Record

Ref NoBML/1/1/3
TitleBig sheet and bundle, Scotland versus England, Murrayfield, 17 March 1956
DescriptionThis bundle contains two sheets listing the players and providing information about them along with a further 'big sheet', which contains further information about the match and a diagram showing the players' positions.The bundle also includes a draft match report, a programme and a memorandum from Patrick A. Hogg, BBC Outside Broadcast Producer, Edinburgh, providing the schedule and announcements for the match.

This match was part of the Five Nations Championship. The score was Scotland 6 - 11 England. The big sheet records:

Scotland
Team: [Robin] Chisholm, [Arthur] Smith, [James] Docherty, [George] Stevenson, [Ian] Swan, [Thomas] McClung, [Arthur] Dorward, [Hugh] McLeod, [Robert] McEwan [MacEwen], [Tom] Elliot, [Ernest] Michie, [Hamish] Kemp, [Adam] Robson, [Jim] Greenwood and [Ian] McGregor [MacGregor]

England
Team: [Fenwick] Allison, [Ted] Woodward, [Jeff] Butterfield, [Lewis] Cannell, [Peter] Thomson [Thompson], [Martin] Regan, [Johnny] Williams, [Sandy] Sanders, [Eric] Evans, [Ron] Jacobs, [John David 'Muscles'] Currie, [David] Marques, [Vic] Roberts, [Ned] Ashcroft and [Peter] Robbins.
Date17 Mar 1956
TermRugby football
Team sports
RepositoryScottish Borders Archives Collections
Extent1 bundle
Access StatusOpen
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/2479Chisholm; Robin William Taylor (1929-1991); Scottish rugby union player1929-1991
DS/UK/1897Smith; Arthur Robert (1933-1975); Scottish rugby union player1933-1975
DS/UK/1899Docherty; James Thomas
DS/UK/1898Stevenson; George Drummond (1933-2012); Scottish rugby union player and sales representative1933-2012
DS/UK/2468Swan; John Spence (1930-2004); Scottish rugby union player1930-2004
DS/UK/2488McClung; Thomas (1933-); Scottish rugby union player1933-
DS/UK/2471Dorward; Arthur Fairgrieve (1925-2015); Scottish rugby union player1925-2015
DS/UK/1903McLeod; Hugh Ferns (1932-2014); OBE; Scottish rugby union player1932-2014
DS/UK/2481MacEwen; Robert Kenneth Gillespie (1928-2013); Scottish rugby union player1928-2013
DS/UK/2482Elliot; Thomas (1926-1998); Scottish rugby union player1926-1998
DS/UK/2483Michie; Ernest James Stewart (1933-); Scottish rugby union player1933-
DS/UK/1241Kemp; James William Young (1933-2002); Scottish rugby union player1933-2002
DS/UK/1227Robson; Adam (1928-2007); Scottish rugby union player, art teacher, artist1928-2007
DS/UK/1908Greenwood; James Thomson 'Jim'; Scottish rugby union player
DS/UK/4690MacGregor; Ian Allan Alexander
DS/UK/1882Allison; Dennis Fenwick
DS/UK/4630Woodward; John Edward
DS/UK/1884Butterfield; Jeffrey
DS/UK/4601Cannell; Lewis Bernard
DS/UK/1886Thompson; Peter Humphrey (b.1929); English rugby union playerb.1929
DS/UK/4633Regan; Martin
DS/UK/2493Williams; John Edward; English rugby union player
DS/UK/1437Sanders; Donald Louis G
DS/UK/1889Evans; Eric (fl.1958); English rugby union playerfl.1958
DS/UK/1888Jacobs; Charles Ronald 'Ron' (1928-2002); English rugby union player1928-2002
DS/UK/1892Currie; John David (1932-1990); dual-qualified rugby union player1932-1990
DS/UK/1891Marques; Reginald William 'David' (1932-2010); English rugby union player and civil engineer1932-2010
DS/UK/5019Roberts; Victor George (1924-2004); Cornish rugby union player and customs officer1924-2004
DS/UK/1894Ashcroft; Alan
DS/UK/1893Robbins; Peter George Derek (1933-1987); English rugby union player1933-1987
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