R. Lumsden was an
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, who played for the
India national football team
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as a
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Football career
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
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at the 46th minutes.
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.
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.
International statistics
:''Scores and results list India's goal tally first.''
: † indicates that the goal was scored through
penalty kick
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See also
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List of India national football team hat-tricks
The first player ever to score a hat-trick (three or more goals in a match) for India in an international football match was R. Lumsden. He achieved the feat in an official friendly match against Australia on 24 September 1938, at the Sydn ...
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History of the India national football team
The history of the India national football team dates back to the 1920s. They have never played in the World Cup although they qualified in 1950. They have had no entries in the tournament from 1950 onwards. India has never won the final of the A ...
References
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*Dutta, P. L., ''Memoir of 'Father of Indian Football' Nagendraprasad Sarbadhikary'' (Calcutta: N. P. Sarbadhikary Memorial Committee, 1944) (hereafter Memoir)
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''From recreation to competition: Early history of Indian football''. pp. 124–141. Published online: 6 Aug 2006. ''www.tandfonline.com''. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
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Year of death missing
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