Printed Article: The Hindu

ERSA posts win

KOLKATA: Eastern Railway Sports Association defeated Mumbai XI 5-3 via tiebreaker while East Coast Railways outplayed Calcutta Customs 5-3 in the pre-quarterfinals of the all-India Beighton Cup hockey tournament at the SAI ground here on Friday.

Trailing for major part through Mumbai XI’s A.B. Cheeyanna’s 37th minute field goal, the local outfit hit back via M. Riyazuddin in the 66th.

With the regulation time not producing the matchwinner, the teams went into tiebreaker in which Pramod Dhir, Seveyan Jojo, Paulush Soy and Azam Ali scored for the Railway side while Bruno Lugun and Jayantha Meetei were successful for the visiting team. East Coast Railways thoroughly outplayed Customs with goals coming from Amardeep Ekka (7th and 39th), Amjad Khan (13th), L. Kumar (17th and 31st). For the losing side H.P. Singh (34th) and Birendra Sharma (46th) scored.

By virtue of this victory, EC Railway was placed in the pool A quarterfinal league along with Punjab and Sind Bank, Punjab Police and Tamil Nadu XI. ERSA joined Indian Oil, Punjab Sports Club and CESC in pool B quarterfinal league. Quarterfinal league matches will be played from Saturday. — Special Correspondent