| Description | The big sheet has a note on the reverse 'Biggest E[ngland] win over Scot[land]'. It is accompanied by:
- Notes, including an introduction to the match, a draft report, statistics concerning previous matches, information concerning HRH the Princess Royal's connections with rugby as the patron of SRU and the importance of the Calcutta Cup.
- Programme.
- Pages from from The Herald, The Times and The Scotsman. One of the pages from The Herald includes an article by Bill McLaren entitled 'Laying some hope on lineouts'.
- Sheet of statistics on the match from Unisys Information Services for Sport.
- The Famous Grouse Teamsheet: The newsletter of the Scotland team sponsor, issue 3, Jan / Feb 1997.
- Poem from G. R. Garnham, Lincoln, to Bill [McLaren] entitled 'Reflections an occasion for history: Battle of will: Murrayfield Edinburgh March 1996 "Scotland v. England".
- Letter from Nick Gibsone to Bill McLaren regarding a gathering at The Castle Inn in Dirleton to watch the Scotland v. England match and 'The Sutton Ashes Grand Slam Memorial Trophy', dated 26 February 1996.
This match was part of the Five Nations Championship. The score was England 41 - 13 Scotland. The big sheet records:
England
Team: Tim Stimpson, John Sleightholme, Will Carling, Phil de Glanville, Tony Underwood, Paul Grayson, Andrew Gomarsall, Graham Rowntree, Mark Regan, Jason Leonard, Martin Johnson, Simon Shaw, Lawrence Dallaglio, Tim Rodber and Richard Hill.
Replacements: Jeremy Guscott, Mike Catt, Austin Healey, Darren Garforth, Phil Greening and Ben Clarke.
President: John Richardson.
Selector: Mike Slemen.
Coaches: Jack Rowell and Les Cusworth.
Physiotherapist: Kevin Murphy.
Medical officer: Terry Crystal.
Scotland
Team: Rowen Shepherd, Derek Stark, Tony Stanger, Ron Eriksson, Kenny Logan, Gregor Townsend, Bryan Redpath, Tom Smith, Graham Ellis, Mattie Stewart, Doddie Weir, Andrew Reed, Peter Walton, Rob Wainwright and Ian Smith.
Replacements: Scott Hastings, Craig Chalmers, Gary Armstrong, Shade Munro, David Hilton and Steven Brotherstone.
President: Fred McLeod.
Manager: Arthur Hastie.
Coaches: Richie Dixon and DIJ [David Ian Johnston].
Physiotherapist: Martin Rennison.
Referee: Paddy O'Brien.
Assistant referees / touch judges: Colin Hawke and Steve Walsh.
Groundsman: John Clark. |