| Description | The big sheet has notes on the reverse concerning Bill McLaren's commentary, his mail after the broadcast and a comment overheard on the Cardiff to London train. It is accompanied by notes describing the score, a programme, an account of McLaren's expenses and cuttings from The Sunday Telegraph and other unidentified newspapers. The bundle also contains a letter from A. E. Gwyer, Manager of the Angel Hotel, Cardiff, to McLaren confirming a room booking, dated 16 February 1965.
This match was part of the Five Nations Championship. The score was Wales 14 - 8 Ireland. The big sheet records:
Wales
Team: Terry Price, Stuart Watkins, [John] Uzzell, [John] Dawes, [Dewi] Bebb, David Watkins, Clive Rowlands, [Denzil] Williams, [Norman] Gale, [Ron] Waldron, Brian Price, Keith Rowlands, [Gareth] Prothero, [Alun] Pask and [Haydn] Morgan.
Ireland
Team: [Tom] Kiernan, [David] Hewitt, [Jerry] Walsh, [Kevin] Flynn, [Paddy] McGrath, [Mike] Gibson, [Roger] Young, [Sean] McHale [MacHale], [Ken] Kennedy, [Ray] McLoughlin, [Willie-John] McBride, [Bill] Mulcahy, [Mick] Doyle, [Henry] Wall and [Noel] Murphy.
Referee: P. G. Brook. |