| 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 match.
- Account of McLaren's expenses.
- Annotated programme for this match.
- Annotated programme for Barbarians [Barbarian F.C.] v. Newport, Newport Rugby Football Club, 31 March 1970.
- Issue of Sports Echo and Football.
- Cuttings from The Sunday Times and other unidentified newspapers concerning this match and others, including France B v. Wales B. One of the cuttings is a report by Bill McLaren entitled 'Wales sure of sharing title'.
This match was part of the Five Nations Championship. The score was Wales 11 - 6 France. The big sheet records:
Wales
Team: John Williams, Ron Mathias, John Dawes, Arthur Lewis, Jim Shanklin, Phil Bennett, Gareth Edwards, John Lloyd, Jeff Young, Barry Llewelyn, Delme Thomas, Stuart Gallacher, David Morris, Mervyn Davies and John Taylor.
Replacements: Billy Raybould, Ray Hopkins, Vic Perrins, Derek Quinnell, Robin Williams and Walter Williams.
France
Team: Pierre Villepreux, Jack Cantoni, Alain Marot, Jean-Pierre Lux, Jean-Marie Bonal, Lucien Paries, Marcel Puget, Jean Iracabal, Rene Benesis, Jean-Louis Azarete, Jean-Pierre Bastiat, Elie Cester, Jean-Paul Biemouret, Benoit Dauga and Christian Carrere.
Replacements: Jean-Louis Ugartemendia, Michel Lasserre, Michel Pebeyre, Jean Trillo, Roger Bourgarel and [?] Viard.
Referee: Kevin Kelleher. |