Indian Airlines, CRPF in quarter-final league

Indian Airlines, Delhi, and Central Reserve Police Force, Neemuch, recorded contrasting victories against local outfits Tata Sports Club and Central Railway respectively to make it to the quarter-final league in the Aga Khan hockey tournament at the Bombay Gymkhana, in Mumbai, on Friday.

Indian Airlines, who scored four goals in five minutes, crushed Tatas 6-2, after leading 2-1 at half-time, while CRPF rallied magnificiently, after trailing by a solitary goal at the breather, to derail Central Railway 2-1.

In the third match of the day, Western Railway crushed Madras Engineering Group, Bangalore, 9-1 after leading comfortably 5-0 at lemon time to make it to the league stage.

Central Railway's Jamsheer Khan drew first blood in the 31st minute when he converted the third penalty-corner, but CRPF restored parity in the 50th minute, when their forward Tanveer Jamal scored following a goal-mouth melee.

The match-winner for CRPF came five minutes later, when centre half J Topno's reverse flick was bang on target.

The Airlines-Tata match was totally one-sided. Altaf-Ur-Rehman put Airlines ahead in the sixth minute. Eleven minutes later, forward Brojen Singh scored off a solo effort. The local outfit reduced the margin with just two minutes to go for half-time, when their defender Naved Ali converted a penalty-corner.

Tata's then notched the equaliser a minute after the break when Claes Ferreira scored off a Raju Bagade pass.

But Indian Airlines stepped up the pace thereafter and slammed in four goals through Y S Rawat, Altaf-ur Rehman, Virender Singh and Girish to emerge convincing winners.

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