Record

Ref NoBML/1/3/5
TitleBig sheet and bundle, Scotland versus Ireland, Murrayfield, 28 February 1959.
DescriptionThe big sheet is signed by Bill McLaren and has a note on the reverse regarding Scottish Cambridge blue players. It is accompanied by an annotated programme and newspaper cutting.

This match was part of the Five Nations Championship. The score was Scotland 3 - 8 Ireland. The big sheet records:

Scotland
Team: [Ken] Scotland, [Arthur] Smith, [Thomas] McClung, [George] Stevenson, [Thomas] Weatherstone, [Gordon] Waddell, [Stanley] Coughtrie, [Ian] Hastie, [Norman] Bruce, [Hugh] McLeod, [Malcolm] Swan, [Hamish] Kemp, [Ken] Smith, [Jim] Greenwood and [Adam] Robson.

Ireland
Team: [Noel] Henderson, [Tony] O'Rielly [O'Reilly], [John] Dooley, [Dave] Hewitt, [Niall] Brophy, [Michael] English, [Andy] Mulligan, [Gordon] Wood, [Ronnie] Dawson, [Syd] Millar, [Bill] Mulcahy, [Michael] Culliton, [Noel] Murphy, [Patrick] O'Sullivan and [James] Kavanagh.
Date28 Feb 1959
TermRugby football
Team sports
RepositoryScottish Borders Archives Collections
Extent1 bundle
Access StatusOpen
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/1896Scotland; Kenneth James Forbes 'Ken' (1936-); Scottish rugby union player1936-2023
DS/UK/1897Smith; Arthur Robert (1933-1975); Scottish rugby union player1933-1975
DS/UK/2488McClung; Thomas (1933-); Scottish rugby union player1933-
DS/UK/1898Stevenson; George Drummond (1933-2012); Scottish rugby union player and sales representative1933-2012
DS/UK/1900Weatherstone; Thomas Grant (b.1931); Scottish rugby union playerb.1931
DS/UK/1901Waddell; Gordon Herbert (1937-2012); Scottish rugby union player, businessman and politician1937-2012
DS/UK/1920Coughtrie; Stanley (b.1935); Scottish rugby union player1935-
DS/UK/1905Hastie; Ian Robert
DS/UK/1904Bruce; Norman Scott (1932-1992); Captain; Scottish rugby union player1932-1992
DS/UK/1903McLeod; Hugh Ferns (1932-2014); OBE; Scottish rugby union player1932-2014
DS/UK/1906Swan; Malcolm William (1934-); Scottish rugby union player1934-
DS/UK/1241Kemp; James William Young (1933-2002); Scottish rugby union player1933-2002
DS/UK/1924Smith; George Kenneth
DS/UK/1908Greenwood; James Thomson 'Jim'; Scottish rugby union player
DS/UK/1227Robson; Adam (1928-2007); Scottish rugby union player, art teacher, artist1928-2007
DS/UK/487Henderson; Noel Joseph; Prsident, Irish Rugby Union
DS/UK/2398O'Reilly; Sir; Anthony Joseph Francis 'Tony' (1936-2023); Irish rugby union played and businessman1936-2023
DS/UK/4603Dooley; John Francis
DS/UK/2422Hewitt; David
DS/UK/794Brophy; Niall Henry (1935-); Irish rugby union player1935-2023
DS/UK/2423English; Michael Anthony Francis
DS/UK/2401Mulligan; Andrew Armstrong
DS/UK/2402Wood; Benjamin Gordon Malison
DS/UK/2424Dawson; Alfred Ronald
DS/UK/822Millar; John Sydney 'Syd' (1934-2023); CBE; Irish rugby union player, coach and administrator1934-2023
DS/UK/2425Mulcahy; William Albert
DS/UK/2426Culliton; Michael Gerard
DS/UK/329Murphy; Noel Arthur Augustine (b. 1937); Irish rugby union playerb. 1937
DS/UK/2408O'Sullivan; Patrick Joseph Antony
DS/UK/2409Kavanagh; James Ronald
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