Record

Ref NoBML/1/2/3
TitleBig sheet and bundle, Wales versus Scotland, Cardiff Arms Park, 4 February 1956
DescriptionThe 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.
Date1956
TermRugby football
Team sports
RepositoryScottish Borders Archives Collections
Extent1 bundle
Access StatusOpen
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/4683Owen; Garfield David
DS/UK/4684Davies; Charles Lynn
DS/UK/4587Jones; Kenneth Jeffrey
DS/UK/4685Thomas; Malcolm Campbell
DS/UK/4682Brace; David Onllwyn (1932-2013); Welsh rugby union player1932-2013
DS/UK/4686Morgan; Harry Perrott
DS/UK/4590Morgan; Clifford Isaac
DS/UK/4594Williams; William Owen Gooding
DS/UK/4593Meredith; Brinley Victor; Welsh rugby union player
DS/UK/4687Prosser; Thomas Raymond
DS/UK/3292Stephens; John Rees Glyn (1922-1998); Welsh rugby union player1922-1998
DS/UK/4598Thomas; Richard Clement Charles
DS/UK/4688Sparks; Brian Anthonie
DS/UK/4689Jenkins; Leighton Hugh (1931-); Welsh rugby union player1931-
DS/UK/2479Chisholm; Robin William Taylor (1929-1991); Scottish rugby union player1929-1991
DS/UK/1897Smith; Arthur Robert (1933-1975); Scottish rugby union player1933-1975
DS/UK/2467Cameron; Angus
DS/UK/1919Macdonald; Keith Roy (1933-); Scottish rugby union player1933-
DS/UK/2468Swan; John Spence (1930-2004); Scottish rugby union player1930-2004
DS/UK/2470Grant; Malcolm Leith
DS/UK/2480Campbell; Norman MacDonald
DS/UK/1903McLeod; Hugh Ferns (1932-2014); OBE; Scottish rugby union player1932-2014
DS/UK/2481MacEwen; Robert Kenneth Gillespie (1928-2013); Scottish rugby union player1928-2013
DS/UK/2482Elliot; Thomas (1926-1998); Scottish rugby union player1926-1998
DS/UK/2483Michie; Ernest James Stewart (1933-); Scottish rugby union player1933-
DS/UK/1241Kemp; James William Young (1933-2002); Scottish rugby union player1933-2002
DS/UK/4690MacGregor; Ian Allan Alexander
DS/UK/1227Robson; Adam (1928-2007); Scottish rugby union player, art teacher, artist1928-2007
DS/UK/1908Greenwood; James Thomson 'Jim'; Scottish rugby union player
DS/UK/1317Williams; Rhys Haydn (1930-1993); Welsh rugby union player and administrator1930-1993
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