| Date | 4 August 1948 — 18:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Guinness Sports Ground, Park Royal, London | |
| Umpire 1 | Jo van Donselaar |  NED |
| Umpire 2 | Chanu |  FRA |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | India |  IND | 9 | 3 | 9 | |
| – | Argentina |  ARG | 1 | 0 | 1 |
India| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 7 | Kishan Lal | 1 | 1 | ||
| Forward | 8 | Kunwar Digvijay Singh | 0 | |||
| Forward | 10 | Pat Jansen | 2 | 2 | ||
| Forward | 17 | Lawrie Fernandes | 0 | |||
| Forward | 16 | Balbir Singh, Sr. | 6 | 3 | ||
| Halfback | 5 | Keshav Dutt | 0 | |||
| Halfback | 14 | Amir Kumar | 0 | |||
| Halfback | 15 | Maxie Vaz | 0 | |||
| Fullback | 2 | Tarlochan Singh Bawa | 0 | |||
| Fullback | 13 | Randhir Singh Gentle | 0 | |||
| Goalkeeper | 12 | Leo Pinto | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 9 | |||||
| Coach | Anil Chandra Chatterjee | |||||
Argentina| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 18 | Luis Bianchi | 0 | |||
| Forward | 16 | Roberto Anderson | 0 | |||
| Forward | 22 | Roberto Márquez | 1 | |||
| Forward | 23 | Tommie Quinn | 0 | |||
| Forward | 26 | Tommy Scally | 0 | |||
| Halfback | 29 | Jorge Wilson | 0 | |||
| Halfback | 25 | Luis Scally | 0 | |||
| Halfback | 28 | Tomás Wade | 0 | |||
| Fullback | 30 | Antonio Zucchi | 0 | |||
| Fullback | 19 | Juan Brigo | 0 | |||
| Goalkeeper | 21 | Carlos Mercali | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Coach | ? | |||||
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 (1) | Pat Jansen | | 1-0 | ||
| 10 (1) | Kishan Lal | | 2-0 | ||
| 25 (1) | Balbir Singh, Sr. | | 3-0 | ||
| – | Pat Jansen | | 4-0 | ||
| – | Balbir Singh, Sr. | | 5-0 | ||
| – | Balbir Singh, Sr. | | 6-0 | ||
| ? (2) | Roberto Márquez | | 6-1 | field goal | |
| ? (2) | Balbir Singh, Sr. | | 7-1 | ||
| ? (2) | Balbir Singh, Sr. | | 8-1 | ||
| ? (2) | Balbir Singh, Sr. | | 9-1 |
