R. Lumsden (footballer) explained

R. Lumsden was an Indian footballer, who played for the India national football team as a striker.

Football career

He was India's first ever hat-trick scorer.^{[1] [2] [3]} He scored it against Australia national football team during a friendly match on 24 September 1938. His hat-trick includes a penalty at the 46th minutes.^{[4] [5] [6]}

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.^{[4] [5]} 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.^{[7] [8] [9]}

International statistics

Scores and results list India's goal tally first.^[5]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	3 September 1938	Royal Agricultural Show Ground, Sydney, Australia		align=center	3–4	align=center	3–5	Friendly
2	10 September 1938	Royal Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, Australia		align=center	4–4	align=center	4–4	Friendly
3	17 September 1938	Newcastle Sports Ground, Newcastle, Australia		align=center	2–1	4–1	Friendly
4				align=center	3–1 †
5	24 September 1938	Royal Agricultural Show Ground, Sydney, Australia		align=center	1–3	4–5	Friendly
6				align=center	2–3
7				align=center	3–4 †
8	1 October 1938	Melbourne Showgrounds, Victoria, Australia		align=center	1–2	align=center	1–3	Friendly

† indicates that the goal was scored through penalty kick.

See also

• List of India national football team hat-tricks
• History of the India national football team

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External links

• Web site: Hat-tricks for India National Team . Subrata . Dey . . 22 October 2019.

Notes and References

1. https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/international-hattrick-indian-footballers-sunil-chhetri/article31493307.ece/amp/ International hat-tricks scored by Indian footballers
2. https://www.the-aiff.com/history R. Lumsden first indian to score a hat-trick
3. Web site: History in Timeline of Indian Football. https://web.archive.org/web/20200308124507/http://www.the-aiff.com/history. 8 March 2020. 2021-02-15. the-aiff.org. All India Football Federation.
4. Web site: Dey . Subrata . India - Record International Players . . 16 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190321143659/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/india-recintlp.html#hats . 21 March 2019 . live .
5. Web site: Greg Stock . Thomas Esamie, John Punshon . Socceroo Internationals for 1938 . ozfootball.net . OZfootball . 16 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180806202225/http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1938A.html . 6 August 2018 . live .
6. Web site: Matches 1938 . fifa.com . FIFA . 16 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180924110047/https://www.fifa.com/live-scores/teams/country=ind/men/matches/index.html#year1938 . 24 September 2018 . dead .
7. Web site: Indian's first ever International tour to Australia – 1938 (Part 1) . eastbengalclubrecords.wordpress.com . 17 November 2014 . 16 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181112101642/https://eastbengalclubrecords.wordpress.com/2014/11/17/indias-first-ever-international-tour-to-australia-1938-part-1/ . 12 November 2018 . live .
8. Web site: Indian's first ever International tour to Australia – 1938 (Part 2) . eastbengalclubrecords.wordpress.com . 17 November 2014 . 16 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180923052813/https://eastbengalclubrecords.wordpress.com/2014/11/17/indias-first-ever-international-tour-to-australia-1938-part-2/ . 23 September 2018 . live .
9. Web site: 1938 Indian Tour of Australia . ozfootball.net . Australian Online Football Museum . 16 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180923052751/http://www.ozfootball.net/museum/index.php/tours/252-1938-indian-tour-of-australia . 23 September 2018 . live .