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{{Short description|Field hockey tournament in India}}
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[[File:Beighton Cup.jpg|thumb|The Beighton Cup trophy]]
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'''Beighton Cup''' is one of the oldest [[field hockey]] tournaments running till date. Instituted in 1895, it is organised by Hockey Bengal earlier called Bengal Hockey Association and used to be held on natural grass at the [[Mohun Bagan Ground|Mohun Bagan ground]] on the [[Maidan (Kolkata)|Maidan]] in [[Kolkata]] (earlier called Calcutta) in [[India]] and for last few years has been held on Astro Turf (artificial grass) at Sports Authority of India (SAI East) in Kolkata.<ref>{{cite web
| name              = All India Beighton Cup Hockey Tournament
| image            = Beighton Cup.jpg
| caption          = The Beighton Cup trophy
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| country          = {{flagicon|IND}} [[India]]
| administrator    = Hockey Bengal
| headquarters      = [[Kolkata]]
| sport            = [[Field hockey]]
| founded          = {{start date and age|1895}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/chronology|title=Chronology of Important Sports Events — West Bengal|website=wbsportsandyouth.gov.in|publisher=Government of West Bengal – Department of youth services and sports|date=2017|access-date=25 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013092944/https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/chronology|archive-date=13 October 2022|location=Kolkata}}</ref>
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| folded            =
| teams            = 20
| champion          = Indian Navy<br/>(2nd title)
| most_champs      = [[Mohun Bagan AC (field hockey)|Mohun Bagan]]<br/>(14 titles)
| tv                =
| website          = {{URL|https://www.hockeybengal.org/|hockeybengal.org}}
| current          = 2024
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The '''Beighton Cup''' (also known as the '''Coal India Beighton Cup''' for sponsorship reasons<ref>{{cite web|title=BEIGHTON CUP WILL START FROM 19TH JANUARY AT KOLKATA|url=https://neindiabroadcast.com/2024/01/17/beighton-cup-will-start-from-19th-january-at-kolkata/|publisher=NE India Broadcast|access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>) is a [[field hockey]] tournament organized by Hockey Bengal (formerly the Bengal Hockey Association).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/editorial/essays/one-west-bengal-was-the-excellency-center-of-hockey-and-petrochemical-in-all-india/cid/1403525|title=আমরা হকিতেও ছিলাম, পেট্রোরসায়ন শিল্পেও ছিলাম — সবই এখন অতীত|trans-title=We were in hockey, we were in the petrochemical industry — all in the past|website=anandabazar.com|publisher=[[Anandabazar Patrika]]|first=Mohit|last=Roy|date=31 January 2023|access-date=1 February 2023|location=Kolkata|language=bn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201045709/https://www.anandabazar.com/amp/editorial/essays/one-west-bengal-was-the-excellency-center-of-hockey-and-petrochemical-in-all-india/cid/1403525|archive-date=1 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/hockey|title=WB Sports & Youth Dept — Hockey in West Bengal|access-date=26 January 2024|archive-date=15 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415220739/https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/hockey|website=wbsportsandyouth.gov.in|publisher=West Bengal Department of Youth Services And Sports|location=Kolkata}}</ref> Instituted in 1895, it is one of the oldest [[field hockey]] tournaments in the world and is held every year in [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hockeybengal.org/beighton-cup |title=Beighton Cup |publisher=Hockey Bengal |access-date=5 November 2022 |archive-date=5 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105145704/https://www.hockeybengal.org/beighton-cup |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://hockeypassion.in/hockey-perspectives/prestigious-beighton-cup-revived-after-three-years-will-be-held-from-december-11-18/ |title=Prestigious Beighton Cup Revived After Three Years, 124th Edition Will Be Held From December 11–18 |publisher=Hockey Passion |access-date=5 November 2022 |archive-date=5 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105145707/https://hockeypassion.in/hockey-perspectives/prestigious-beighton-cup-revived-after-three-years-will-be-held-from-december-11-18/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/patjansen/beighton.htm |title=Beighton Cup |publisher=Bharatiya Hockey |access-date=5 November 2022 |archive-date=12 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612122617/http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/patjansen/beighton.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/hockey/from-the-beighton-and-aga-khan-cup-to-the-hil-hockey-indias-evolution |title=From the Beighton and Aga Khan Cup to the HIL |publisher=Sportskeeda |last=Mandapaka |first=Ravi Teja |date=25 October 2012 |access-date=5 November 2022 |archive-date=5 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105145707/https://www.sportskeeda.com/hockey/from-the-beighton-and-aga-khan-cup-to-the-hil-hockey-indias-evolution |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
==History==
===Aristocratic 19th century origins===
Instituted in 1895, the tournament's origins are steeped in both the  era of  [[British colonialism]]  and  the English [[aristocracy]]. The tournament was  named after its British donor, [[Sessions Court|Judge]] Thomas  Durant Beighton of the [[Indian Civil Service]] and Legal Remembrancer to the [[Governor of Bengal|Government of Bengal]]. Born in 1846,<ref>{{cite book |last1=W. |first1=Haughton |title=The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824–1900 |date=24 May 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781135795498 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4j_S2oRpMX4C&dq=beighton+thomas+durant++1846&pg=PA1211 |access-date=4 November 2022 |quote=Beighton - 1846-1906 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202054507/https://books.google.com/books?id=4j_S2oRpMX4C&dq=beighton+thomas+durant++1846&pg=PA1211 |url-status=live }}</ref> Beighton died in [[Gibraltar]] of heart failure in February 1906.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hockey Gods |url=https://hockeygods.com/forums/6/topics/575 |publisher=Copyright © 2022 HockeyGods.com |access-date=1 November 2022 |quote=The Beighton Cup was named after the then Legal Remembrancer of the Government of Bengal, Mr. [T]homas [D]urant  Beighton. |archive-date=1 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101032229/https://hockeygods.com/forums/6/topics/575 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Legal Remembrancer's Manual |date=1971 |publisher=West Bengal (India). Legal Remembrancer's Directorate |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rm3pGwAACAAJ |access-date=1 November 2022 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202054506/https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/The_Legal_Remembrancer_s_Manual/rm3pGwAACAAJ?hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=India List - Civil and Military |date=1888 |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |page=20 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yRAbAQAAIAAJ&dq=Legal+Remembrancer+Beighton&pg=PA26-IA12 |quote=1867 - Beighton, Thomas  Durant, District and Sess. Judge, Bengal |access-date=1 November 2022 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202054508/https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/India_Office_List/yRAbAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Legal+Remembrancer+Beighton&pg=PA26-IA12&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Homeward Mail - PERSONAL AND OFFICIAL |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=thomas%20durant%20beighton%20bengal&from=1897&to=1925 |access-date=1 November 2022 |publisher=The Homeward Mail |date=6 February 1906 |quote=Homeward Mail from India, China and the East London, England 24 Feb 1906  The Homeward Mall. PERSONAL AND OFFICIAL India in the Public Works Dept. The death has occurred at Gibraltar, from heart failure, of Mr. Thomas Durant Beighton, late of the Bengal Civil Service. Mr. Beighton had been since his retirement from the Indian Civil Service in 1896 an active Unionist worker. He was...[member of the United Club]... |archive-date=1 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101065444/https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=thomas%20durant%20beighton%20bengal&from=1897&to=1925 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
Beighton had married for a second time in 1897  and  in 1898 had a son, Thomas Percival Durant  Beighton (aka T.P.D. Beighton, died 1971), who was, like his father, a keen  sportsman, particularly at both  [[Winchester College]]  and [[Christ Church Oxford|Christ Church, Oxford University]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Princess of Wales |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=wood%20dorothy%20beighton%20thomas%20durant&from=1897&to=1925 |publisher=Morning Post London, England 11 Mar 1898 |date=11 March 1898 |quote=Morning Post London, England 4 Feb 1897  NOTICES place on the 21st of April, at Bath. A marriage has been arranged, and will take place at Cannes on Saturday, between Thomas Durant Beighton, late of the Indian Civil Service, and recently  a member of the Bengal Legislative Council, and Ada, widow of the...[Also]...Morning Post London, England, 11 Mar 1898 - Mrs. T. Durant Beighton gave birth to a son on Thursday morning at..., Gloucester-square, Hyde- park. |access-date=1 November 2022 |archive-date=1 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101065556/https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=wood%20dorothy%20beighton%20thomas%20durant&from=1897&to=1925 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Wells |first1=P. |title=Winchester College 1867-1920 (and Old Wykehamists 1975) |date=1923 |publisher=Winchester College |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZbowAAAAYAAJ&dq=t+p+d+Beighton+winchester&pg=PA554 |access-date=1 November 2022 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202054507/https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Winchester_College_1867_1920/ZbowAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=t+p+d+Beighton+winchester&pg=PA554&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }}</ref>  He later published his accounts as  a [[Driving|motoring]] enthusiast; a sport, like cricket, that he enjoyed with  his brother-in-law, [[Middleton family#Family law and woollen manufacturing firms|John Alfred Middleton]], [[Military Cross|MC]], whose  wedding to  T.P.D. Beighton's sister, Dorothea,  in London at [[St Peter's Church, Eaton Square]] had featured on the front page of the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' on 5 January 1922.<ref>{{cite news |title=Busy Cupids |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=st%20peters%20eaton%20square%20%20beighton%20middleton&county=london%2c%20england&from=1920&to=1922 |access-date=17 November 2022 |publisher=The Tatler |date=21 December 1921 |quote=At St. Peter's Church, Eaton Square, on January 4, [1922] Mr. J. A. Middle- ton, M.C., is to be married to Miss Dorothea Beighton, and on...[Also, Front Page, [[Daily Mirror]] London, England 5 January 1922...by dainty little train-bearers, outside the church after the wedding yesterday of Mr. J. A. Middleton, M.C., and Miss D. Beighton, at St. Peter's, Eaton-square.