Description | The big sheet is an early example, which includes a diagram showing the players' positions. It is accompanied by notes, including draft match reports, a programme, issues of the South Wales Echo and the Western Mail and a match report from an unidentified newspaper.
This match was part of the Five Nations Championship. The score was Wales 9 - 3 Scotland. The big sheet records:
Wales Team: [Garfield] Owen, Lyn [Lynn] Davies, [Ken] Jones, Malcolm Thomas, [David] Brace, Harry Morgan, Cliff Morgan, Billy Williams, Bryn Meredith, [Ray] Prosser, Rees [Rhys] Williams [R H Williams], [Rees] Stephens, Clem Thomas, [Brian] Sparkes [Sparks] and [Leighton] Jenkins. Scotland Team: [Robin] Chisholm, [Arthur] Smith, [Angus] Cameron, [Keith] Mcdonald [MacDonald], [Ian] Swan, [Micky] Grant, [Norman] Campbell, [Hugh] McLeod, [Robert] McEwen [MacEwen], [Tom] Elliot, [Ernest] Michie, [Hamish] Kemp, [Ian] McGregor [MacGregor], [Adam] Robson and [Jim] Greenwood. |