Test Match No. 7: New Zealand Universities' first visit to Japan, game 7

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16 February 1936 at Hanazono Rugby Stadium
△Japan 9-9 New Zealand Universities△
2nd test match ends in draw with no try
 
Data:
16/02/36, 2nd Test (40min. Half)
All Japan Universities 9 New Zealand Universities 9
Hanazono Rugby Grounds, Osaka
Half-time: 6-0
Referee: Yoshizo Abe (Japan)
Touch Judges: E.R. Chesterman (New Zealand), Kazuo Mihama (Japan)
Crowd: Unkown
 
ALL JAPAN UNIVERSITIES (=JAPAN): 15 Isao Suzuki, 14 Tsunehiko Kasahara, 13 Shoji Sakaguchi, 12 Tsutomu Tsujita, 11 Zenji Nishi, 10 Takeo Kitano, 9 Masao Wada, 8 Ryohai Kinashitan 7 Shinshiro Komehana, 6 Hiroyuki Nabeka, 5 Hiroshi Tagawa, 4 Kazuo Yamaguchi (capt), 3 Iwao Ota, 2 Saburo Nishigaki, 1 Kazutsugu Nishiumi.
Penalty Goals: Kasahara (3).
 
NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITIES: 15 W. Tricklebank, 14 E. Grant, 13 J.D. Lewis, 12 James Michael Watt, 11(FE) Colin Cuthbert Gillies, 10(FE) G.A. Parsons (capt), 9 J.J. McAuliffe, 8 S.G. Eade 7 S.W. Simmers, 6 O.W. Chapman, 6 L.S. Drake, 5, 4 D.A. Hudson, 3 W.R. Laney 2 F.J. Wilson, 1 R.B. Burke.
Tries: Watt (2); Penalty Goal: Tricklebank.
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 3min-pen NZU, McAuliffe (missed), 12min-pen Japan Univ., Kasahara-3-0, 25min-pen Japan Univ., Kasahara (missed), 28min-pen Japan Univ., Kasahara-6-0, Half-time, 58min-try NZU, Watts; conv. Tricklebank (missed)-6-3; 57min-pen Japan Univ., Kasahara-9-3; 62min-pen NZU, Tricklebank-9-6; 70min-try NZU, Watt; conv. Tricklebank (missed)-9-9, 78min-pen Japan Univ., Kasahara (missed).
 


NZU had won all six matches before this final match. Would Japan allow New Zealand to complete its winning streak, or show some guts for the sake of the Japanese rugby community? The final international rugby match between NZU and Japan's national squad was held on 16 February at Hanazono Rugby Stadium in front of the capacity spectators. The weather conditions were perfect: sunny with no wind. The game began with NZU's kick. Although Japan led 6-0 in the first-half, New Zealand struck back in the second-half and ended the match in a draw (9-9). Japan's points came from two penalties in the first half by Kasahara, and one penalty in the second half with no tries, NZU's came from two tries and one penalty: Japan would have lost by 9-13 in the current scoring system. Still, it was an unhappy draw for Japan: With only two minutes remaining on the clock, a penalty kick was awarded to Japan at about 30 yards (approximately 27 metres) in the opponent's territory, but Kasahara's carefully placed kick unfortunately missed the goal to the right of the post.