Record

Ref NoBML/1/7/3
TitleBig sheet and bundle, Ireland versus England, Lansdowne Road, 14 February 1959.
DescriptionThe big sheet has noted on the reverse 'Rex Aston[?,] Sammy Walker[?] } Commentators McLaren - Summariser.' It is accompanied by an annotated programme and notes, including a description of the match.

This match was part of the Five Nations Championship. The score was Ireland 0 - 3 England. The big sheet records:

Ireland
Team: [Noel] Henderson, [Cecil] Pedlow, [John] Dooley, [Tony] O'Reilly, [Niall] Brophy, [Michael] English, [Andy] Mulligan, [Gordon] Wood, [Ronnie] Dawson, [Syd] Millar, [Bill] Mulcahy, [Michael] Culliton, [Noel] Murphy, [Patrick] O'Sullivan and [James] Kavanagh.

England
Team: [Jim] Hetherington, [Peter] Jackson, [Malcolm] Phillips, [Jeff] Butterfield, [Peter] Thomson [Thompson], [Bev] Risman, [Stephen] Smith, [Larry] Webb, [John] Wackett, [Gordon] Bendon, [John David 'Muscles'] Currie, [David] Marques, [Alfred] Herbert, [Ned] Ashcroft and [Jeff] Clements.
Date14 Feb 1959
TermRugby football
Team sports
RepositoryScottish Borders Archives Collections
Extent1 bundle
Access StatusOpen
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/487Henderson; Noel Joseph; Prsident, Irish Rugby Union
DS/UK/2399Pedlow; Alexander Cecil (b.1930); Irish rugby union playerb.1930
DS/UK/4603Dooley; John Francis
DS/UK/2398O'Reilly; Sir; Anthony Joseph Francis 'Tony' (1936-2023); Irish rugby union played and businessman1936-2023
DS/UK/794Brophy; Niall Henry (1935-); Irish rugby union player1935-2023
DS/UK/2423English; Michael Anthony Francis
DS/UK/2401Mulligan; Andrew Armstrong
DS/UK/2402Wood; Benjamin Gordon Malison
DS/UK/2424Dawson; Alfred Ronald
DS/UK/822Millar; John Sydney 'Syd' (1934-2023); CBE; Irish rugby union player, coach and administrator1934-2023
DS/UK/2425Mulcahy; William Albert
DS/UK/2426Culliton; Michael Gerard
DS/UK/329Murphy; Noel Arthur Augustine (b. 1937); Irish rugby union playerb. 1937
DS/UK/2408O'Sullivan; Patrick Joseph Antony
DS/UK/2409Kavanagh; James Ronald
DS/UK/1911Hetherington; James Gilbert George
DS/UK/1883Jackson; Peter Barrie (1930-2004); English rugby union player1930-2004
DS/UK/1885Phillips; Malcolm Stanley (1936-); English rugby union player1936-
DS/UK/1884Butterfield; Jeffrey
DS/UK/1886Thompson; Peter Humphrey (b.1929); English rugby union playerb.1929
DS/UK/1912Risman; Augustus Beverley Walter 'Bev' (1937-2023); OBE; English rugby union and rugby league player1937-2023
DS/UK/1913Smith; Stephen Rider (1934-2010); English rugby union player1934-2010
DS/UK/1914Webb; St Lawrence Hugh
DS/UK/4604Wackett; John Arthur Sibley
DS/UK/1916Bendon; Gordon John
DS/UK/1892Currie; John David (1932-1990); dual-qualified rugby union player1932-1990
DS/UK/1891Marques; Reginald William 'David' (1932-2010); English rugby union player and civil engineer1932-2010
DS/UK/1895Herbert; Alfred John
DS/UK/1894Ashcroft; Alan
DS/UK/1917Clements; Jeffrey W
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