Test Match No. 3: Canada National Rugby Union Team's first visit to Japan, game 7

日本語 Photo
11 February 1932 at Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium
○Japan 38-5 Canada●
Japan won big against fatigued Canada
 
Data:
11/02/32, 2nd Test
Japan 38 Canada 5
Meiji Shrine Stadium, Tokyo
Half-time: 22-5
Referee: Yasujiro Bessho (Japan)
Touch Judges: William A. (Bud) Murray (Canada), Shiro Wada (Japan)
Attendance: 35,000
 
JAPAN: 15 Tsunehiko Kasahara, 14 Zenjiro Toba-Nakajima, 13 Ko Chu Chang, 12 Saburou Hirao, 11 Takeo Kitano, 10 Ichiro Nogami, 9 Taro Kinoshita, 8 Takao Adachi (capt), 7 Teiji Toshi, 6 Yoshio Okada, 5 Minoru Mishima, 4 Shinji Ono, 3 Saburou Nishigaki, 2 Takeshi Matsubara, 1 Hiroshi Ijyuin.
Tries: Tuba (3), Nogami, Okada, Toshi, Hirao, Ko; Conversions: Kasahara (3), Kitano; Penalty goals: Kasahara (2).
 
CANADA: 15 Brian M. Hunnings, 14 Earnest C. Pinkham, 13 George N. Niblo, 12 Leonard S.F. Leroy (capt), 11 Frank G. Skillings, 10 Pete G. Wilson, 9 Ivor H. Saundry, 8 A. Campbell Forbes, 7 Jack C. Bain, 6 A.B. Mitchell, 5 Johnny G. Rowland, 4 Jerry Boone, 3 William R. Wharton, 2 Albert du Temple, 1 G.E.R. Cox.
Try: Boone; Conversion: Leroy.
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 5min-try Japan, Nogami; conv. Kasahara-5-0, 7min-pen Japan, Kasahara-8-0, 12min-pen Japan, Kasahara-11-0, 20min-try Japan, Okada; conv. Kasahara (missed)-14-0, 22min-try Japan, Toba; conv. Kasahara (missed)-17-0, 27min-try Japan, Toshi; conv. Kasahara-22-0, 35min-try Canada, Boone; conv. Leroy-22-5, Half-time, 43min-try Japan, Toba; conv. Kasahara (missed)-25-5, 47min-try Japan, Hirao; conv. Kitano-30-5, 63min-try Japan, Toba; conv. Kasahara-35-5, 73min-try Japan, Ko; conv. Kasahara (missed)-38-5.
 


“The team visiting Japan this time is much stronger than the one we played with during the tour two years ago. That team two years ago was representing the state of British Columbia, whereas this Canada National Rugby Union Team consists of players selected nationwide – from western, middle and eastern Canada,” said Shigeru Kayama to a daily paper of that time. The Canadians were tired out probably because of the games they played one after another; their forwards were inactive. Japan, by contrast, performed brilliantly, and won by a margin bigger than expected. The good moves shown by half backs Kinoshita and Nogami, as well as the great jobs by the three-quarter backs, particularly contributed to the victory. 30 years has passed since rugby got its start in Japan. On this day, Canada marvelled at Japan's impressive play such as their low-binding scrum and quick heel out (scooping out the ball from scrum).