| Description | The big sheet is an early example, which only lists the players and provides information about them. It is accompanied by further notes, including a diagram showing the positions of the players, and pages from The Irish Press, the Irish Independent and The Irish Times covering the match. The bundle also contains two newspaper cuttings regarding flood lights being using at a match between Musselburgh Select XV and West Wales XV at Old Meadowbank in Edinburgh.
This match was part of the Five Nations Championship. The score was Ireland 3 - 5 France. The big sheet records:
France
Team: M. Vannier, A. Boniface, M. Prat, L. Roge, J. Lepatay [Lepatey], R. Martine, G. Dufau, R. Brejassou, P. Labadie, M. Domenech, B. Chevallier, M. Celaya, J. Prat, R. Baulon and R. [Henri?] Domec.
Ireland
Team: W. R. Tector, S. Byrne, N. J. Henderson, A. O'Reilly, A. C. Pedlow, J. W. Kyle, J. A. O'Meara, F. E. Anderson, R. Roe, P. O'Donoghue, R. H. Thompson, W. McConnell [O'Connell?], J. S. McCarthy, R. Kavanagh and M. J. Cunningham. |