—(Daily Mirror photograph.)] |archive-date=17 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117014810/https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=st%20peters%20eaton%20square%20%20beighton%20middleton&county=london,%20england&from=1920&to=1922 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cricket |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=beighton%20middleton&from=1919&to=1921 |publisher=Star Green ...Yorkshire, England |date=30 July 1921 |quote=...Middleton sent one ball perilously near to mid-off and banged the next ball into the sight screen. Then Beighton took off his bails! |access-date=15 November 2022 |archive-date=15 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115050211/https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=beighton%20middleton&from=1919&to=1921 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |journal=The Near East |date=10 March 1921 |page=290 |title=Personal and General |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g0AZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA290 |access-date=3 November 2022 |quote=The engagement is announced of John Middleton, younger son of Mr  and Mrs Gilbert Middleton of Glebe House, Headingley, Leeds  and Dorothea, only daughter of the late Thomas Durant Beighton, I.C.S., Member of Bengal Legislative Council, and Mrs Arthur Saltren-Willett,... |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202054509/https://books.google.com/books?id=g0AZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA290 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=COURT AND PERSONAL |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=j%20a%20middleton%20mc&county=yorkshire%2c%20england&from=1910&to=1922 |access-date=17 November 2022 |publisher=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer Yorkshire, England |date=7 December 1921 |quote=The marriage arranged between Mr. J. A. Middleton, M.C., and Miss Dorothea Beighten [daughter of Judge Thomas D. Beighton] will take place at St. Peter's, Eaton Square, January 4 [1922], 12.15 p.m. Owing to the mourning [of the groom's  late father, Gilbert Middleton...] |archive-date=17 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117012844/https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=j%20a%20middleton%20mc&county=yorkshire%2C%20england&from=1910&to=1922 |url-status=live }}</ref> T.P.D. Beighton and Middleton  had been [[boarding school|boarders]] together at  Winchester and  then  [[Enlisted rank|enlisted]] during [[WWI]] following which they both entered Christ Church, Oxford as [[freshmen]] in 1919.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beighton |first1=T.P.D. |title=Rome Overnight |date=1965 |publisher=Temple Press Ltd. |page=28 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EzojAQAAMAAJ&q=t+p+d+beighton+++motor |access-date=1 November 2022 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202054508/https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/The_Motor/EzojAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=t+p+d+beighton+++motor&dq=t+p+d+beighton+++motor&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=LIST OF FRESHMEN |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=oxford%20freshmen%20%20middleton%20beighton&from=1918&to=1921 |access-date=2 November 2020 |publisher=Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette, Oxfordshire |date=2 May 1919 |quote=Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette Oxfordshire, England 2 May 1919  LIST OF FRESHMEN A. F. Gilmor, F. L. Moss, G. Pakenharn-Walsh, .1! B. Herbert, Hon, R. H. Winn, R. E. Owen, T. F. Coade, T. P. D. Beighton, A. J. Middleton,... |archive-date=2 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102022728/https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=oxford%20freshmen%20%20middleton%20beighton&from=1918&to=1921 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Wells |first1=P. |title=Winchester College 1867-1920 (and Old Wykehamists 1975) |date=1923 |publisher=Winchester College |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZbowAAAAYAAJ&dq=t+p+d+Beighton+winchester&pg=PA554 |quote=...John Alfred Middleton...his wife was  [Dorothy] the sister of T.P.D. Beighton (Winchester (1911-1916) and Christ Church (1919-)...Accountant... |access-date=1 November 2022 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202054507/https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Winchester_College_1867_1920/ZbowAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=t+p+d+Beighton+winchester&pg=PA554&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }}</ref>  T.P.D. Beighton's wife, Kathleen Muriel Beighton (née Hood),  was the daughter of sports benefactor [[Sir Joseph Hood, 1st Baronet]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Burke's Peerage |date=1963 |publisher=Burke's Peerage Ltd. |page=14 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PUIqAQAAMAAJ&q=burke%27s+peerage+beighton+kathleen |access-date=1 November 2022 |quote=Kathleen Muriel [Hood] ( 41, Palace Gardens Terrace, W.8 ), 1.902 1905; m . 1stly, 20 April 1929 ( m . diss . by div . 1938 ), Thomas Percival Durant Beighton, eldest son of late Thomas Durant Beighton, 1.C.S. S |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202055019/https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Burke_s_Genealogical_and_Heraldic_Histor/PUIqAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=burke%27s+peerage+beighton+kathleen&dq=burke%27s+peerage+beighton+kathleen&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Joseph Hood's Many Benefactions |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=sir%20joseph%20hood%20%20playing%20fileds&from=1920&to=1949 |access-date=3 November 2020 |publisher=Liverpool Echo Lancashire, England |date=10 Jan 1931 |quote=SIR JOSEPH HOOD'S MANY BENEFACTIONS Sir Joseph Hood. Bart., J.P., died at his  residence, Greycourt, Parkside, Wimbledon Common, London, to-day. He took a great interest in the National Playing Fields Association. In 1921 he purchased, laid out, ... |archive-date=3 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103041723/https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=sir%20joseph%20hood%20%20playing%20fileds&from=1920&to=1949 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
===Recent decades===
Today, the Beighton Cup  hockey tournament  is organised by Hockey Bengal, previously  called the Bengal Hockey Association and used to be held on natural grass at the [[Mohun Bagan Ground|Mohun Bagan ground]] on the [[Maidan (Kolkata)|Maidan]] in [[Kolkata]] (earlier called Calcutta) in [[India]]. For last few years, it has been held on Astro Turf (artificial grass) at Sports Authority of India (SAI East) in Kolkata.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/patjansen/beighton.htm
|url = http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/patjansen/beighton.htm
|title = Beighton Cup
|title = Beighton Cup
|access-date = 2007-04-13
|access-date = 2007-04-13
|publisher =bharatiyahockey.org
|publisher = bharatiyahockey.org
|archive-date = 12 June 2021
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210612122617/http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/patjansen/beighton.htm
|url-status = live
}}</ref> The Beighton Cup was initially organized  by the [[Indian Football Association]], until the Bengal Hockey Association took over in 1905.<ref name =  "Telegraph">{{cite web
}}</ref> The Beighton Cup was initially organized  by the [[Indian Football Association]], until the Bengal Hockey Association took over in 1905.<ref name =  "Telegraph">{{cite web
|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041204/asp/calcutta/story_4080762.asp
|url         = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041204/asp/calcutta/story_4080762.asp
|title = All hail hockey on history high  
|title       = All hail hockey on history high
|access-date = 2007-04-13
|access-date = 2007-04-13
|last = O’Brien
|last         = O’Brien
|first = Barry
|first       = Barry
|work =Eye on Calcutta  
|work         = Eye on Calcutta
|publisher =The Telegraph, 4 December 2004
|publisher   = The Telegraph, 4 December 2004
|archive-date = 25 March 2012
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120325011424/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041204/asp/calcutta/story_4080762.asp
|url-status  = dead
}}</ref>
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|title = Hockey in Bengal
|title = Hockey in Bengal
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|access-date = 2007-04-13
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==Dhyan Chand remembers==
==Dhyan Chand remembers==
In his autobiography ''Goal!'', the legendary [[Dhyan Chand]] remembers his Beighton Cup debut. He says, "In my opinion it is perhaps the best organised hockey event in the country. Kolkata is indeed lucky that it has at least three or four first class hockey grounds on the maidan, and this is a great advantage to run a tournament on schedule. Instituted in 1895, this tournament has had a non-stop run. [[World War I|World Wars I]] and [[World War II|II]] did not affect the tournament. Threats of [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] bombs and actual bombings in Kolkata while the hockey season was on also did not prevent the tournament from being held. That being said, it is sad to think that the tournament had to yield to the communal frenzy which gripped the nation in 1946-47."<ref name =  "Dhyanchand">{{cite web
In his autobiography ''Goal!'', the legendary [[Dhyan Chand]] remembers his Beighton Cup debut. He says, "In my opinion it is perhaps the best organised hockey event in the country. Kolkata is indeed lucky that it has at least three or four first class hockey grounds on the maidan, and this is a great advantage to run a tournament on schedule. Instituted in 1895, this tournament has had a non-stop run. [[World War I|World Wars I]] and [[World War II|II]] did not affect the tournament. Threats of [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] bombs and actual bombings in Kolkata while the hockey season was on also did not prevent the tournament from being held. That being said, it is sad to think that the tournament had to yield to the communal frenzy which gripped the nation in 1946–47."<ref name =  "Dhyanchand">{{cite web
|url = http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/granthalaya/goal/1936/page1.htm
|url = http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/granthalaya/goal/1936/page1.htm
|title = The Beighton Cup
|title = The Beighton Cup
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Apart from the Beighton Cup, Kolkata had many firsts in hockey to its credit. The first hockey association in India was formed in 1908 — the Bengal Hockey Association. The first national hockey championship of India was held in 1928. It was called the inter-provincials, with 5 provinces of undivided India participating. The first [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian Olympic team]] for the [[1928 Summer Olympics|Amsterdam Games]] was selected in Kolkata after the 1928 nationals.<ref name =  "Kolkatahockey">{{cite web
Apart from the Beighton Cup, Kolkata had many firsts in hockey to its credit. The first hockey association in India was formed in 1908 — the Bengal Hockey Association. The first national hockey championship of India was held in 1928. It was called the inter-provincials, with 5 provinces of undivided India participating. The first [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian Olympic team]] for the [[1928 Summer Olympics|Amsterdam Games]] was selected in Kolkata after the 1928 nationals.<ref name =  "Kolkatahockey">{{cite web
|url = http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/patjansen/kolkatta.htm
|url = http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/patjansen/kolkatta.htm
|title = Hockey in Kolkata  
|title = Hockey in Kolkata
|access-date = 2007-04-13
|access-date = 2007-04-13
|publisher = bharatiyahockey.org
|publisher = bharatiyahockey.org
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}}</ref> Despite its pioneering role in the history of Indian hockey, Kolkata is the only major metropolis in India without an artificial turf.<ref name =  "Kolkatahockey"/> "How can you hope to produce international class players if you cannot give the players astroturf to play on?" asks [[Gurbux Singh]], secretary of the Bengal Hockey Association.<ref name =  "Statesman"/> [[Leslie Claudius]] agreed that the absence of astroturf is responsible for this decline, but added: "Ours was a different era. We were successful, so the enthusiasm for the game was naturally high. How can you have that today? Even the educational institutions are not interested in hockey nowadays. But you can’t blame them. Young people don't find hockey exciting enough. Maybe if we can give them astroturf, the fast surface can lure them back into the game."<ref name =  "Statesman"/>
}}</ref> Despite its pioneering role in the history of Indian hockey, Kolkata is the only major metropolis in India without an artificial turf.<ref name =  "Kolkatahockey"/> "How can you hope to produce international class players if you cannot give the players astroturf to play on?" asks [[Gurbux Singh (field hockey)|Gurbux Singh]], secretary of the Bengal Hockey Association.<ref name =  "Statesman"/> [[Leslie Claudius]] agreed that the absence of astroturf is responsible for this decline, but added: "Ours was a different era. We were successful, so the enthusiasm for the game was naturally high. How can you have that today? Even the educational institutions are not interested in hockey nowadays. But you can't blame them. Young people don't find hockey exciting enough. Maybe if we can give them astroturf, the fast surface can lure them back into the game."<ref name =  "Statesman"/>


