日本語 Journal
13 April 1963 at Brockton Point
○Japan 33-6 Canada BC state team●
Saved from 15 consecutive losses (including 2 draws) in test matches
Data:
13/04/63
Japan 33 Canada (British Columbia Reps) 6
Blockton Oval, Vancouver
Half-time: 5-6
Referee: Dave McKenzie (Canada)
Touch Judges: unknown
Crowd: just over 2,000
JAPAN: 15 Yozou Matsuoka-Matsunobu, 14 Tadayuki Ito, 13 Tatsuya Aoi (capt), 12 Masayoshi Ozaki, 11 Kunio Miyai, 10 Haruhiko Kitajima, 9 Shugoro Miura, 8 Shiro Ueki, 7 Koji Ishizuka, 6 Hirohisa Nishizumi, 5 Masatake Kusatsu, 4 Eiji Okabe, 3 Koji Yamada, 2 Kazuo Murata, 1 Kazuo Kawasaki.
Tries: Ito (3), Miyai (2), Kitajima, Ozaki; Conversions: Aoi (4), Ozaki (2).
CANADA: 15 Barry Burnham, 14 George Puil, 13 Barry Stubbs, 12 Bruce McEachern, 11 Johnny Newton, 10 Ted Hunt, 9 Bucky Ellison, 8 Terry Culling, 7 Maurice Preece, 6 Jack Whitty, 5 Bill Claridge, 4 Dave Frid, 3 Peter Grantham, 2 Tom Cristie, 1 Buzz Moore.
Tries: Newton (2).
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 12min-try Japan, Kitajima; conv. Aoi-5-0, 18min-try Canada, Newton; conv. Burnham (missed)-5-3, --min-try Canada, Newton; conv. Burnham (missed)-6-5, Half-time, 49min-try Japan, Ito; conv. Aoi (missed)-8-6, --min-pen Japan, Aoi (missed), --min-try Japan, Miyai; conv. Aoi-13-6, --min-try Japan, Miyai; conv. Aoi-18-6, --min-try Japan, Ozaki; conv. Aoi-23-6, --min-try Japan, Ito; conv. Ozaki-28-6, 80min-try Japan, Ito; conv. Ozaki-33-6.
In April 1963, Japan Rugby Football Union took the team on a tour to Canada for the first time since the end of the war. Although Japan lost to Vancouver 5-39, it achieved solid results of four wins and one loss including the officially recognised test match against the BC state team. Tatsuya Aoi, who was the captain of the tour, recalls the delightful moment as follows: “All members of the team embraced each other in joy, crying ‘We won! Well done, team!' The memories of the hardships we went through as well as our exhaustion were taken away. We were on the brink of happy tears. We earned this victory with our tackling and our forwards' hard work. Ishizuka, in particular, fought bravely despite injury. The weather and the ground conditions were good, but what we had better than the game on the 6th was our forcefulness, stamina, and luck. It all comes down to willpower. I made myself really believe that nothing but winning matters.”
13 April 1963 at Brockton Point
○Japan 33-6 Canada BC state team●
Saved from 15 consecutive losses (including 2 draws) in test matches
Data:
13/04/63
Japan 33 Canada (British Columbia Reps) 6
Blockton Oval, Vancouver
Half-time: 5-6
Referee: Dave McKenzie (Canada)
Touch Judges: unknown
Crowd: just over 2,000
JAPAN: 15 Yozou Matsuoka-Matsunobu, 14 Tadayuki Ito, 13 Tatsuya Aoi (capt), 12 Masayoshi Ozaki, 11 Kunio Miyai, 10 Haruhiko Kitajima, 9 Shugoro Miura, 8 Shiro Ueki, 7 Koji Ishizuka, 6 Hirohisa Nishizumi, 5 Masatake Kusatsu, 4 Eiji Okabe, 3 Koji Yamada, 2 Kazuo Murata, 1 Kazuo Kawasaki.
Tries: Ito (3), Miyai (2), Kitajima, Ozaki; Conversions: Aoi (4), Ozaki (2).
CANADA: 15 Barry Burnham, 14 George Puil, 13 Barry Stubbs, 12 Bruce McEachern, 11 Johnny Newton, 10 Ted Hunt, 9 Bucky Ellison, 8 Terry Culling, 7 Maurice Preece, 6 Jack Whitty, 5 Bill Claridge, 4 Dave Frid, 3 Peter Grantham, 2 Tom Cristie, 1 Buzz Moore.
Tries: Newton (2).
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 12min-try Japan, Kitajima; conv. Aoi-5-0, 18min-try Canada, Newton; conv. Burnham (missed)-5-3, --min-try Canada, Newton; conv. Burnham (missed)-6-5, Half-time, 49min-try Japan, Ito; conv. Aoi (missed)-8-6, --min-pen Japan, Aoi (missed), --min-try Japan, Miyai; conv. Aoi-13-6, --min-try Japan, Miyai; conv. Aoi-18-6, --min-try Japan, Ozaki; conv. Aoi-23-6, --min-try Japan, Ito; conv. Ozaki-28-6, 80min-try Japan, Ito; conv. Ozaki-33-6.
In April 1963, Japan Rugby Football Union took the team on a tour to Canada for the first time since the end of the war. Although Japan lost to Vancouver 5-39, it achieved solid results of four wins and one loss including the officially recognised test match against the BC state team. Tatsuya Aoi, who was the captain of the tour, recalls the delightful moment as follows: “All members of the team embraced each other in joy, crying ‘We won! Well done, team!' The memories of the hardships we went through as well as our exhaustion were taken away. We were on the brink of happy tears. We earned this victory with our tackling and our forwards' hard work. Ishizuka, in particular, fought bravely despite injury. The weather and the ground conditions were good, but what we had better than the game on the 6th was our forcefulness, stamina, and luck. It all comes down to willpower. I made myself really believe that nothing but winning matters.”