Test Match No. 21: The Oxford and Cambridge combined team first visit to Japan, game 8

日本語 Photo Journal
4 October 1959 at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
●Japan 14-44 the Oxford and Cambridge combined team○
Japan suffers a big defeat again
 
Data:
04/10/59, 2nd Test
Japan 14 Combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities 44
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Tokyo
Half-time: 6-13
Referee: Ikuho Niimura (Japan)
Touch Judges: unknown
Crowd: unknown
 
JAPAN: 15 Susumu Kitaoka, 14 Kunio Miyai, 13 Kenji Ishii, 12 Tatsuya Aoi (capt), 11 Hiroshi Hibino, 10 Ryuichi Imamura, 9 Koichi Imamura, 8 Toshiaki Tsuchiya, 7 Keisuke Yamada, 6 Masao Ozaki, 5 Yutaka Katakura, 4 Seiji Tanaka, 3 Takakazu Fuji, 2 Eiichi Shiga, 1 Kiyoshi Kobayashi.
Tries: Fuji, Tsuchiya, Kobayashi, Hibino; Conversion: Kitaoka.
 
COMBINED OXFORD (O) and CAMBRIDGE (C) UNIVERSITIES: 15 John Stanley Marshall Scott (O), 14 A.C.B. Hurst (O), 13 Michael Richard Wade (C), 12 Lawrence Dursley Watts (O), 11 P.R. Mills (O), 10 Howell John Davies (C), 9 Anthony O'Connor (O), 8 Stephen Harold Wilcock (O), 7 A. John Herbert (O), 6 F.H. Tenbox (O), 5 David Gordon Perry (C), 4 David Anthony MacSweeney (C), 3 Lodewyk Theodorus Lombard (O), 2 M.T. Weston (C), 1 Denis Jesson (O).
Tries: Mills (2), Hurst, Lombard, H.J. Davies, Watts, Wade, 1 try unknown; Conversions: Watts (7); Penalty Goals: Watts (2).
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 6min-try Japan, Fuji; conv. Kitaoka (missed)-3-0, 9min-try Japan, Tsuchiya; conv. Kitaoka (missed)-6-0, 13min-try Ox-Bridge Univ., Mills; conv. Watts-6-5, 16min-pen Ox-Bridge Univ., Watts-6-8, 31min-try Ox-Bridge Univ., Hurst; conv. Watts-6-13, Half-time, --min-try Ox-Bridge Univ., Lombard; conv. Watts-6-16, --min-try Ox-Bridge Univ., H.J. Davies; conv. Watts-6-21, 52min-pen Ox-Bridge Univ., Watts-6-24, 28min-try Japan, Kobayashi; conv. Kitaoka (missed)-9-24, 31min-try Japan, Hibino; conv. Kitaoka-14-24, --min-try Ox-Bridge Univ., Mills; conv. Watts unknown, --min-try Ox-Bridge Univ., Watts; conv. Watts (unknown), --min-try Ox-Bridge Univ., Wade; conv. Watts (unknown), --min-try Ox-Bridge Univ., unknown; conv. Watts (unknown)-14-44.
 


The Oxford and Cambridge combined team headed home undefeated in all seven games. Japan started well with tries by Fuji and Tsuchiya, but it didn't last. The Oxford and Cambridge combined team's forwards stole a kick from Japan's backs, passed it to the left, and scored a try between left and centre. They added a conversion and narrowed the gap to 1 point (5-6). Fuelled by this, the combined team earned a penalty in the 16th minute and turned the tide (8-6). They scored more goals in the second half to widen the gap to 24-6. Japan made a desperate stand against this: Kobayashi scored a try in the 28th minute. Yamada made a pass near the centre of the field to Hibino, who boldly scored a try between left and centre in the 31st minute,.