==Big names==
==Big names==
[[Leslie Claudius]] was the biggest name in Kolkata hockey; he played for Customs in Kolkata, and won 4 Olympic medals from 1948-1960 (3 gold, 1 silver).<ref name =  "Telegraph"/>
[[Leslie Claudius]] was the biggest name in Kolkata hockey; he played for Customs in Kolkata, and won 4 Olympic medals from 1948 to 1960 (3 gold, 1 silver).<ref name =  "Telegraph"/>


==Recent results==
==Results==
The results of the Beighton Cup:<ref>{{cite web|title=BEIGHTON CUP WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP (1895—2019)|url=https://www.hockeybengal.org/winners-and-runner-up-details|location=Kolkata|website=www.hockeybengal.org|publisher=Hockey Bengal|access-date=5 July 2022|archive-date=23 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423035958/https://www.hockeybengal.org/winners-and-runner-up-details}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
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!Runner-up
!Runner-up
|-
|-
|1952<ref name="1968MB">{{cite news|title=Mohun Bagan Retain Beighton Cup|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=podlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=op4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1056%2C431493|access-date=16 February 2018|work=The Indian Express|date=16 May 1968|page=10}}</ref>
|1895
|Mohun Bagan
|Calcutta Naval Volunteers AC
|Hindustan Aircraft, Bangalore
|rowspan=19|
|-
|1896
|Calcutta Naval Volunteers AC
|-
|1897
|SPG Mission, Ranchi
|-
|1898
|SPG Mission, Ranchi
|-
|1899
|Calcutta Rangers Club
|-
|1900
|St. James School
|-
|1901
|1st Royal Irish Rifles
|-
|1902
|SPG Mission, Ranchi
|-
|1903
|SPG Mission, Ranchi
|-
|1904
|Hornets AC
|-
|1905
|[[IIEST, Shibpur|BE College, Sibpore]]
|-
|1906
|SPG Mission, Ranchi
|-
|1907
|SPG Mission, Ranchi
|-
|1908
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|-
|1909
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|-
|1910
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|-
|1911
|Calcutta Rangers Club
|-
|1912
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|-
|1913
|Calcutta Rangers Club
|-
|1914
|[[Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College|MAO College, Aligarh]]
|AFC, Jamalpur
|-
|1915
|Calcutta Rangers Club
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|-
|1916
|BY Association, Lucknow
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|-
|1917
|Calcutta Rangers Club
|Bactetors Union (Dakha)
|-
|1918
|BY Association, Lucknow
|East Indian Railway Asansol Rec. Club
|-
|1919
|Xaverians' Club
|[[Calcutta FC]]
|-
|1920
|East Indian Railway Asansol Rec. Club
|AFC, Jamalpur
|-
|1921
|[[IIEST, Shibpur|BE College, Sibpore]]
|Calcutta Rangers Club
|-
|1922
|[[Eastern Railway FC|EBR Sports Club]]
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|-
|1923
|BY Association, Lucknow
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|-
|1924
|[[Calcutta FC]]
|AFC, Jamalpur
|-
|1925
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|Xaverians' Club
|-
|1926
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|Punjab HA
|-
|1927
|Xaverians' Club
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|-
|1928
|Telegraph Rec. Club
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|-
|1929
|[[Eastern Railway FC|EIR Sports Club]]
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|-
|1930
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|Port Commissioners
|-
|1931
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|[[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|BN Railway]]
|-
|1932
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|[[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|BN Railway]]
|-
|1933
|Jhansi Heroes
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|-
|1934
|Calcutta Rangers Club
|[[Eastern Railway FC|EI Railway]]
|-
|1935
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|[[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|BN Railway]]
|-
|1936
|Bombay Customs
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|-
|1937
|[[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|BN Railway]]
|Bhopal Wanderers
|-
|1938
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|[[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|BN Railway]]
|-
|1939
|[[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|BN Railway]]
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|-
|1940
|Bhopal Wanderers
|Bhagawant Club, Tikamgarh
|-
|1941
|colspan=2|''Bhopal Wanderers and Bhagawant Club, Tikamgarh were declared joint winners''
|-
|1942
|Calcutta Rangers Club
|[[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|BN Railway]]
|-
|1943
|[[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|BN Railway]]
|Calcutta Rangers Club
|-
|1944
|[[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|BN Railway]]
|Jiwaji Club, Gwalior
|-
|1945
|[[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|BN Railway]]
|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting Club]]
|-
|1946
|Port Commissioners
|[[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|BN Railway]]
|-
|1947
|style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 | ''Tournament not held''
|-
|1948
|colspan=2|''Port Commissioners and U.P. Selected XI were declared joint winners''
|-
|1949
|Tata Sports Club, Bombay
|Punjab Sports Club
|-
|1950
|Tata Sports Club, Bombay
|Lusitanians, Bombay
|-
|1951
|[[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited|Hindustan Aircraft]], Bangalore
|Bata Sports
|-
|1952<ref name="1968MB">{{cite news|title=Mohun Bagan Retain Beighton Cup|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=podlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=op4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1056%2C431493|access-date=16 February 2018|work=The Indian Express|date=16 May 1968|page=10|archive-date=1 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001161859/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=podlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=op4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1056%2C431493|url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[Mohun Bagan AC (field hockey)|Mohun Bagan]]
|[[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited|Hindustan Aircraft]], Bangalore
|-
|1953
|Tata Sports Club, Bombay
|Nagpur United
|-
|1954
|Tata Sports Club, Bombay
|Western Railways, Bombay
|-
|1955
|colspan=2|''Western Railway and U. P. XI were declared joint winners''
|-
|1956
|[[Services Sports Control Board|Services]]
|[[Mohun Bagan AC (field hockey)|Mohun Bagan]]
|-
|1957
|[[East Bengal Club (field hockey)|East Bengal]]
|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting Club]]
|-
|-
|1958<ref name="1968MB"/>
|1958<ref name="1968MB"/>
|Mohun Bagan
|[[Mohun Bagan AC (field hockey)|Mohun Bagan]]
|Corps of Engineers, Kirkee
|-
|1959
|Corps of Engineers, Kirkee
|Corps of Engineers, Kirkee
|Army XI, New Delhi
|-
|-
|1960<ref name="1968MB"/>
|1960<ref name="1968MB"/>
|Mohun Bagan
|[[Mohun Bagan AC (field hockey)|Mohun Bagan]]
|Indian Navy
|Indian Navy
|-
|1961
|Central Railway, Bombay
|[[Punjab Police FC|Punjab Police, Jalandhar]]
|-
|1962
|[[East Bengal Club (field hockey)|East Bengal]]
|Central Railway, Bombay
|-
|1963
|Central Railway, Bombay
|[[East Bengal Club (field hockey)|East Bengal]]
|-
|1964
|colspan=2|''[[East Bengal Club (field hockey)|East Bengal]] and [[Mohun Bagan AC (field hockey)|Mohun Bagan]] were declared joint winners''
|-
|1965
|colspan=2|''[[Mohun Bagan AC (field hockey)|Mohun Bagan]] and [[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]] were declared joint winners''
|-
|1966
|[[Punjab Police FC|Punjab Police]]
|Corps of Signals, Jalandhar
|-
|1967
|[[East Bengal Club (field hockey)|East Bengal]]
|Bhilai Steel Plant
|-
|-
|1968<ref name="1968MB"/>
|1968<ref name="1968MB"/>
|Mohun Bagan
|[[Mohun Bagan AC (field hockey)|Mohun Bagan]]
|Bengal Nagpur Railway
|[[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|Bengal Nagpur Railway]]
|-
|1969
|colspan=2|''[[Mohun Bagan AC (field hockey)|Mohun Bagan]] and Winners Corps of Signal were declared joint winners''
|-
|1970
|Western Railway, Bombay
|[[East Bengal Club (field hockey)|East Bengal]]
|-
|1971
|colspan=2|''[[Border Security Force Sporting Club|BSF Jalandhar]] and [[Mohun Bagan AC (field hockey)|Mohun Bagan]] were declared joint winners''
|-
|1972
