5 matches held in 49th Jackie Memorial Football Tournament

By Our Staff Reporter 

Mussoorie, 25 Jul: The 49^th edition of the Jackie Memorial Football Tournament commenced at St George’s College on 23 July and will continue till 14 August. A total number of 32 teams (14 Clubs and 18 Schools from Dehradun and Mussoorie) are participating in the tournament.

Five matches were played today.

In the St George’s College (B) versus Holy Angel School match, St George’s College won by 3 goals to zero. The goals for St George’s were scored by Maghav in the 8^th minute and Rudratha in the 48^th and 56^th minutes. In the Kyarkulli Sports Club versus Barlowganj Sports Club (B) match, the former won by 10-0. For Kyarkulli, the goals were scored by Deepak in the 2^nd, 10^th, 36^th and 58^th minutes, Vikash in the 4^th and 29^th minutes, Naveen in the 13^th and 15^th minutes, Karan in the 16^th minute and Ajit in the 17^th minute.

Nirmala Inter College beat The Oasis School in the third match by 4-1. For Nirmala Inter College, the goals were scored by Ajay in the 15^th minute, Suraj in the 34^th and 56^th minutes and Sagar in the 42^nd minute. For The Oasis School, the only goal was scored by Arnav in the 46^th minute.

St George’s College (C) beat Oak Grove School in the fourth match, 1-0. The winning goal was scored by Naman in the 53^rd minute. St George’s College (B) beat Hampton Court School in the fifth match by 9-1. For St George’s College (B), the goals were scored by Rudrartha in the 11^th, 21^st and 33^rd minutes, Maghav in the 23^rd and 26^th minutes, Rishab in the 30^th minute, Akshat in the 37^th minute, Shrey in the 41^st minute and Naman Roy in the 57^th minute. For Hampton Court School, the only goal was scored by Sahil in the 14^th minute.

The referees for today’s matches were Mahender Singh Rawat, Pushkar Gusain, Jeevan Singh Bisht, Satish Chandra, SP Joshi, Rohan Chamoli and Sushant Ale.