| Description | The big sheet is signed by Bill McLaren and has a section cut from it comprising information about England's replacements. It has notes on the reverse regarding the match and McLaren's schedule for the day. It is accompanied by:
- Programme.
- Notes, including a description of the match and score and previous match statistics.
- Cuttings from the Glasgow Herald, The Scotsman, The Daily Telegraph, The Times and other unidentified newspaper concerning this match and other rugby news of the period, including France v. Australia on 27 November 1971.
The match was part of the Five Nations Championship. The score was Scotland 20 - 9 France. The big sheet records:
Scotland
Team: Arthur Brown, Billy Steele, John Frame, Jim Renwick, Alastair Biggar, Colin Telfer, Ian MacRae [McCrae], Ian McLauchlan, Robbie Clark, Sandy Carmichael, Gordon Brown, Alastair McHarg, Nairn MacEwan, Peter Brown and Rodger Arneil.
Replacements (names and information cut from the big sheet): [Steven Turk, Lewis Dick, Alan Lawson, Quintin Dunlop, Hamish Bryce and Wilson Lauder].
Also listed: David Shedden.
France
Team: Pierre Villepreux, Roland Bertranne, Jean Trillo, J[ean]-Pierre Lux, Jack Cantoni, J[ean]-Louis Berot, J[ean]-Michel Aguirre, Armand Vaquerin, Rene Benesis, J[ean]-Louis Martin, Benoit Dauga, J[ean]-Pierre Bastiat, Olivier Saisset, Claude Spanghero and Victor Boffelli.
Replacements: Alain Marot, Claude Dourthe, Richard Astre, Andre Lubrano, Jean-Claude Rossignol and Jean-Claude Skrela.
Referee: Meirion Joseph.
Touch judges: Eric Grierson and M. J. Saint-Guilhem.
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