Test Match No. 45: Cambridge University's second visit to Japan, game 4

日本語 Photo Journal
 
30 March 1975 at National Stadium
○Japan 16-13 Cambridge University●
Ueyama scored a game-winning penalty
 
Data:
30/03/75
Japan 16 Cambridge University13
National Kasumigaoka Stadium, Tokyo
Half-time: 9-7
Referee: Hiroshi Nonomura (Japan)
Touch Judges: unknown
Crowd: 35,000
 
JAPAN: 15 Nobuyuki Ueyama, 14 Masaru Fujiwara, 13 Shigetaka Mori, 12 Masao Yoshida, 11 Akio Hiraki, 10 Masakatsu Iguchi, 9 Ryozo Imazato (capt), 8 Yoshihiro Murata, 7 Takeo Ishizuka (-- Hideo Akama --), 6 Yoshiaki Izawa, 5 Toshio Terai, 4 Hiroshi Ogasawara, 3 Susumu 'Asura' Hara, 2 Toshio Kurosaka, 1 Tsukasa Takata.
Tries: Mori, Fujiwara; Conversion: Ueyama; Penalty Goal: Ueyama, Drop Goal: Ueyama.
 
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY: 15 Alastair J. Hignell, 14 David B. Willams, 13 Christopher R. Williams, 12 James L. Moyes, 11 Gordon E. Wood, 10 Alan J. Wordsworth, 9 Richard R. Harding (-- John N.F. Breakey --), 8 Sandy R.G. Pratt, 7 James J. Hartley (-- Nicholas French 79), 6 Stepnen Warlow, 5 David Beck (Tonga), 4 David R. Thomas, 3 Timothy M.R. Lintott, 2 James W. Campbell, 1 Stephen K. Young.
Tries: Hignell, Wood; Conversion: Hignell; Penalty Goal: Hignell.
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 6min-try Japan, Mori; conv. Ueyama-6-0, 24min-pen Cambridge Univ., Hignell-6-3, 30min-drop goal Japan, Ueyama-9-3, 37min-try Cambridge Univ., Hignell; conv. Hignell (missed)-9-7, Half-time, --min-pen Cambridge Univ., Hignell (missed), --min-pen Cambridge Univ., Hignell (missed), 61min-try Cambridge Univ., Wood; conv. Hignell-9-13, 62min-try Japan, Fujiwara; conv. Ueyama (missed)-13-13, 78min-pen Japan, Ueyama-16-13, 80min-drop goal Japan, Iguchi (missed).
 


Japan, who beat powerful NZU the previous year, defeated Cambridge University this time to boast their spirited performance. Japan's continuing reinforcement started to bear fruit: now they could play neck and neck with university teams of the world. I hope we can say goodbye in the near future to those days when the Japanese national team used to lose to a single university team by a wide margin.
This was the first time Japan beat Cambridge. Japan led the first half 9-7. In the 9th minute of the second half, Cambridge scored a come-from-behind try on consecutive possessions, 9-13. Japan tied the score in the 21st minute: Izawa opened up to the right from a ruck, Mori proceeded vertically to act as a dummy while Yoshida burst through to let Fujiwara jump into the right corner. In the end, it was Japan who won this breath-taking match. In the 37th minute of the second half, Cambridge got offside when Japan attempted consecutive possessions in front of the Cambridge goal. Ueyama calmly kicked the match-deciding penalty, 16-13.