| Description | The big sheet is signed by Bill McLaren and has notes on the reverse. It is accompanied by:
- Notes, including a description of the match and score.
- Programme.
- Japan Rugby Football Union UK Tour booklet with extra printed information about the Japanese touring party.
- Photographs of the Japanese team.
- Newspaper cuttings concerning this match and Gloucestershire v. Japanene.
This match was part of Japan's tour of the United Kingdom. In 2023 Scottish Caps were retrospectively awarded for this game. The score was A Scottish XV 34 - 9 Japan. The big sheet records:
A Scottish XV
Team: Andrew Irvine, Bill Gammell, Keith Robertson, Ian McGeechan, David Ashton, Ron Wilson, Alan Lawson, Jim Aitkin, Colin Fisher, Norman Pender, Alan Tomes, Jim Carswell, Mike Biggar, Bill Watson and David Leslie.
Replacements: Bruce Hay, Duncan Wilson, Roy Laidlaw, Colin Deans, Rob Cunningham and George Mackie.
President: Hector Monro.
Vice-president: Brig[adie]r F H Coutts CBE.
Chairman selectors: Tom Pearson.
Coach: Bill Dickinson.
Japan
Team: Nobufumi Tanaka, Masaru Fujiwara, Shigetaka Mori, Masao Yoshida, Ken Aruga, Shigekazu Hoshino, Ryozo Imazato, Toshiaki Yasui, Toru Wada, Tsukasa Takada, Koiichi Shibata, Toshio Terai, Yoshiaki Izawa, Ichiro Kobayashi and Hideo Akama.
Replacements: Yoichiro Minamkiawa, Yuji Matsuo, Kazuo Muraguchi, Manabu Sasada, Tsuyoshi Hatakeyama and Naoshi Kumagai.
President: Shiggy Konno.
Coach: Ryo Saito.
Referee: Ken Clark.
Assistant referees / touch judges: Alan Hosie and Fred Parker.
Physiotherapists: Jock Brown and Graham Evans. |