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“The 50th Keio Foundation Anniversary Tournament”
On April 23, the sixth Keio match was held at the Mitatsunamachi field as the 50th foundation anniversary event with three games played in different categories, the child class, the adult class, and the player class.
A theme song for the Keio University Rugby Football Club was composed. In “The 60-Year History of Keio University”, Fukuzo Ando describes how this song came to be. “I composed this theme song at the Bashoya Ryokan inn located in Ota, Gunma, when we went to Ota Junior High School in flocks to teach the students rugby, along with Professor Kazusada Tanaka as the manager. The club members wanted to have something they could sing together, so I immediately created this song. Compiling three different overseas scores together, I made up them into one song. [...]”
“Japan's First Junior High School Rugby Club in Ota, Gunma”
During the summer vacation in 1907, Keiji Takeno and Sohei Fukushima from Keio visited Ota Junior High School. Their visit served as a trigger for other Keio players to come to this junior high school for coaching which resulted in producing a new rugby team. Ota Junior High School was invited to a Keio match to take on the Keio's regular team. With high expectations as the first rugby team other than Keio, unfortunately the Ota Junior High School Rugby Club eventually disintegrated after a few years.
Beginning of Keio's Scheduled Match with KR&AC
On 3 February 1908, Keio toured Kobe for the first time and ended up losing a close game to KR&AC 8-0.
9th match held on 30 Nov. 1907: YC&AC 8-3 Keio
1st scheduled match held on 3 Feb. 1908: KR&AC 8-0 Keio
“The 50th Keio Foundation Anniversary Tournament”
On April 23, the sixth Keio match was held at the Mitatsunamachi field as the 50th foundation anniversary event with three games played in different categories, the child class, the adult class, and the player class.
A theme song for the Keio University Rugby Football Club was composed. In “The 60-Year History of Keio University”, Fukuzo Ando describes how this song came to be. “I composed this theme song at the Bashoya Ryokan inn located in Ota, Gunma, when we went to Ota Junior High School in flocks to teach the students rugby, along with Professor Kazusada Tanaka as the manager. The club members wanted to have something they could sing together, so I immediately created this song. Compiling three different overseas scores together, I made up them into one song. [...]”
“Japan's First Junior High School Rugby Club in Ota, Gunma”
During the summer vacation in 1907, Keiji Takeno and Sohei Fukushima from Keio visited Ota Junior High School. Their visit served as a trigger for other Keio players to come to this junior high school for coaching which resulted in producing a new rugby team. Ota Junior High School was invited to a Keio match to take on the Keio's regular team. With high expectations as the first rugby team other than Keio, unfortunately the Ota Junior High School Rugby Club eventually disintegrated after a few years.
Beginning of Keio's Scheduled Match with KR&AC
On 3 February 1908, Keio toured Kobe for the first time and ended up losing a close game to KR&AC 8-0.
9th match held on 30 Nov. 1907: YC&AC 8-3 Keio
1st scheduled match held on 3 Feb. 1908: KR&AC 8-0 Keio