| Ref No | BML/1/6/6 |
| Title | Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus England, Cardiff Arms Park, 16 January 1971 |
| Description | The big sheet has brief notes on the reverse. It is accompanied by notes, including a score sheet and introduction to the match, an annotated programme, an account of Bill McLaren's expenses and cuttings or pages from the Daily Express, the Western Mail, the Sport and Football Echo and other unidentified newspapers. One of the cuttings is a report by Bill McLaren entitled 'Barry John's immense contribution'.
This match was part of the Five Nations Championship. The score was Wales 22 - 6 England. The big sheet records:
Wales
Team: John Williams, John Bevan, John Dawes, Arthur Lewis, Gerald Davies, Barry John, Gareth Edwards, Barry Llewellyn [Llewelyn], Jeff Young, Denzil Williams, Delme Thomas, Mike Roberts, Dave Morris, Mervyn Davies and John Taylor.
Replacements: Ian Hall, Phil Bennett, Ray Hopkins, John Lloyd, Norman Rees and Derek Quinnell.
President: Kenneth M. Harris.
England
Team: Peter Rossborough, Jeremy Janion, John Spencer, Chris Wardlow, David Duckham, Ian Wright, Jacko Page, David Powell, John Pullin, Keith Fairbrother, Peter Larter, Barry Ninnes, Tony Bucknall, Charlie Hannaford and Tony Neary.
Replacements: Peter Glover, Dick Cowman, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Andy Johnson, Fran Cotton and Peter Dixon.
President: Sir W. C. Ramsay.
Referee: D. P. (Paddy) d'Arcy.
Touch judges: W. K. M. Jones and A. A. Haynes. |
| Date | about 16-27 Jan 1971 |
| Term | Rugby football |
| Team sports |
| Repository | Scottish Borders Archives Collections |
| Extent | 1 bundle |
| Access Status | Open |
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/3 | Williams; John Peter Rhys 'JPR' (1949-2024); MBE; FRCS; Welsh rugby union player and surgeon | 1949-2024 |
| DS/UK/1537 | Bevan; John Charles (b.1950); Welsh rugby union and rugby league international | b.1950 |
| DS/UK/4 | Dawes; Sydney 'John' (1940-); OBE; Welsh rugby union player and coach | 1940- |
| DS/UK/1512 | Lewis; Arthur John Llewellyn (b.1941); Welsh rugby union player | b.1941 |
| DS/UK/1404 | Davies; Thomas Gerald Reames (b.1945); CBE, Welsh rugby union player | b.1945 |
| DS/UK/7 | John; Barry 'The King' (1945-2024); Welsh rugby union player | 1945-2024 |
| DS/UK/8 | Edwards; Gareth Owen (1947-); Welsh rugby union player | 1947- |
| DS/UK/11 | Llewelyn; Donald Barry (1948-); Welsh rugby union player | 1948- |
| DS/UK/37 | Young; Jeffrey 'Jeff' (1942-2005); OBE; Welsh rugby union player, teacher and air force officer | 1942-2005 |
| DS/UK/9 | Williams; Denzil (1938-); Welsh rugby union player and steelworker | 1938- |
| DS/UK/13 | Thomas; William 'Delme' (1942-); Welsh rugby union player | 1942- |
| DS/UK/1601 | Roberts; Michael Gordon (b.1946); Welsh rugby union player | b.1946 |
| DS/UK/14 | Morris; William David (1941-); Welsh rugby union player | 1941- |
| DS/UK/15 | Davies; Thomas 'Mervyn' (1946-2012); Welsh rugby union player | 1946-2012 |
| DS/UK/1513 | Taylor; John (1945-); Welsh rugby union player and commentator | 1945- |
| DS/UK/1819 | Rossborough; Peter Alec (b.1948); English rugby union player and manager | b.1948 |
| DS/UK/2522 | Janion; Jeremy Paul Aubrey (b.1946); English rugby union player | b.1946 |
| DS/UK/1802 | Spencer; John Southern (1947-); English rugby union player | 1947- |
| DS/UK/2516 | Wardlow; Christopher Story 'Chris' (1942-); English rugby union player | 1942- |
| DS/UK/1413 | Duckham; David John (1946-); MBE; English rugby union player | 1946- |
| DS/UK/2523 | Wright; Ian Douglas (1945-2000); English rugby union player | 1945-2000 |
| DS/UK/1824 | Page; John Jackson; English rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/1805 | Powell; David Lewes 'Piggy' (1942-); English rugby union player | 1942- |
| DS/UK/1424 | Pullin; John Vivian (1941-2021); English rugby union player and farmer | 1941-2021 |
| DS/UK/1680 | Fairbrother; Keith Eli (1944-); English rugby union player | 1944- |
| DS/UK/1664 | Larter; Peter John (1944-); English rugby union player | 1944- |
| DS/UK/2524 | Ninnes; Barry Francis (b.1948); English rugby union player | b.1948 |
| DS/UK/2515 | Bucknall; Anthony Launce (b.1945); English rugby union player | b.1945 |
| DS/UK/2525 | Hannaford; Ronald Charles (b.1944); English rugby union player | b.1944 |
| DS/UK/1390 | Neary; Anthony 'Tony' (1948-); English rugby union player | 1948- |
| DS/UK/6 | Hall; Ian (b.1946); Welsh rugby union player | b.1946 |
| DS/UK/2 | Bennett; Philip 'Phil' (1948-2022); OBE; Welsh rugby union player | 1948-2022 |
| DS/UK/1528 | Hopkins; Raymond 'Chico' (1946-); Welsh rugby union and rugby league player | 1946- |
| DS/UK/38 | Lloyd; David 'John' (1943-); Welsh rugby union player and coach, teacher | 1943- |
| DS/UK/1839 | Rees; Norman (b.1946); Welsh rugby union player | b.1946 |
| DS/UK/39 | Quinnell; Derek Leslie (1949-); Welsh rugby union player | 1949- |
| DS/UK/2526 | Glover; Peter Bernard | |
| DS/UK/1678 | Cowman; Alan Richard; English rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/2362 | Starmer-Smith; Nigel Christopher (1944-); English rugby union player and commentator | 1944- |
| DS/UK/2336 | Johnson; Andrew George | |
| DS/UK/1382 | Cotton; Francis Edward 'Fran' (1947-); English rugby union player | 1947- |
| DS/UK/1442 | Dixon; Peter John (1944); English rugby union player | 1944 |
| DS/UK/2527 | Harris; Kenneth M | |
| DS/UK/2528 | Ramsay; William C | |
| DS/UK/880 | d'Arcy; D Patrick | |
| DS/UK/839 | Jones; W Kenneth M | |
| DS/UK/2529 | Haynes; A A | |