The Team
Goalkeepers
Leo Pinto & Leo Pinto & Ranganathan Francis
Full Backs
Walter de Sousa, Tarlochan Singh, Akhtar Hussain, Randhir Singh Gentle
Half Backs
Kunwar Digvijay Singh (KD Singh 'Babu'), Maxie Vaz, Keshav Datt, Amir Kumar, Leslie Claudius, Jaswant Singh Rajput,
Forwards
Kishan Lal, Balbir Singh Sr, Grahanandan Singh, Reginald Rodrigues, Patrick Jansen, Gerry Glackan, Lawrie Fernandes, Latif-ur-Rehman
The Itinerary
13/07/1948
Bombay
Team leaves for London on Air India's Moghul Princess.
The Indian Camp was at Richmond. Then moved to Pinner before the tournament
31/07/1948
Guinness Ground, Park Royal
India - Austria (8 - 0))
04/08/1948
Lyons Sports Ground, Sudbury
India - Argentina (9 - 1)
06/08/1948
Polytechnic Ground, Chiswick
India - Spain (2 - 0)
09/08/1948
Empire Stadium, Wembley
India - Netherlands (2 - 1)
12/08/1948
Empire Stadium, Wembley
India - Great Britain (4 - 0)
14/08/1948
Empire Stadium, Wembley
Closing Ceremony of The Olympic Games
21/08/1948
Amsterdam, Holland
Sightseeing, Boating on the canals in the morning
21/08/1948
Amsterdam, Holland
Match against Holland (5 - 3)
22/08/1948
Amsterdam, Holland
Flight to Brussels at 10am
22/08/1948
Brussels (Belgium)
Match against Belgium
22/08/1948
Brussels (Belgium)
Midnight train to Paris
23/08/1948
Paris
Sight Seeing
25/08/1948
Geneva (Switzerland)
Match against Switzerland
26/08/1948
Lausanne (Switzerland)
Match against Switzerland
29/08/1948
Prague (Czechoslovakia
Match against Czechoslovakia
30/08/1948
Prague (Czechoslovakia)
Flight to London
04/09/1948
Liverpool (England)
The team leaves for Bombay on the MV Circassia
24/09/1948
Bombay
The team arrives at Ballard Pier in Bombay
24/09/1948
Bombay
Reception hosted at Corporation Hall by the Mayor of Bombay Dr U Mascarenhas
Reception hosted at the Taj Hotel by the Tata Sports Club
25/09/1948
Bombay
Exhibition Match
Mr Chatterjee's XI
Leo Pinto, Walter de Sousa, Trilochan Singh, Leslie Claudius, Keshav Dutt, Maxi Vaz, Kishenlal, KD Singh Babu, Reggie Rodrigues, Pat Jansen, Latif
Mr Gupta's XI
Ranganathan Francis, Akhtar Hussein, RS Gentle, Amir Kumar, Jaswant Rai, Nandi Singh, Lawrie Fernandes, Balbir Singh and Bombay players Albert Middlecourt, Luis Vaz, Gerry Glacken
01/10/1948
Delhi
Exhibition match between the Indian Olympic Hockey Team & the Delhi Provincial Hockey team