Test Match No. 23: New Zealand Universities' second visit to Japan, game 5

日本語 Article Journal
12 March 1967 at Hanazono Rugby Stadium
●Japan 3-19 New Zealand Universities○
Japan hit the thick wall of NZU
 
Data:
12/03/67, 1st Test
Japan 3 New Zealand Universities 19
Hanazono Rugby Grounds, Osaka
Half-time: 3-11
Referee: Masahiro Eda (Japan)
Touch Judges: unknown
Crowd: 15,000
 
JAPAN: 15 Tsutomu Katsuraguchi, 14 Tadayuki Ito, 13 Masayoshi Ozaki (capt), 12 Akira Yokoi, 11 Yoshihiro Sakata, 10 Tadamasa Fujimoto-Kamohara, 9 Yoshinori Okubo, 8 Motonari Ishida, 7 Koji Ishizuka, 6 Yoshiharu Yamaguchi, 5 Katsumi Kamata, 4 Megumu Horikoshi, 3 Takashi Jinno, 2 Toru Tenmyo, 1 Morio Kawasaki.
Penalty Goal: Katsuraguchi.
 
NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITIES: 15 Michael Williment, 14 Don H. Montgomery, 13 Gary R. Weinberg, 12 Morry P. Collins, 11(FE) Gerald F. Kember, 10(FE) Earl W. Kirton, 9 Chris R. Laidlaw, 8 Ron T. de Cleene, 7 Gray Le R. Hermanson (capt), 6 Neil R. Cullimore, 5 John D. Sherlock, 4 Anthony J. Banks, 3 T. Kerry McDonald, 2 Ken N. Grant, 1 Peter B. Hay.
Tries: Collins (3); Conversions: Williment (2); Penalty Goals: Williment (2).
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 1min-pen Japan, Katsuraguchi (missed), 8min-pen NZU, Williment-0-3, 15min-pen Japan, Katsuraguchi (missed), 22min-try NZU, Collins; conv. Williment-0-8, 32min-try NZU, Collins; conv. Williment (missed)-0-11, Half-time, 44min-pen Japan, Katsuraguchi-3-11, 65min-pen Williment-3-14, 77min-try NZU, Collins; conv. Williment-3-19.
 


This NZU team was the strongest team ever in their history, with many future legendary players for the All Blacks. Carimore was stamina personified. He played brilliantly as a flanker. NZU won all nine games they played, and showed off their overwhelming force before they went home. This particular match, in which Japan conceded only three tries, was the only respectable match for Japan.