TEAM:
Goalkeepers: Peter Thangaraj (Madras Regimental Centre, Services), Shankar Subramaniam Narayan (Caltex, Bombay).
Defenders: Abdul T. Rehman (Rajasthan Club, Calcutta), Syed Khwaja Azizuddin (Hyderabad City Police), S.A. Latif (Bombay).
Midfielders: Marianna Kempiah (East Bengal Club), Mohammed Abdul Salaam (Bengal), Nikhil Kumar Nandy (Eastern Railway SC, Bengal), Ahmed Hussain (Hyderabad), Noor Mohammed (Hyderabad City Police).
Forwards: Samar Banerjee (Mohun Bagan AC - CAPTAIN), J. Krishnaswamy "Kittu" (East Bengal Club), P.K. Banerjee (Bengal), Krishna Chandra "Kesto" Pal (Bengal), Muhamed Kannayan (Bengal-Nagpur Railway, Calcutta), Neville Stephen D'Souza (Bombay - Vice-CAPTAIN), Tulsidas Balaram (Hyderabad), Mohammed Zulfiqaruddin (Hyderabad City Police).
COACH: SYED ABDUL RAHIM (Hyderabad); MANAGER: K. ZIAUDDIN (Bombay); Assistant MANAGER: N. MAHAPATRA (Orissa); REPRESENTATIVE at FIFA CONGRESS: M. DUTTA RAY (Bengal).
RESULTS:
Friendlies:
??-Nov-56 - Campbell Reserve, Morelands: India 1-3 Australia
12-Dec-56 - Sydney Sports Ground: India 7-1 Australia - Goals - India: 2xP.K. Banerjee, 2xNeville Stephen D'Souza, 2x J. Kittu, Samar Banerjee; Australia: Brian Vogler.