| Description | The big sheet has comments on the reverse concerning the 'Ill natured Festering aggro' and four sections cut from it, including information about both teams' players and Wales' replacements. It is accompanied by:
- Notes introducing the match.
- Programme.
- Cuttings from The Times and other unidentified newspapers. One of the cuttings is a report by Bill McLaren entitled 'Fleeting warnings for Murrayfield from Webb and Davies'.
- Western Mail Wales v. England special supplement.
- Slip from Zenith Printing Limited sent to Bill McLaren regarding a proof of his biography, dated 2 March 1987.
- Letter from Jane Livingstone of the Angel Hotel, confirming McLaren's reservation, dated 10 April 1985, with a note written on it about the room.
- Letter from F. Harris-Jones, Dean of Students of UWIST [University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology] to Bill McLaren regarding players who had studied at UWIST, dated 13 January 1986.
This match was part of the Five Nations Championship. The score was Wales 19 - 12 England. The big sheet records:
Wales
Team: Mark Wyatt, Glen Webbe, John Devereux, Kevin Hopkins, Ieuan Evans, Jonathan Davies, Rob[er]t Jones, Jeff Whitefoot, Billy James, Stuart Evans, Rob[er]t Norster, Steve Sutton, David Pickering, Phil Davies and Paul Moriarty.
Replacements (names and information cut from the big sheet): [Adrian Hadley, Malcolm Dacey, Jonathan Griffiths, Anthony Buchanan, S[tuart?] Davies and Richie Collins].
President: Des Barnett.
Chairman: Rod Morgan.
Coaches: Tony Gray and DQ [Derek Quinnell?].
Physiotherapist: Tudor Jones.
Medical officer: Dr John Davies.
England
Team: Marcus Rose, Mike Harrison, Kevin Simms, Jamie Salmon, Rory Underwood, Rob Andrew, Richard Hill, Gareth Chilcott, Graham Dawe, Gary Pearce, Wade Dooley, Steve Bainbridge, Peter Winterbottom, John Hall and Gary Rees.
Replacements: Simon Halliday, Peter Williams, Richard Harding, Jeff Probyn, Brian Moore and David Egerton.
President: Alan Grimsdell.
Chairman: Mike Weston.
Coaches: Martin Green, Des Seabrook and Tom McNab.
Physiotherapist: Kevin Murphy.
Medical officer: Dr Ben Gilfether [Gilfeather?].
Referee: Ray Megson.
Assistant referees / touch judges: Brian Anderson and Jim Fleming.
Surgeon: Harold Ritchards.
Groundsman: Tony Horne.
Also listed: Ken Bailey. |