| Description | The big sheet is signed by Bill McLaren and has notes on the reverse concerning the players and who McLaren met. It is accompanied by:
- Programme with one annotation.
- Notes describing the score.
- Letters from Philip Lewis, BBC Television producer, and John Simpson, Hon. Secretary of Midlands, London & Home Counties Union, to McLaren regarding arrangements for the match, dated 17-19 October 1967.
- Newspaper cutting of a report by McLaren entitled 'Depleted team give All Blacks hard fight'.
- Account of McLaren's expenses.
The match was part of New Zealand's tour and was covered on BBC Rugby Special and Grandstand. The big sheet records:
Midlands, London & Home Counties.
Team: Bob Hiller, Terry Cox, Dicky Hearn, Bob Lloyd, Rod Webb, Alan James, Billy Gittings, Tony Horton, Bert Godwin, Phil Judd, John Owen, Peter Larter, Bob Taylor, Geo [George] Sherriff and Budge Rogers.
New Zealand
Team: Fergus McCormick, Malcolm Dick, Ian MacRae, Graham Thorne, Phil Clarke, Mac Herewini, Chris Laidlaw, Jack Hazlett, John Major, Alister Hopkinson, Colin Meads, Arthur Jennings, Kel [Kelvin] Tremain, Brian Lochore and Waka Nathan.
Referee: D. P. D'Arcy. |