| Description | The big sheet has notes on the reverse and is accompanied by:
- Notes, including a diagram showing the position of the players, a draft introduction to the match and a description of Bill McLaren's visit to Paris.
- Programme.
- Account of McLaren's expenses with a receipt from the Normandy Hotel.
- Letters from W. B. Sanderson of Sanderson Travel Service Limited to Bill McLaren providing the itinerary for his journey to Dublin for the match on 31 December 1955 at Lansdowne Road of Scotland and Ireland v. England and Wales. 5-16 December 1955.
- Pages from French newspapers Le Journal au Dimanche and L'Equipe that report on the match.
This match was part of the Five Nations Championship. The score was France 15 - 0 Scotland. The big sheet records:
France
Team: [Michel] Vannier, [Andre] Bonifas [Boniface], [Maurice] Prat, [Lucien] Roge, [Jacques] Lipatay [Lepatey], [Roger] Martine, [Gerard] Dufau, [Rene] Brejassou, [Paul] Labadie, [Amedee] Domenik [Domenech], [Bernard] Chvallier [Chevallier], [Jean] Bart [Barthe], [Jean] Prat, [Michel] Celayia [Celaya] and [Henri] Domec.
Scotland
Team: [Angus] Cameron, [Ian] Swan, [Michael] Elgie, [Malcolm] Grant, [Thomas] W'stone [Weatherstone], [James] Docherty, [Arthur] Dorward, Hugh McLeod, [William] Relph, [Ian] Hastie, [Hamish] Kemp, [John] Hegarty, [Adam] Robson, [Jim] Greenwood and [Hugh] Duffy. |