The team was initially reported in Malayan sources as an All-India team
(i.e. a national team of India), but was in fact the Aryan Gymkhana club
reinforced with some players from other clubs in India.
There were a few players in the squad who had played in the 1948 Indian
Olympic team.
SQUAD
Managers: N.R. Murthy, B. Ramaswamy.
Goalkeepers: Berland Anthony, Sanjiva
Full backs: Mohinder Singh, Constantine Manuel, Marakar Joseph Rathnam [c]
Halfbacks: Gurubaksh Singh, Ghulam Khader, Govind, Arickraj
Forwards: Nataraj Vajaravelu, Deshmukh Bhimrao, Ramu Parab,
K.M.P. Ghulam Rasool, V.N.Thomas, Joseph Anthony
RESULTS
Overall record: P19 W11 D6 L2
All matches were 60 minutes in duration.
26-10 Singapore Singapore Sino-Malays 2-2 Aryan Gymkhana XI
30-10 Singapore All-Malayan Indians 1-2 Aryan Gymkhana XI
1-11 Singapore Singapore Combined Services 3-3 Aryan Gymkhana XI
3-11 Singapore Singapore XI 1-3 Aryan Gymkhana XI *
5-11 Singapore Singapore Civilians 2-4 Aryan Gymkhana XI
8-11 Singapore All-Singapore 0-1 Aryan Gymkhana XI
10-11 Seremban Negri Sembilan State 1-2 Aryan Gymkhana XI
12-11 Kuala Lumpur Selangor State 1-2 Aryan Gymkhana XI
13-11 Kuala Lumpur TPCA 0-4 Aryan Gymkhana XI +
16-11 Kuala Lumpur All-Selangor 1-3 Aryan Gymkhana XI
18-11 Ipoh Perak State 1-5 Aryan Gymkhana XI
20-11 George Town Penang State 1-1 Aryan Gymkhana XI
22-11 George Town Penang Chinese FA 1-0 Aryan Gymkhana XI
25-11 Alor Star Kedah State 0-0 Aryan Gymkhana XI
27-11 George Town Penang State 2-1 Aryan Gymkhana XI
3-12 Kuala Lumpur Selangor Chinese RC 1-3 Aryan Gymkhana XI
4-12 Seremban Lien Hwa (Malayan Chinese XI) 3-3 Aryan Gymkhana XI
6-12 Ipoh Malayan Chinese FA 1-1 Aryan Gymkhana XI
8-12 George Town Malayan Indians 1-2 Aryan Gymkhana XI
* Singapore XI = Combined Europeans, Eurasians, and Indians
+ TPCA = Tamilian Physical Culture Association (Selangor league champions)
Sources: Straits Times, Singapore Free Press
Thanks to Frank Rankmore
Prepared and maintained by Neil Morrison for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Neil Morrison
Last updated: 6 Apr 2011
(C) Copyright Neil Morrison and RSSSF 2011
You are free to copy this document in whole or part provided that proper
acknowledgement is given to the author. All rights reserved.