|[[Border Security Force Sporting Club|BSF, Jalandhar]]
|[[Mohun Bagan AC (field hockey)|Mohun Bagan]]
|-
|1973
|colspan=2|''I. H. F. Dark Blues and [[Mohun Bagan AC (field hockey)|Mohun Bagan]] were declared joint winners''
|-
|1974
|[[Mohun Bagan AC (field hockey)|Mohun Bagan]]
|Sikh Reg. Centre, Meerut
|-
|1975
|[[Mohun Bagan AC (field hockey)|Mohun Bagan]]
|Sikh Reg. Centre, Meerut
|-
|1976
|A. S. C. Jalandhar
|C.R.P.F., Delhi
|-
|1977
|[[Mohun Bagan AC (field hockey)|Mohun Bagan]]
|Western Railway, Bombay
|-
|1978
|[[Mohun Bagan AC (field hockey)|Mohun Bagan]]
|CRPF, Delhi
|-
|1979
|colspan=2|''[[Mohun Bagan AC (field hockey)|Mohun Bagan]] and A. S. C. Jalandhar were declared joint winners''
|-
|1980
|Western Railway, Bombay
|[[Mohun Bagan AC (field hockey)|Mohun Bagan]]
|-
|1981
|I. H. F. XI, East Zone
|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting Club]]
|-
|1982
|colspan=2|''E. M. E. Jalandhar and Eastern Railway Ath. Asson were declared joint winners''
|-
|1983
|E. M. E. Jalandhar
|C.R.P.F., Neemuch
|-
|1984
|Mecon Sports Club, Ranchi
|A.S.C., Jalandhar
|-
|1985
|Indian Airlines, Delhi
|E.M.E., Jalandhar
|-
|1986
|M. E. G., Bangalore
|A.S.C., Jalandhar
|-
|1987
|[[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|B. N. R. Rec. Club]]
|[[East Bengal Club (field hockey)|East Bengal]]
|-
|1988
|I.F.F. Co., Delhi
|Southern Railway, Madras
|-
|1989
|A. S.C., Jalandhar
|Corps of Signals, Jalandhar
|-
|1990
|E. M. E., Jalandhar
|Corps of Signals, Jalandhar
|-
|1991
|A. S.C., Jalandhar
|E.M.E., Jalandhar
|-
|1992
|Army XI, Jalandhar
|A.S.C., Jalandhar
|-
|1993
|Army XI, Jalandhar
|S.A.G., Ranchi
|-
|1994
|Army XI, Jalandhar
|[[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|B. N. Railway]]
|-
|1995
|[[Railways Sports Promotion Board|Indian Railways]]
|Indian Airlines
|-
|1996
|[[Border Security Force Sporting Club|B. S. F., Jalandhar]]
|Tamil Nadu XI
|-
|1997
|[[Punjab Police FC|Punjab Police, Jalandhar]]
|[[Border Security Force Sporting Club|B.S.F., Jalandhar]]
|-
|1998
|[[Border Security Force Sporting Club|B. S. F., Jalandhar]]
|Army XI, Jalandhar
|-
|1999
|Punjab & Sind Bank, Jalandhar
|A.S.C., Jalandhar
|-
|2000
|Punjab & Sind Bank, Jalandhar
|Tamil Nadu XI
|-
|-
|2001<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/04/10/stories/07100518.htm|title=CISF clinches maiden Beighton Cup|access-date=2007-04-13|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=10 April 2001}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|2001<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/04/10/stories/07100518.htm|title=CISF clinches maiden Beighton Cup|access-date=2007-04-13|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=10 April 2001}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|Central Industrial Security Force, Chandigarh
|Central Industrial Security Force, Chandigarh
|Border Security Force, Jalandhar
|[[Border Security Force Sporting Club|Border Security Force, Jalandhar]]
|-
|-
|2002<ref>{{cite web
|2002<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/punjab-police-regains-beighton-cup/article27840086.ece|title=Punjab Police Regains Beighton Cup|access-date=2007-04-13|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=5 April 2002|archive-date=28 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428114206/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/punjab-police-regains-beighton-cup/article27840086.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/punjab-police-regains-beighton-cup/article27840086.ece|title=Punjab Police Regains Beighton Cup|access-date=2007-04-13|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=5 April 2002}}</ref>
|[[Punjab Police FC|Punjab Police]]
|Punjab Police
|Central Reserve Police Force
|Central Reserve Police Force
|-
|-
|2003<ref>{{cite web
|2003<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2003/04/03/stories/2003040303442000.htm|title=BSF douses IOC’s hopes|access-date=2007-04-13|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=3 April 2003}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2003/04/03/stories/2003040303442000.htm|title=BSF douses IOC's hopes|access-date=2007-04-13|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=3 April 2003}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|Border Security Force, Jalandhar
|[[Border Security Force Sporting Club|Border Security Force, Jalandhar]]
|Indian Oil Corporation
|Indian Oil Corporation
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|2005<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/04/14/stories/2005041402471900.htm|title=Border Security Force lifts Beighton Cup
|2005<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/04/14/stories/2005041402471900.htm|title=Border Security Force lifts Beighton Cup
|access-date= 2007-04-13|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 April 2005}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|access-date= 2007-04-13|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 April 2005}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|Border Security Force, Jalandhar
|[[Border Security Force Sporting Club|Border Security Force, Jalandhar]]
|Army XI
|Army XI
|-
|-
|2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/psb-lifts-beighton-cup/article18427660.ece|title=PSB lifts Beighton Cup|access-date=2007-04-13|work=The Hindu|date=11 April 2006}}</ref>
|2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/psb-lifts-beighton-cup/article18427660.ece|title=PSB lifts Beighton Cup|access-date=2007-04-13|work=The Hindu|date=11 April 2006|archive-date=1 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001161902/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/psb-lifts-beighton-cup/article18427660.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Punjab & Sind Bank
|Punjab & Sind Bank
|Border Security Force, Jalandhar
|[[Border Security Force Sporting Club|Border Security Force, Jalandhar]]
|-
|-
|2007<ref name = "Hindu">{{cite news
|2007<ref name = "Hindu">{{cite news|url = http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/11/stories/2007041103051900.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071001032007/http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/11/stories/2007041103051900.htm|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2007-10-01
|url = http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/11/stories/2007041103051900.htm
|title = Indian Airlines lift Beighton Cup|access-date =  2007-04-13|location=Chennai, India|work = [[The Hindu]]|date=2007-04-11}}</ref>
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071001032007/http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/11/stories/2007041103051900.htm
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = 2007-10-01
|title = Indian Airlines lift Beighton Cup
|access-date =  2007-04-13
|location=Chennai, India
|work = [[The Hindu]]
|date=2007-04-11
}}</ref>
|Indian Airlines
|Indian Airlines
|Border Security Force, Jalandhar
|[[Border Security Force Sporting Club|Border Security Force, Jalandhar]]
|-
|-
|2008<ref>{{cite news |title=Punjab Police, PSB declared joint winners of Beighton Cup |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/punjab-police-psb-declared-joint-winners-of-beighton-cup/articleshow/3957773.cms |access-date=26 May 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=9 January 2009 |language=en}}</ref>
|2008<ref>{{cite news |title=Punjab Police, PSB declared joint winners of Beighton Cup |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/punjab-police-psb-declared-joint-winners-of-beighton-cup/articleshow/3957773.cms |access-date=26 May 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=9 January 2009 |language=en |archive-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526155517/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/punjab-police-psb-declared-joint-winners-of-beighton-cup/articleshow/3957773.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
|colspan=2|''Punjab Police and Punjab and Sind Bank were declared joint winners''
|colspan=2|''[[Punjab Police FC|Punjab Police]] and Punjab and Sind Bank were declared joint winners''
|-
|-
|2009<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian Oil lifts Beighton Cup|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/Indian-Oil-lifts-Beighton-Cup/article16826909.ece|access-date=8 February 2018|work=The Hindu|date=16 December 2009}}</ref>
