  10- 6   4
 2.Natal Indians         2   1  0  1   5- 5   2
 3.Natal Coloureds       2   0  0  2   6-10   0

1957

[Jul 7]
Africans             7-2 Indians
[Aug 4]
Coloureds            3-2 Indians
[Sep 22]
Africans             5-4 Coloureds

 1.Natal Africans        2   2  0  0  12- 6   4
 2.Natal Coloureds       2   1  0  1   7- 7   2
 3.Natal Indians         2   0  0  2   4-10   0

1958

[Jun 8]
Indians              2-1 Coloureds
[Aug 3]
Africans             4-3 Coloureds
[Sep 7]
Africans             2-1 Indians      

 1.Natal Africans        2   2  0  0   6- 4   4
 2.Natal Indians         2   1  0  1   3- 3   2
 3.Natal Coloureds       2   0  0  2   4- 6   0

[Aug 24, Curries Fountain, Durban]
Natal                1-6 Transvaal 

1959

[Jun 7]
Indians              7-1 Coloureds
[Jul 5]
Africans             3-0 Coloureds
[Aug 2]
Indians              5-1 Africans

 1.Natal Indians         2   2  0  0  12- 2   4
 2.Natal Africans        2   1  0  1   4- 5   2
 3.Natal Coloureds       2   0  0  2   1-10   0

1960

[May 29]
Indians              3-2 Coloureds
[Aug 28]
Coloureds            1-0 Africans
[Oct 30]
Africans             1-0 Indians

 1.Natal Africans        2   1  0  1   1- 1   2
   Natal Coloureds       2   1  0  1   3- 3   2
   Natal Indians         2   1  0  1   3- 3   2

NB: all three teams declared shared winners

South Africa Champions
South Africa Cup Winners (club teams)

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Source: [Ngi 13]

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