| Description | This bundle contains a black and white photocopied version of the full big sheet, with three further photocopies of the middle section. It is accompanied by:
- Notes, including an introduction to the game that mentions the presence of the Princess Royal, descriptions of the match and score, names and phone numbers and information about players.
- Programme, including an article about trips to Dublin for the Irish game entitled 'Happy days, rare characters and joyous nostalgia'.
- Cuttings of player details from a big sheet.
- Sheet of statistics concerning the match issued by Unisys Information Services for Sport.
- Cuttings and pages from The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, The Times, the Sunday Independent, The Herald, The Scotsman and other unidentified newspapers. One of the pages contains an article by Bill McLaren entitled 'Tackling their problem'. As well as the 20 January match, the cuttings also cover Ireland A v. South Africa and Ireland v. Samoa.
- Letter from Judy Jones, Production Assistant, Sport & Events Group, BBC, to Bill McLaren confirming a room booking at the Jurys Hotel in Dublin, dated 12 January 1996.
- Room card for the Jurys Hotel Dublin.
- Invitation addressed to Bill McLaren to the Jameson reception at Bow Street Distillery, Dublin, on 19 January 1996.
- Faxes, including one from Will McConnell forwarded to Bill McLaren, providing information about Irish rugby players, dated 5 December 1995 and 15 January 1996.
- Booklet entitled 'Caffrey's rough guide to Dublin'.
- Booklet printed by The Observer and Rugby World entitled 'The Ultimate Guide to The Five Nations'.
This match was part of the Five Nations Championship. The score was Ireland 10 - 16 Scotland. The big sheet records:
Ireland
Team: Jim Staples, Richard Wallace, Kurt McQuilkin, Jonathan Bell, Simon Geoghegan, Eric Elwood, Chris Saverimutto, Nick Popplewell, Terry Kingston, Peter Clohessy, Gabriel Fulcher, Neil Francis, Jeremy Davidson, Patrick Johns and David Corkery.
Replacements: Maurice Field, Paul Burke, Niall Hogan, Denis McBride, Henry Hurley and Allen Clarke.
President: Syd Millar.
Chairman: Pat Whelan.
Coach: Murray Kidd.
Physiotherapists: John Martin and Joe Doran.
Medical officer: Dr Mick Molloy.
Scotland
Team: Rowen Shepherd, Craig Joiner, Scott Hastings, Ian Jardine, Michael Dods, Gregor Townsend, Bryan Redpath, David Hilton, Kevin McKenzie, Peter Wright, Stewart Campbell, Doddie Weir, Rob Wainwright, Eric Peters and Ian Smith.
Replacements: Kenny Logan, Craig Chalmers, Derrick Patterson, Scott Murray, Paul Burnell and Jim Hay.
President: Dr Ian Todd.
Chairman: JWT [Jim Telfer].
Coaches: R. Dixen and DIJ [David Ian Johnston].
Physiotherapists: Dr Ja[me]s Robson and Tommy McMullen.
Referee: Brian Campsall.
Assistant referees / touch judges: Tony Spreadbury and Stuart Piercy.
Surgeon: Donald McLeod.
Groundsman: Graham Scurr.
Baggage: Phelim McHenry.
President of Republic: Mary Robinson.
Teeoshok [Taoiseach]: John Bruton.
Deputy Prime Minister: Dick Spring.
Also listed: John Mitchell. |