|2009<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian Oil lifts Beighton Cup|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/Indian-Oil-lifts-Beighton-Cup/article16826909.ece|access-date=8 February 2018|work=The Hindu|date=16 December 2009|archive-date=1 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001161904/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/Indian-Oil-lifts-Beighton-Cup/article16826909.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Indian Oil Corporation
|Indian Oil Corporation
|South Central Railway
|South Central Railway
|-
|-
|2010<ref>{{cite news|title=Air India lifts maiden title|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/Air-India-lifts-maiden-title/article15595128.ece|access-date=8 February 2018|work=The Hindu|date=16 December 2010}}</ref>
|2010<ref>{{cite news|title=Air India lifts maiden title|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/Air-India-lifts-maiden-title/article15595128.ece|access-date=8 February 2018|work=The Hindu|date=16 December 2010|archive-date=1 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001161903/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/Air-India-lifts-maiden-title/article15595128.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Air India
|Air India
|Coal India
|Coal India
|-
|-
|2011<ref>{{cite news|title=Air India lifts maiden title|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/indian-oil-clinches-beighton-cup/article2619396.ece|access-date=8 February 2018|work=The Hindu|date=12 November 2011}}</ref>
|2011<ref>{{cite news|title=Air India lifts maiden title|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/indian-oil-clinches-beighton-cup/article2619396.ece|access-date=8 February 2018|work=The Hindu|date=12 November 2011|archive-date=1 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001161903/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/indian-oil-clinches-beighton-cup/article2619396.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Indian Oil Corporation
|Indian Oil Corporation
|ONGC
|ONGC
|-
|-
|2012<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian Oil retains Beighton Cup|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/indian-oil-retains-beighton-cup/article4088079.ece|access-date=8 February 2018|work=The Hindu|date=11 November 2012}}</ref>
|2012<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian Oil retains Beighton Cup|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/indian-oil-retains-beighton-cup/article4088079.ece|access-date=8 February 2018|work=The Hindu|date=11 November 2012|archive-date=10 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810094637/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/indian-oil-retains-beighton-cup/article4088079.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Indian Oil Corporation
|Indian Oil Corporation
|Punjab National Bank
|Punjab National Bank
|-
|-
|2013<ref>{{cite news |title=Army XI lifts 118th Beighton Cup |url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/news/army-xi-lifts-118th-beighton-cup |access-date=26 May 2022 |work=Hockey India |date=15 November 2013 |language=en}}</ref>
|2013<ref>{{cite news |title=Army XI lifts 118th Beighton Cup |url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/news/army-xi-lifts-118th-beighton-cup |access-date=26 May 2022 |work=Hockey India |date=15 November 2013 |language=en |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001161901/https://www.hockeyindia.org/news/army-xi-lifts-118th-beighton-cup |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Army XI
|Army XI
|ONGC
|ONGC
|-
|-
|2014<ref>{{cite news|title=Beighton Cup: It’s Indian Oil again|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/beighton-cup-its-indian-oil-again/article6662422.ece|access-date=8 February 2018|work=The Hindu|date=5 December 2014}}</ref>
|2014<ref>{{cite news|title=Beighton Cup: It's Indian Oil again|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/beighton-cup-its-indian-oil-again/article6662422.ece|access-date=8 February 2018|work=The Hindu|date=5 December 2014|archive-date=26 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426234700/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/beighton-cup-its-indian-oil-again/article6662422.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Indian Oil Corporation
|Indian Oil Corporation
|Punjab National Bank
|Punjab National Bank
|-
|-
|2015<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bose |first1=Sudhir |title=Punjab National Bank win 120th edition of All-India Beighton Hockey Cup |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/hockey/punjab-national-bank-win-all-india-beighton-hockey-cup |access-date=26 May 2022 |work=Sportskeeda.com |date=12 October 2015 |language=en-us}}</ref>
|2015<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bose |first1=Sudhir |title=Punjab National Bank win 120th edition of All-India Beighton Hockey Cup |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/hockey/punjab-national-bank-win-all-india-beighton-hockey-cup |access-date=26 May 2022 |work=Sportskeeda.com |date=12 October 2015 |language=en-us |archive-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526155517/https://www.sportskeeda.com/hockey/punjab-national-bank-win-all-india-beighton-hockey-cup |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Punjab National Bank
|Punjab National Bank
|Indian Oil Corporation
|Indian Oil Corporation
|-
|-
|2016<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian Oil beat Bharat Petroleum 5-3 to win 121 st Beighton Cup for 6th time|url=http://www.uniindia.com/indian-oil-beat-bharat-petroleum-5-3-to-win-121-st-beighton-cup-for-6th-time/hockey/fullstory/731335.html|access-date=8 February 2018|work=United News of India|date=27 December 2016}}</ref>
|2016<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian Oil beat Bharat Petroleum 5-3 to win 121 st Beighton Cup for 6th time|url=http://www.uniindia.com/indian-oil-beat-bharat-petroleum-5-3-to-win-121-st-beighton-cup-for-6th-time/hockey/fullstory/731335.html|access-date=8 February 2018|work=United News of India|date=27 December 2016|archive-date=9 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209062942/http://www.uniindia.com/indian-oil-beat-bharat-petroleum-5-3-to-win-121-st-beighton-cup-for-6th-time/hockey/fullstory/731335.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Indian Oil Corporation
|Indian Oil Corporation
|Bharat Petroleum Corporation
|Bharat Petroleum Corporation
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|Bharat Petroleum Corporation
|Bharat Petroleum Corporation
|-
|-
|2019<ref>{{cite news |title=IOCL wins 123rd All India Beighton Cup Hockey Tournamentl |url=http://www.uniindia.net/iocl-wins-123rd-all-india-beighton-cup-hockey-tournament-with-2-0-victory-over-pnb-in-final/sports/news/1787699.html |access-date=26 May 2022}}</ref>
|2019<ref>{{cite news |title=IOCL wins 123rd All India Beighton Cup Hockey Tournamentl |url=http://www.uniindia.net/iocl-wins-123rd-all-india-beighton-cup-hockey-tournament-with-2-0-victory-over-pnb-in-final/sports/news/1787699.html |access-date=26 May 2022 |archive-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526153837/http://www.uniindia.net/iocl-wins-123rd-all-india-beighton-cup-hockey-tournament-with-2-0-victory-over-pnb-in-final/sports/news/1787699.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Indian Oil Corporation
|Indian Oil Corporation
|Punjab National Bank
|Punjab National Bank
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|2021
|2021
|-
|-
|''2022''
|2022<ref>{{cite web|title=Sanjay Bhaskar's Stellar Shootout Goalkeeping Helps Indian Navy Clinch JIS 124th Beighton Cup|url=https://hockeypassion.in/top-slider/jis-124th-beighton-cup/|website=hockeypassion.in|publisher=Hockey Passion|access-date=18 December 2022|archive-date=18 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218142655/https://hockeypassion.in/top-slider/jis-124th-beighton-cup/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|Indian Navy
|
|Punjab National Bank
|-
|2024<ref>{{cite web|title=INDIAN NAVY LIFTS THE PRESTIGIOUS BEIGHTON CUP|url=https://neindiabroadcast.com/2024/01/28/indian-navy-lifts-the-prestigious-beighton-cup/|website=neindiabroadcast.com|date=28 January 2024}}</ref>
|Indian Navy
|Indian Oil Corporation
|}
 
