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=== Later years ===

=== Later years ===

In 1955, It was decided that the team would play a number of [[Exhibition game|Exhibiton Matches]] in countries such as [[Singapore]], [[Malaysia|Malaya]] and [[Myanmar|Burma]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19550411/092/0005|title=Monday, 11 April 1955, Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore)}}</ref> However, It is unclear whether the team actually toured the countries to play these matches.

In 2003, the team featured in several tournaments in [[Karachi]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan 2003 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki03.html |access-date=2025-09-22 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>

In 2003, the team featured in several tournaments in [[Karachi]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan 2003 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki03.html |access-date=2025-09-22 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>

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Pakistani football club which toured Burma and Ceylon

Jinnah Gymkhana football team is a Pakistani football club based in Karachi. The team toured Burma and Ceylon in the late 1940s. The football team is part of the wider multi-sports Jinnah Gymkhana Club, which also includes a hockey team.^[1][2]

In 1946, the team won the All-Pakistan Ataturk Soccer Tournament.^[3]

In late 1949, the team toured Burma and Ceylon for nine-weeks. The team consisted of seventeen players who mostly had all-India or Inter-provincial appearances to their names. They were captained by Mr. S. A. Samad Jr., who previously played for Mohammedan Sporting and also served as the assistant manager on their tour. The team was managed by Mr. Rashid Tabassam, who was the Associate Secretary of the Pakistan Football Federation and Honorary General Secretary of the club.^[4][5] The club also included several Pakistan national team players such as Abdul Wahid Durrani, Dad Muhammad, Ismail Jahn, Ahmed Ali, and Taj Mohammad Jr.^[6] These players would go on to represent Pakistan in several tournaments in the later years.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Tour to Burma

The team visited Rangoon, Burma in November of 1949. They played three matches held in Rangoon, the Burma Selected XI managed to defeat the team once, with the other two games ending both in draws.^[11][12] The only known result of this tour is the game which took place on 10 November, where Jinnah Gymkhana club lost by three goals to the Burmese Selected XI.^[13]

Tour to Ceylon

After the tour to Burma the club decided to play games in Ceylon.^[14][15][16] The team left Rangoon on November 21 and arrived in Colombo on November 25. The team consisted of 17 players.^[17]

Jinnah Gymkhana club first faced the City League XI on 27 November where both teams drew by nil.^[18] The next match was against All-Ceylon XI on 30 November, where the team beat them by four goals to nil, with Kassim scoring a hat-trick and a goal by Afzal.^[6] On 1 December 1949, the visitors lost to Kandy XI by two goals, with Mustapha scoring their only goal of the game.^[19] Jinnah Gymkhana played another on 3 December 1949, where they won by a goal from Samshaud.^[20] In their final match of the tour on 4 December, the team defeated Colombo City League XI by 5–1.^[21][22][23]

In 1955, It was decided that the team would play a number of Exhibiton Matches in countries such as Singapore, Malaya and Burma.^[24] However, It is unclear whether the team actually toured the countries to play these matches.

In 2003, the team featured in several tournaments in Karachi.^[25]