| Description | The big sheet has notes on the reverse. It is accompanied by notes describing the match and score, a draft report on the match, an annotated programme, cuttings from the Irish Independent and The Sunday Press and Bill McLaren's travel itinerary from Sanderson Travel Service, with a receipt from North Star Hotel Ltd.
This match was part of the Five Nations Championship. The score was Ireland 9 - 5 France. The big sheet records:
Ireland
Team: [Noel] Henderson, [Tony] O'Reilly, [David] Hewitt, [Michael Kevin] Flynn, [Niall] Brophy, [Michael] English, [Andrew] Mulligan, [Gordon] Wood, [Alfred] Dawson, [Syd] Millar, [Bill] Mulcahy, [Michael] Culliton, [Noel] Murphy, [Patrick] O'Sullivan and [James] Kavanagh.
France
Team: [Pierre] Lacaze, [Jean] Dupuy, [Jacques] Bouquet, [Louis] Casaux, [Serge] Merique [Mericq?], Claude Mantoulan, [Pierre] Danos, [Alfred] Roques, [Robert] Vigier, [Aldo] Quaglio, [Lucien] Mias, [Bernard] Mommejat, [Francois] Moncla, [Michel] Crauste and [Jean] Carrere.
Names crossed out on the sheet: [Arnaud] Marquesuzaa, [Henri] Rancoule and [Antoine] Labazuy. |