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“Rugby is Incorporated in the Far Eastern Championship Games”
During the 6th Far Eastern Championship Games, rugby was held at a field located in Osaka. Here seven teams appeared, Keio, Kyoto, Doshisha, Waseda, Kansai, Osaka College of Commerce, and Osaka High School, where Keio claimed the championship title. Prince Chichibu came to the final as a guest, which opened up the opportunity to invite him to serve as the chairperson of the JRFU.
Semifinal on 23 May 1923: Waseda 58-0 Kansai
Semifinal on May 25: Keio 27-0 Doshisha
Final on May 27: Keio 11-6 Waseda
“Kansai University Forms a Rugby Club”
“Our rugby club was born in the spring of 1923. Those rugby lovers and volunteers in other sports clubs, such as baseball, track and field, association football (soccer), Sumo, Judo, and Kendo, gathered to launch a new rugby club for the university.” (Source: “The History of the Kansai Rugby Football Union”)
“Various Universities in Kanto Form Rugby Clubs”
Ikusaburo Hayakawa, who played football (soccer) at Rikkyo University, was invited by his older brother, Soichiro, a graduate of Kyoto University where he had played rugby, to watch the 1st Waseda-Keio Rivalry. At this match Ikusaburo was lured by rugby and he recruited his companions to play rugby. The rugby club formed at Rikkyo University was then approved as an athletic club in 1924. This was followed by other schools forming rugby clubs, such as Daiichi High School, Tokyo Higher Normal School (the present University of Tsukuba), Seikei High School, and Kansai University in Kansai.
“7th Japan Football Tournament (Takarazuka)”
Doshisha Junior High School, Kyoto Daiichi Commercial High School, Ritsumeikan Junior High School, and Kyoto Junior High School played in the junior-high class, where Doshisha claimed the tournament title. Daisan High School, Doshisha University, Kansai University, Doshisha Commercial High School, and Kobe Commercial High School played in the university and college class, where Daisan claimed the tournament title.
“1st Waseda-Meiji Rugby Match Begins”
The Waseda-Meiji rugby match, which has been considered a euphemism for university rugby and achieved wide-spread popularity across the nation even until now, was held at the Waseda University Totsuka Football Stadium for the first time on December 24 of this year.
Other major match results:
2nd scheduled match held on 23 Jan. 1923: Keio 20-3 Waseda
1st scheduled match held on 18 Dec. 1923: Keio 60-0 Meiji
1st scheduled match held on 24 Dec. 1923: Waseda 42-3 Meiji
1st scheduled match held on 26 Dec. 1924: Tokyo 44-0 Meiji
1st scheduled match held on 16 Jan. 1924: Waseda 14-0 Tokyo Univ. of Commerce (present Hitotsubashi Univ.)
1st scheduled match held on 19 Jan. 1924: Keio 38-0 Tokyo Univ. of Commerce (present Hitotsubashi Univ.)
1st scheduled match held on 16 Oct. 1923: Kyoto 10-3 Daisan
1st scheduled match held on 8 Dec. 1923: Keio 6-0 KR&AC
1st scheduled match held on 30 Dec. 1923: Keio 9-0 Kyoto
“Rugby is Incorporated in the Far Eastern Championship Games”
During the 6th Far Eastern Championship Games, rugby was held at a field located in Osaka. Here seven teams appeared, Keio, Kyoto, Doshisha, Waseda, Kansai, Osaka College of Commerce, and Osaka High School, where Keio claimed the championship title. Prince Chichibu came to the final as a guest, which opened up the opportunity to invite him to serve as the chairperson of the JRFU.
Semifinal on 23 May 1923: Waseda 58-0 Kansai
Semifinal on May 25: Keio 27-0 Doshisha
Final on May 27: Keio 11-6 Waseda
“Kansai University Forms a Rugby Club”
“Our rugby club was born in the spring of 1923. Those rugby lovers and volunteers in other sports clubs, such as baseball, track and field, association football (soccer), Sumo, Judo, and Kendo, gathered to launch a new rugby club for the university.” (Source: “The History of the Kansai Rugby Football Union”)
“Various Universities in Kanto Form Rugby Clubs”
Ikusaburo Hayakawa, who played football (soccer) at Rikkyo University, was invited by his older brother, Soichiro, a graduate of Kyoto University where he had played rugby, to watch the 1st Waseda-Keio Rivalry. At this match Ikusaburo was lured by rugby and he recruited his companions to play rugby. The rugby club formed at Rikkyo University was then approved as an athletic club in 1924. This was followed by other schools forming rugby clubs, such as Daiichi High School, Tokyo Higher Normal School (the present University of Tsukuba), Seikei High School, and Kansai University in Kansai.
“7th Japan Football Tournament (Takarazuka)”
Doshisha Junior High School, Kyoto Daiichi Commercial High School, Ritsumeikan Junior High School, and Kyoto Junior High School played in the junior-high class, where Doshisha claimed the tournament title. Daisan High School, Doshisha University, Kansai University, Doshisha Commercial High School, and Kobe Commercial High School played in the university and college class, where Daisan claimed the tournament title.
“1st Waseda-Meiji Rugby Match Begins”
The Waseda-Meiji rugby match, which has been considered a euphemism for university rugby and achieved wide-spread popularity across the nation even until now, was held at the Waseda University Totsuka Football Stadium for the first time on December 24 of this year.
Other major match results:
2nd scheduled match held on 23 Jan. 1923: Keio 20-3 Waseda
1st scheduled match held on 18 Dec. 1923: Keio 60-0 Meiji
1st scheduled match held on 24 Dec. 1923: Waseda 42-3 Meiji
1st scheduled match held on 26 Dec. 1924: Tokyo 44-0 Meiji
1st scheduled match held on 16 Jan. 1924: Waseda 14-0 Tokyo Univ. of Commerce (present Hitotsubashi Univ.)
1st scheduled match held on 19 Jan. 1924: Keio 38-0 Tokyo Univ. of Commerce (present Hitotsubashi Univ.)
1st scheduled match held on 16 Oct. 1923: Kyoto 10-3 Daisan
1st scheduled match held on 8 Dec. 1923: Keio 6-0 KR&AC
1st scheduled match held on 30 Dec. 1923: Keio 9-0 Kyoto