The 1948 London Olympic Tour
The 1948 London Olympics hockey team was Free India's first hockey team and Free India's first Olympic Gold Meadal win!
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 tournament
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 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