One rupee tickets were selling for fifteen rupees. People poured in from near and far and the Eastern Railways had to run a special train for the rush. More than 80,000 gathered that afternoon, of whom most had to wait outside for news of the match.

Kites were flown in club colours of whichever team scored so that the crowd outside could keep track.
A veterinary inspector, a teacher, a PWD official, three students and a couple of petty traders playing barefoot took on a crack British regimental team.

With less than ten minutes left, Abhilash Ghosh scored, and an Indian club had finally beaten a British club in a major final.
IFA Shield Final. Mohun Bagan 2 East Yorkshire Regiment 1. On this day, 109 years ago.

Reactions from the Press
"..the Bengali is not longer the timid and weak-kneed representative of the race whom Macauley so foully libelled"
The Bengalee

"Bengalis had proved themselves in the the sphere of physical activity in which they were so lamentably deficient"
Amrita Bazar Patrika

"..rice-eating, malaria ridden barefooted Bengalis have got the better of beef-eating Herculean, booted John Bull in the peculiarly English sport."
The Nayak(translation)
(From @ronojoy_sen 's excellent Nation At Play)