FC Hitachi v St George Budapest

FC Hitachi (JAP) v St George Budapest

Written by Greg Stock.


The St George Budapest club were invited to participate in an international tournament in Japan. Other invited teams were Danish first division club Frem, Japan 'A' and Japan 'B'. The first match of the tournament was against the Japanese A side. During the tournament St George played a friendly match against the club side FC Hitachi in Ominya about 65 kilometres from Tokyo.
Played : Thursday March 18 1971 Venue : Ominya Stadium, Ominya, Japan
FC Hitachi (JAP)
Hirose, Yamaguchi, Kawakami, Nagaoka, Yohida, Nomura, Yoshida, Obata, Natsui (Hirasawa), Ishii, Ohmi
Goal : Yamagushi 10'
1 - 2 St George Budapest
Brian Taylor, Don Sandall, Doug Utjesenovic, George Harris, Tom Anderson, Manfred Schaefer, John Warren, Alan Ainslie, Attila Abonyi, Mike Denton, Adrian Alston
Goals : Denton 23' Abonyi
Referee : Morisaburo Kuramochi (Japan)
Attendance : 10,000
Coach : Rale Rasic (St George Budapest)