Description | The big sheet is signed by Bill McLaren and has notes on the reverse that Jock Wemyss was the summariser and that the match was the first Scottish win in Dublin since 1933. It is accompanied by: - Annotated programme. - Notes regarding the match. - Letters from Archie Henry and others of the BBC to Bill MacLaren regarding arrangements for the match, dated 18 - 22 Feb 1960. - Letter from W. B. Sanderson of Sanderson Travel Service Limited to W. McLaren regarding travel arrangements to the match, dated 23 February 1960. - Annotated schedule of the match commentary and contributions. - Newspaper cuttings.
This match was part of the Five Nations Championship. The score was Ireland 5 - 6 Scotland. The big sheet records:
Ireland Team: [Tom] Kiernan, [Walter] Borneman [Bornemann], [Dave] Hewitt, [Jerry] Walsh, [Cecil] Pedlow, [Michael] English, [Andy] Mulligan, [Gordon] Wood, [Barton] McCallan, [Syd] Millar, [Bill] Mulcahy, [Michael] Culliton, [Noel] Murphy, [Timothy] McGrath and [James] Kavanagh.
Scotland Team: [Ken] Scotland, [Ronald] Thomson, [Iain] Laughland, [George] Stevenson, [Arthur] Smith, [Gordon] Waddell, [Robert 'Brian'] Shillinglaw, [Hugh] McLeod, [Norman] Bruce, [David] Rollo, [Thomas] Grant, [Hamish] Kemp, [Ken] Smith, [John] Davidson and [David] Edwards. |