| Description | The big sheet is signed by Bill McLaren and has notes on the reverse. It is accompanied by notes, including a description of the game, an account of McLaren's expenses, a programme signed by McLaren and cuttings from The Scotsman, The Daily Telegraph and other unidentified newspapers. One of the cuttings concerns the Lancashire v. The Rest of England match on 19 April 1969
This match was part of the Five Nations Championship. The score was England 8 - 3 Scotland. The big sheet records:
England
Team: Bob Hiller, Keith Fielding, John Spencer, David Duckham, Rod Webb, John Finlan, Trevor Wintle, Keith Fairbrother, John Pullin, David Powell, Peter Larter, Nigel Horton, Bob Taylor, David Rollitt and Budge Rogers.
Replacements: Tim Dalton, Bob Lloyd, Jan Webster, [R. F. S.] Harris, Mike Davis and Richard Greenwood.
Scotland
Team: [Colin] Blaikie, Billy Steele, [John] Frame, Ian Robertson, [Douglas] Jackson, [Colin] Telfer, Gordon Connell, Ian McLauchlan, [Frank] Laidlaw, [Sandy] Carmichael, [Peter] Brown, Alister [Alistair] McHarg, Wilson Lauder, [Jim] Telfer and [Rodger] Arneil.
Replacements: [Jock] Turner, [Norman] Suddon, Derek Deans, Peter Stagg, Tom Elliot and Dick Allan.
Names of replacements that have been crossed through: Gordon McDonald, Ian Robertson and Ian MacRae.
Referee: Charles Durand. |