==Performance by teams==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Team
!Championships
|-
|[[Mohun Bagan AC (field hockey)|Mohun Bagan]]
|14
|-
|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|12
|-
|Calcutta Rangers (inc. Calcutta Naval Volunteers AC)
|9
|-
|Indian Oil Corporation
|7
|-
|SPG Mission, Ranchi
|6
|-
|[[Border Security Force Sporting Club|Border Security Force, Jalandhar]]
|6
|-
|[[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|BN Railway]]
|6
|-
|[[Punjab & Sind Bank]]
|5
|-
|[[East Bengal Club (field hockey)|East Bengal]]
|4
|-
|Tata Sports Club, Bombay
|4
|-
|[[Punjab Police FC|Punjab Police]]
|4
|-
|A. S. C. Jalandhar
|4
|-
|Army XI, Jalandhar
|4
|-
|BY Association, Lucknow
|3
|-
|Western Railway, Bombay
|3
|-
|E. M. E. Jalandhar
|3
|-
|Indian Airlines, Delhi / Air India
|3
|-
|[[IIEST, Shibpur|BE College, Sibpore]]
|2
|-
|Bhopal Wanderers
|2
|-
|Port Commissioners
|2
|-
|Xaverians' Club
|2
|-
|U.P. XI
|2
|-
|Central Railway, Bombay
|2
|-
|I. H. F. Dark Blues / I. H. F. XI, East Zone
|2
|-
|E. M. E. Jalandhar
|2
|-
|Indian Navy
|2
|-
|St. James School
|1
|-
|1st Royal Irish Rifles
|1
|-
|Hornets AC
|1
|-
|[[Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College|MAO College, Aligarh]]
|1
|-
|East Indian Railway Asansol Rec. Club
|1
|-
|[[Eastern Railway FC|EBR Sports Club]]
|1
|-
|[[Calcutta FC]]
|1
|-
|Telegraph Rec. Club
|1
|-
|[[Eastern Railway FC|EIR Sports Club]]
|1
|-
|Jhansi Heroes
|1
|-
|Bombay Customs
|1
|-
|Bhagawant Club, Tikamgarh
|1
|-
|Hindustan Aircraft, Bangalore
|1
|-
|[[Services Sports Control Board|Services]]
|1
|-
|Corps of Engineers, Kirkee
|1
|-
|Winners Corps of Signal
|1
|-
|Mecon Sports Club, Ranchi
|1
|-
|M. E. G., Bangalore
|1
|-
|I.F.F. Co., Delhi
|1
|-
|[[Railways Sports Promotion Board|Indian Railways]]
|1
|-
|Central Industrial Security Force, Chandigarh
|1
|-
|[[Punjab National Bank]]
|1
|}
|}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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==Further reading==
*{{cite journal|title=A most remarkable community: Anglo-Indian contributions to sport in India|publisher=[[Routledge]]|last=Mills|first=Megan S.|journal=Contemporary South Asia |doi=10.1080/09584930120083828|volume=10|date=2001|issue=2 |pages=223–236 |s2cid=145742265 |doi-access=free}} (Published online: "Routledge Contemporary South Asia"; 1 July 2010).
*{{Cite web|title=Teams with Most Wins in Prestigious Beighton Cup|url=https://hockeypassion.in/hockey-perspectives/teams-with-most-wins-in-prestigious-beighton-cup/|date=2 November 2022|access-date=3 November 2022|publisher=Hockey Passion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102200248/https://hockeypassion.in/hockey-perspectives/teams-with-most-wins-in-prestigious-beighton-cup/|archive-date=2 November 2022|website=hockeypassion.in}}
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[[Category:Field hockey cup competitions in India]]
[[Category:Field hockey cup competitions]]

