Dec 20 1902

A correspondent writes: - “The Tokio Keiogijaku University played a match the other day against the Yokohama Cricket and Athletic Club, this being the first time a Japanese team had played in a Rugby game. The Japanese fifteen was mainly formed through the energy and training of Mr.E.B.Clarke (who captained the team) and Mr.G.Tanaha, both old Cambridge men. The contest was, of course, rather one-sided, but the Japs played a plucky game in spite of only scoring five points against thirty-five by their opponents.”

Drawn by George Soper (from photographs by H.A.Poole)

In The Graphic, Dec.20th 1902
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