R. Lumsden (footballer)
R. Lumsden was an Indian (British Indian) footballer, who played for the India national football team as a striker.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | British India | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1930s | India | 5 | (8) |
He was India's first ever hat trick scorer. 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.[1][2][3]
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.[1][2] 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.[4][5][6]
International statistics
- Scores and results list India's goal tally first.[2]
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 September 1938 | Royal Agricultural Show Ground, Sydney, Australia | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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.
References
- Dey, Subrata. "India - Record International Players". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- 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.
- "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.
External links
- Dey, Subrata. "Hat-tricks for India National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
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