Latest revision as of 21:52, 28 November 2025


Beighton Cup
SportField hockey
Founded1895; 131 years ago (1895)[1]
AdministratorHockey Bengal
No. of teams20
CountryIndia India
HeadquartersKolkata
Most recent
champion(s)		Indian Navy
(2nd title)
Most titlesMohun Bagan
(14 titles)
Official websitehockeybengal.org
Template:Current sports event icon 2024

The Beighton Cup (also known as the Coal India Beighton Cup for sponsorship reasons[2]) is a field hockey tournament organized by Hockey Bengal (formerly the Bengal Hockey Association).[3][4] Instituted in 1895, it is one of the oldest field hockey tournaments in the world and is held every year in Kolkata.[5][6][7][8]

History[edit | edit source]

Aristocratic 19th century origins[edit | edit source]

Instituted in 1895, the tournament's origins are steeped in both the era of British colonialism and the English aristocracy. The tournament was named after its British donor, Judge Thomas Durant Beighton of the Indian Civil Service and Legal Remembrancer to the Government of Bengal. Born in 1846,[9] Beighton died in Gibraltar of heart failure in February 1906.[10][11][12][13]

Beighton had married for a second time in 1897 and in 1898 had a son, Thomas Percival Durant Beighton (aka T.P.D. Beighton, died 1971), who was, like his father, a keen sportsman, particularly at both Winchester College and Christ Church, Oxford University.[14][15] He later published his accounts as a motoring enthusiast; a sport, like cricket, that he enjoyed with his brother-in-law, John Alfred Middleton, MC, whose wedding to T.P.D. Beighton's sister, Dorothea, in London at St Peter's Church, Eaton Square had featured on the front page of the Daily Mirror on 5 January 1922.[16][17][18][19] T.P.D. Beighton and Middleton had been boarders together at Winchester and then enlisted during WWI following which they both entered Christ Church, Oxford as freshmen in 1919.[20][21][22] T.P.D. Beighton's wife, Kathleen Muriel Beighton (née Hood), was the daughter of sports benefactor Sir Joseph Hood, 1st Baronet.[23][24]

Recent decades[edit | edit source]

Today, the Beighton Cup hockey tournament is organised by Hockey Bengal, previously called the Bengal Hockey Association and used to be held on natural grass at the Mohun Bagan ground on the Maidan in Kolkata (earlier called Calcutta) in India. For last few years, it has been held on Astro Turf (artificial grass) at Sports Authority of India (SAI East) in Kolkata.[25] The Beighton Cup was initially organized by the Indian Football Association, until the Bengal Hockey Association took over in 1905.[26]

In the 1940s and 1950s, Bengal had strong teams in Kolkata such as Customs and Port Commissioners, and Bengal-Nagpur Railway in Kharagpur. It went on to win the 1952 national hockey championship held in Kolkata, defeating Punjab.[27]

Dhyan Chand remembers[edit | edit source]

In his autobiography Goal!, the legendary Dhyan Chand remembers his Beighton Cup debut. He says, "In my opinion it is perhaps the best organised hockey event in the country. Kolkata is indeed lucky that it has at least three or four first class hockey grounds on the maidan, and this is a great advantage to run a tournament on schedule. Instituted in 1895, this tournament has had a non-stop run. World Wars I and II did not affect the tournament. Threats of Japanese bombs and actual bombings in Kolkata while the hockey season was on also did not prevent the tournament from being held. That being said, it is sad to think that the tournament had to yield to the communal frenzy which gripped the nation in 1946–47."[28]

Hockey in Kolkata[edit | edit source]

Apart from the Beighton Cup, Kolkata had many firsts in hockey to its credit. The first hockey association in India was formed in 1908 — the Bengal Hockey Association. The first national hockey championship of India was held in 1928. It was called the inter-provincials, with 5 provinces of undivided India participating. The first Indian Olympic team for the Amsterdam Games was selected in Kolkata after the 1928 nationals.[29]

Twenty-seven Olympic gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal ~ that is what Bengal's hockey can boast of. However, all that is history and Kolkata no longer has a hockey Olympian.[30] Despite its pioneering role in the history of Indian hockey, Kolkata is the only major metropolis in India without an artificial turf.[29] "How can you hope to produce international class players if you cannot give the players astroturf to play on?" asks Gurbux Singh, secretary of the Bengal Hockey Association.[30] Leslie Claudius agreed that the absence of astroturf is responsible for this decline, but added: "Ours was a different era. We were successful, so the enthusiasm for the game was naturally high. How can you have that today? Even the educational institutions are not interested in hockey nowadays. But you can't blame them. Young people don't find hockey exciting enough. Maybe if we can give them astroturf, the fast surface can lure them back into the game."[30]

Big names[edit | edit source]

Leslie Claudius was the biggest name in Kolkata hockey; he played for Customs in Kolkata, and won 4 Olympic medals from 1948 to 1960 (3 gold, 1 silver).[26]

Results[edit | edit source]

The results of the Beighton Cup:[31]

