Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club
The Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club is Japan's oldest sports club, founded September 23, 1870 by Alexander Cameron Sim. The Club moved to a newly manufactured building at the end of 1870 and held its first-ever regatta on December 24, of that same year. The Club and its members introduced Association Football, Field Hockey, Cricket, Rugby, the Crawl (swimming) and Ten-Pin bowling to Japan
Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club
Association Football was introduced in to the club in 1888 and the first official football match in Japan is was held on February 18, 1888 between the KR&AC and its Yokohama counterpart, the Yokohama Country & Athletic Club.[1]
References
- Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine - "a distinguished history", retrieved February 26, 2007
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