Patrick Andrew de Sousa Tempus fugit, Memorias manet

The 1948 Olympic Tour

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

Patrick de Sousa