Year Winner Runner-up
1895 Calcutta Naval Volunteers AC
1896 Calcutta Naval Volunteers AC
1897 SPG Mission, Ranchi
1898 SPG Mission, Ranchi
1899 Calcutta Rangers Club
1900 St. James School
1901 1st Royal Irish Rifles
1902 SPG Mission, Ranchi
1903 SPG Mission, Ranchi
1904 Hornets AC
1905 BE College, Sibpore
1906 SPG Mission, Ranchi
1907 SPG Mission, Ranchi
1908 Calcutta Customs
1909 Calcutta Customs
1910 Calcutta Customs
1911 Calcutta Rangers Club
1912 Calcutta Customs
1913 Calcutta Rangers Club
1914 MAO College, Aligarh AFC, Jamalpur
1915 Calcutta Rangers Club Calcutta Customs
1916 BY Association, Lucknow Calcutta Customs
1917 Calcutta Rangers Club Bactetors Union (Dakha)
1918 BY Association, Lucknow East Indian Railway Asansol Rec. Club
1919 Xaverians' Club Calcutta FC
1920 East Indian Railway Asansol Rec. Club AFC, Jamalpur
1921 BE College, Sibpore Calcutta Rangers Club
1922 EBR Sports Club Calcutta Customs
1923 BY Association, Lucknow Calcutta Customs
1924 Calcutta FC AFC, Jamalpur
1925 Calcutta Customs Xaverians' Club
1926 Calcutta Customs Punjab HA
1927 Xaverians' Club Calcutta Customs
1928 Telegraph Rec. Club Calcutta Customs
1929 EIR Sports Club Calcutta Customs
1930 Calcutta Customs Port Commissioners
1931 Calcutta Customs BN Railway
1932 Calcutta Customs BN Railway
1933 Jhansi Heroes Calcutta Customs
1934 Calcutta Rangers Club EI Railway
1935 Calcutta Customs BN Railway
1936 Bombay Customs Calcutta Customs
1937 BN Railway Bhopal Wanderers
1938 Calcutta Customs BN Railway
1939 BN Railway Calcutta Customs
1940 Bhopal Wanderers Bhagawant Club, Tikamgarh
1941 Bhopal Wanderers and Bhagawant Club, Tikamgarh were declared joint winners
1942 Calcutta Rangers Club BN Railway
1943 BN Railway Calcutta Rangers Club
1944 BN Railway Jiwaji Club, Gwalior
1945 BN Railway Mohammedan Sporting Club
1946 Port Commissioners BN Railway
1947 Tournament not held
1948 Port Commissioners and U.P. Selected XI were declared joint winners
1949 Tata Sports Club, Bombay Punjab Sports Club
1950 Tata Sports Club, Bombay Lusitanians, Bombay
1951 Hindustan Aircraft, Bangalore Bata Sports
1952[32] Mohun Bagan Hindustan Aircraft, Bangalore
1953 Tata Sports Club, Bombay Nagpur United
1954 Tata Sports Club, Bombay Western Railways, Bombay
1955 Western Railway and U. P. XI were declared joint winners
1956 Services Mohun Bagan
1957 East Bengal Mohammedan Sporting Club
1958[32] Mohun Bagan Corps of Engineers, Kirkee
1959 Corps of Engineers, Kirkee Army XI, New Delhi
1960[32] Mohun Bagan Indian Navy
1961 Central Railway, Bombay Punjab Police, Jalandhar
1962 East Bengal Central Railway, Bombay
1963 Central Railway, Bombay East Bengal
1964 East Bengal and Mohun Bagan were declared joint winners
1965 Mohun Bagan and Calcutta Customs were declared joint winners
1966 Punjab Police Corps of Signals, Jalandhar
1967 East Bengal Bhilai Steel Plant
1968[32] Mohun Bagan Bengal Nagpur Railway
1969 Mohun Bagan and Winners Corps of Signal were declared joint winners
1970 Western Railway, Bombay East Bengal
1971 BSF Jalandhar and Mohun Bagan were declared joint winners
1972 BSF, Jalandhar Mohun Bagan
1973 I. H. F. Dark Blues and Mohun Bagan were declared joint winners
1974 Mohun Bagan Sikh Reg. Centre, Meerut
1975 Mohun Bagan Sikh Reg. Centre, Meerut
1976 A. S. C. Jalandhar C.R.P.F., Delhi
1977 Mohun Bagan Western Railway, Bombay
1978 Mohun Bagan CRPF, Delhi
1979 Mohun Bagan and A. S. C. Jalandhar were declared joint winners
1980 Western Railway, Bombay Mohun Bagan
1981 I. H. F. XI, East Zone Mohammedan Sporting Club
1982 E. M. E. Jalandhar and Eastern Railway Ath. Asson were declared joint winners
1983 E. M. E. Jalandhar C.R.P.F., Neemuch
1984 Mecon Sports Club, Ranchi A.S.C., Jalandhar
1985 Indian Airlines, Delhi E.M.E., Jalandhar
1986 M. E. G., Bangalore A.S.C., Jalandhar
1987 B. N. R. Rec. Club East Bengal
1988 I.F.F. Co., Delhi Southern Railway, Madras
1989 A. S.C., Jalandhar Corps of Signals, Jalandhar
1990 E. M. E., Jalandhar Corps of Signals, Jalandhar
1991 A. S.C., Jalandhar E.M.E., Jalandhar
1992 Army XI, Jalandhar A.S.C., Jalandhar
1993 Army XI, Jalandhar S.A.G., Ranchi
1994 Army XI, Jalandhar B. N. Railway
1995 Indian Railways Indian Airlines
1996 B. S. F., Jalandhar Tamil Nadu XI
1997 Punjab Police, Jalandhar B.S.F., Jalandhar
1998 B. S. F., Jalandhar Army XI, Jalandhar
1999 Punjab & Sind Bank, Jalandhar A.S.C., Jalandhar
2000 Punjab & Sind Bank, Jalandhar Tamil Nadu XI
2001[33] Central Industrial Security Force, Chandigarh Border Security Force, Jalandhar
2002[34] Punjab Police Central Reserve Police Force
2003[35] Border Security Force, Jalandhar Indian Oil Corporation
2004[36] Punjab & Sind Bank Army XI
2005[37] Border Security Force, Jalandhar Army XI
2006[38] Punjab & Sind Bank Border Security Force, Jalandhar
2007[39] Indian Airlines Border Security Force, Jalandhar
2008[40] Punjab Police and Punjab and Sind Bank were declared joint winners
2009[41] Indian Oil Corporation South Central Railway
2010[42] Air India Coal India
2011[43] Indian Oil Corporation ONGC
2012[44] Indian Oil Corporation Punjab National Bank
2013[45] Army XI ONGC
2014[46] Indian Oil Corporation Punjab National Bank
2015[47] Punjab National Bank Indian Oil Corporation
2016[48] Indian Oil Corporation Bharat Petroleum Corporation
2017 Tournament not held
2018 Indian Oil Corporation Bharat Petroleum Corporation
2019[49] Indian Oil Corporation Punjab National Bank
2020 Tournament not held
2021
2022[50] Indian Navy Punjab National Bank
2024[51] Indian Navy Indian Oil Corporation

Performance by teams[edit | edit source]

Team Championships
Mohun Bagan 14
Calcutta Customs 12
Calcutta Rangers (inc. Calcutta Naval Volunteers AC) 9
Indian Oil Corporation 7
SPG Mission, Ranchi 6
Border Security Force, Jalandhar 6
BN Railway 6
Punjab & Sind Bank 5
East Bengal 4
Tata Sports Club, Bombay 4
Punjab Police 4
A. S. C. Jalandhar 4
Army XI, Jalandhar 4
BY Association, Lucknow 3
Western Railway, Bombay 3
E. M. E. Jalandhar 3
Indian Airlines, Delhi / Air India 3
BE College, Sibpore 2
Bhopal Wanderers 2
Port Commissioners 2
Xaverians' Club 2
U.P. XI 2
Central Railway, Bombay 2
I. H. F. Dark Blues / I. H. F. XI, East Zone 2
E. M. E. Jalandhar 2
Indian Navy 2
St. James School 1
1st Royal Irish Rifles 1
Hornets AC 1
MAO College, Aligarh 1
East Indian Railway Asansol Rec. Club 1
EBR Sports Club 1
Calcutta FC 1
Telegraph Rec. Club 1
EIR Sports Club 1
Jhansi Heroes 1
Bombay Customs 1
Bhagawant Club, Tikamgarh 1
Hindustan Aircraft, Bangalore 1
Services 1
Corps of Engineers, Kirkee 1
Winners Corps of Signal 1
Mecon Sports Club, Ranchi 1
M. E. G., Bangalore 1
I.F.F. Co., Delhi 1
Indian Railways 1
Central Industrial Security Force, Chandigarh 1
Punjab National Bank 1

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  17. ↑ "Cricket". Star Green ...Yorkshire, England. 30 July 1921. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022. ...Middleton sent one ball perilously near to mid-off and banged the next ball into the sight screen. Then Beighton took off his bails!
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