Test Match No. 112: The 2nd Rugby World Cup (England, etc.), game 1

日本語 Photo Journal
5 October 1991 at Murrayfield
●Japan 9-47 Scotland National Rugby Union Team○
Overpowered by Scotland
 
Data:
05/10/91, the 2nd WC Pool 2
Japan 9 Scotland 47
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Half-time: 9-17
Referee: Edward Francis ('Ed') Morrison (England)
Touch Judges: Fred A. Howard (England), Don K. Reordon (U.S.A.)
Crowd: 60,000
 
JAPAN: 15 Takahiro Hosokawa, 14 Terunori Masuho, 13 Eiji Kutsuki, 12 Seiji Hirao (capt), 11 Yoshihito Yoshida, 10 Katsuhiro Matsuo, 9 Wataru Murta, 8 Sinali Latu, 7 Shuji Nakashima, 6 Hiroyuki Kajihara, 5 Ekeroma Tifaga Lauaiufi, 4 Toshiyuki Hayashi, 3 Masanori Takura, 2 Masahiro Kunda, 1 Osamu Ota.
Reserves: 16 Tsuyoshi Fujita, 17 Kazuaki Takahashi, 18 Atsushi Oyagi, 19 Masami Horikoshi, 20 Yukio Motoki, 21 Tatsuya Maeda.
Try: Hosokawa; Conversion: Hosokawa; Drop Goal: Hosokawa.
 
SCOTLAND: 15 Andrew Gavin Hastings, 14 Anthony George ('Tony') Stanger, 13 Scot Hastings, 12 Sean Raymond Patrick Lineen, 11 Iwan Tukalo, 10 Craig Minto Chalmers (17 Douglas Stewart Wyllie 67), 9 Gary Armstrong, 8 Derek Bolton White, 7 Finlay Calder, 6 John Jeffrey, 5 George Wilson ('Doddie') Weir, 4 Christopher Anthony Grey, 3 Andrew Paul Burnell, 2 John Allen, 1 David Michael Barclay Sole (capt) (20 David Ferguson Milne 70).
Reserves: 16 Peter William Dods, 18 Greig Hunter Oliver, 19 Graham Robert Marshall, 21 Kenneth Stuart Milne.
Tries: S. Hasings, Stanger, Chalmers, White, Tukalo, G. Hastings, penalty try; Conversions: G. Hastings (5); Penalty Goals: G. Hastings (2), Chalmers.
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 9min-pen Scotland, Chalmers (missed), 12min-try Scotland, Hastings; conv. Chalmers (missed)-0-4, 17min-pen Scotland, Chalmers-0-7, 19min-drop goal Japan, Hosokawa-3-7, 32min-try Scotland, Stanger; conv. Chalmers (missed)-3-11, 37min-try Scotland, Chalmers; conv. G. Hastings-3-17, 39min-try Japan, Hosokawa; conv. Hosokawa-9-17, 42min-pen Scotland, G. Hastings (missed), Half-time, 42min-try Scptland, penalty try; conv. G. Hastings-9-23, 48min-pen Japan, Hosokawa (missed), 50min-pen Scotland, G. Hastings-9-26, 56min-pen Scotland, G. Hastings-9-29, 65min-try Scotland, White; conv. G. Hastings-9-35, 67min-try Scotland, Tukalo; conv. G. Hastings-9-41, 70min-try Scotland, G. Hastings; conv. G. Hastings-9-47.
 


The first game of the World Cup for Shukuzawa and his XV was against the host country. Scotland got fired up and brought out their real strength. Japan challenged them with fierce determination, but was defeated so easily. Japan's points in the first half came from a drop goal by Hosokawa and a try from a scrum using successful pre-arranged play. They played neck and neck and stood 9-17 at the break. However, they went on the defensive in the second half, used up all their energy there, and were roundly defeated 9-47. Scotland's forwards were as powerful as expected. Japan could do nothing against their logical offence: moving forwards with vertical attacks and passing the ball to the backs.