| Description | The big sheet has notes on the reverse concerning the match, Tony O'Reilly's recall and Noel Murphy's comments in an interview. It is accompanied by notes, an annotated programme, an account of Bill McLaren's expenses and cuttings from the Glasgow Herald and other unidentified newspapers. The cuttings mainly cover this match and also include reports on Ireland v. South Africa at Lansdowne Road on 10 January 1970, Leinster v Ulster, Cambridge University v. Edinburgh Academicals and Munster v. South Africa [dates not known].
This match was part of the Five Nations Championship. The score was England 9 - 3 Ireland. The big sheet records:
England
Team: Bob Hiller, Keith Fielding, John Spencer, David Duckham, Martin Hale, Roger Shackleton, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Brian Stevens, John Pullin, Keith Fairbrother, Mike Davis, Peter Larter, Tony Bucknall, Bob Taylor and Bryan West.
Replacements: Chris Wardlow, John Finlan, Martin Young, Barry Jackson, Roger Harris and Phil Hayward.
Ireland
Team: Tom Kiernan, Alan Duggan, Barry Bresnihan, Mike Gibson, Tony O'Reilly, Barrie [Barry] McGann, Roger Young, Syd Millar, Ken Kennedy, Phil O'Callaghan, Willie-John McBride, Mick Molloy, Ronnie Lamont, Ken Goodall and Fergus Slattery.
Replacements: Barry O'Driscoll, Liam Hall, Frank O'Driscoll, Paddy Madigan, Ray McLoughlin and Terry Moore.
Referee: Ron Lewis.
Assistant referees / touch judges: Air Commodore Lamb and F. I. Howard. |