Test Match No. 39: British and French Tour 1973, game 7

日本語 Photo Journal
13 October 1973 in Twickenham
●Japan 10-19 England U23○
Lost a tight game against the England U23
 
Data:
13/10/73
Japan 10 England Under 23 19
Twickenham, London
Half-time: 6-8
Referee: D.P. d'Arcy (Ireland)
Touch Judges: K.A. Pattingson (North Midlands), N.R. Sanson (Berkshire/London)
Crowd: 20,000
 
JAPAN: 15 Nobuyuki Ueyama, 14 Tadayuki Ito, 13 Fumiharu Shmazaki, 12 Akira Yokoi (capt), 11 Yoshihiro Sakata, 10 Tadamasa Fujimoto-Kamohara, 9 Hiroaki Shukuzawa, 8 Hideo Akama, 7 Yoshiharu Yamaguchi, 6 Yoshiaki Izawa, 5 Toshio Terai, 4 Hiroshi Ogasawara, 3 Masaaki Shimozono, 2, Mitsuo Atokawa, 1 Susumu 'Asura' Hara.
Reserves: 16 Kazumi Ohigashi, 17 Koichi Shibata, 18 Yoshihiro Murata, 19 Ryozo Imazato, 20 Masakatsu Iguchi, 21 Masaru Fujiwara.
Tries: Ueyama (2); Conversion: Yamaguchi.
 
ENGLAND UNDER 23: 15 William Henry Hare, 14 Peter John Squires (17 C.P. Kent Half Time), 13 Keith Smith, 12 Peter John Warfield, 11 Keith Parker, 10 William Neil Bennett, 9 Steven James Smith, 8 Trevor Christopher Cheeseman, 7 Peter John Hendy, 6 Michael Rafter, 5 Michael John Hudson, 4 Robert Michael Wilkinson, 3 Philip John Blakeway (19 J. Croasdell 79), 2 Jonathan Alexander Geoggrey David Raphael (capt), 1 Roger Frank Looker.
Reserves: 16 B. Patrick, 18 Peter Kingston, 20 A. Whittle, 21 J. Shipsides.
Tries: Hare (2), Squires, Kent; Penalty Goal: Hare.
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 2min-try England U23, Squires; conv. Hare (missed)-0-4, 6min-pen England U23, Hare (missed-converted but point was over), 16min-try Japan, Ueyama; conv. Yamaguchi-6-4, 26min-try England U23, Hare; conv. Hare (missed)-6-8, 30min-pen Japan, Yamaguchi (missed), 32min-pen Japan, Yamaguchi (missed), Half-time, 52min-try England U23, Hare; conv. Hare (missed)-6-12, 55min-try England U23, Kent; conv. Hare (missed)-6-16, 61min-pen Japan, Yamaguchi (missed), 70min-try Japan, Ueyama; conv. Yamaguchi (missed)-10-16, 38min-pen England U23, Hare-10-19.
 


Japan was nervous early in the match. The opponents took advantage of this, and scored a try. This lingered through the match. Japan's game plan was to force the young opponents to adjust themselves to our pace. However, it was the opposite in reality. Japan managed to proceed to the opponent's territory to score a come-from-behind try (and conversion) with a pre-arranged play, but most of the match was paced by England. They used Japan's mistake in front of the goal as an opportunity to outshoot Japan. In the second half, England utilised scrum side attacks and kick-and rush, to deploy the ball. Japan's tackling was notably soft. They conceded two tries, and the gap widened to 6-16 in twenty minutes. Japan could not pace themselves to the end, though Ueyama ran alone and added a try. England's penalty delivered a final blow.