Record

Ref NoBML/1/1/15
TitleBig sheet and bundle, Scotland versus England, Murrayfield, 16 March 1968
DescriptionThe big sheet has comments on the reverse regarding the match and a note that 'Bette [McLaren] was scorer'. It is accompanied by:
- Programme with one annotation.
- Notes, including a description of the score and a draft match report.
- Letter from Alan [?] of the BBC to Bill [McLaren] concerning arrangements for the match, dated 7 February [1968?].
- Cuttings from the Scottish Sunday Express, Radio Times and other unidentified newspapers. The cutting from the Radio Times is a match preview by Bill McLaren.

The match was part of the Five Nations Championship. The score was Scotland 6 - 8 England. The big sheet records:

Scotland
Team: [Stewart] Wilson, [Sandy] Hinshelwood, [Jock] Turner, [John] Frame, [Charles] Hodgson, [Ian] Robertson, [Gordon] Connell, [Norm] Suddon, [Derek] Deans, [Sandy] Carmichael, [Peter] Stagg, [Alastair] McHarg, [James] Fisher, [Jim] Telfer and [Rodger] Arneil.

England
Team: Bob Hiller, Keith Savage, Terry Brooke, Bob Lloyd, Rod Webb, Mike Weston, Roger Pickering, Brian Keen, John Pullin, Mike Coulman, Jim Parsons, Peter Larter, Peter Bell, David Gay and Bryan West.

Referee: D. P. D'Arcy.
Date1968
TermRugby football
Team sports
RepositoryScottish Borders Archives Collections
Extent1 bundle
Access StatusOpen
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/775Wilson; Stewart (b.1942); Scottish rugby union playerb.1942
DS/UK/776Hinshelwood; Alexander James Watt (b.1942); Scottish rugby union playerb.1942
DS/UK/777Turner; John William Cleet (1943-1992); Scottish rugby union player1943-1992
DS/UK/805Frame; John Neil Munro (b.1946); Scottish rugby union playerb.1946
DS/UK/4193Hodgson; Charles Gordon
DS/UK/1807Robertson; Ian (1945-); Scottish rugby union player and broadcaster1945-
DS/UK/1808Connell; Gordon Colin; Scottish rugby union player
DS/UK/810Suddon; Norman (b.1943); Scottish rugby union player1943-2022
DS/UK/817Deans; Derek Thomas
DS/UK/784Carmichael; Alexander Bennett 'Sandy' (1944-2021); MBE; Scottish rugby union player1944-2021
DS/UK/785Stagg; Peter Kidner (b.1941); Scottish rugby union playerb.1941
DS/UK/812McHarg; Alastair Ferguson (1944-); Scottish rugby union player1944-
DS/UK/787Fisher; James Pringle
DS/UK/788Telfer; James William 'Jim' (1940-); Scottish rugby union player1940-
DS/UK/814Arneil; Rodger James (1944-); Scottish rugby union player1944-
DS/UK/1800Hiller; Robert B; English rugby union player
DS/UK/1985Savage; Keith Frederick
DS/UK/5022Brooke; Terence John
DS/UK/1810Lloyd; Robert Hoskins
DS/UK/1803Webb; Rodney Edward
DS/UK/1367Weston; Michael Philip (1938-); English rugby union player1938-
DS/UK/440Pickering; Roger David Austin (fl.1968)fl.1968
DS/UK/2501Keen; Brian Warwick
DS/UK/1424Pullin; John Vivian (1941-2021); English rugby union player1941-2021
DS/UK/1988Coulman; Michael John 'Mike' (1944-2023); English rugby union and rugby league player1944-2023
DS/UK/2502Parsons; Michael James
DS/UK/1664Larter; Peter John (b.1944); English rugby union playerb.1944
DS/UK/2503Bell; Peter Joseph
DS/UK/2504Gay; David John
DS/UK/2340West; Bryan Ronald
DS/UK/880d'Arcy; D Patrick
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