| Description | The big sheet has notes on the reverse regarding the match. It is accompanied by a programme, an account of Bill McLaren's expenses and cuttings from The Citizen, The Daily Telegraph and other unidentified newspapers. The bundle also contains a letter from Alan Watkins, of The Citizen and the Gloucester Journal, to Bill McLaren providing information about the match, dated 18 October [1972].
This match was part of New Zealand's tour of the United Kingdom and France in 1972-1973. The Western Counties consist of Gloucestershire and Somerset. The score was Western Counties 12 - 39 New Zealand. The big sheet records:
Western Counties
Team: Peter Butler, Alan Morley, John Bayliss, [C J] Chris Williams, Peter Knight, John Gabitass, John Cannon, Robin Cowling, John Pullin, Mike Burton, David Watt, Alan Brinn, John Watkins, Charlie Hannaford and Dick Smith.
Replacements: Alan Lewis, John Spalding, John White, Bobby Lye, John Fidler and David Tyler.
New Zealand
Team: Joe Karam, Bryan Williams, Bruce Robertson, Mike Parkinson, Grant Batty, Bob Burgess, Lin Colling, Keith Murdoch, Ron Urlich, Jeff Matheson, Peter Whiting, Hamish McDonald, Ian Kirkpatrick, Alan Sutherland and Alistair Scown.
Replacements: Lin Colling, Tane Norton, Ian Hurst, Duncan Hales, Graham Whiting, Bevan Holmes and Ian Stevens.
Referee: D. P. (Paddy) d'Arcy.
Touch judge: Fred Allison [Ellison].
Personalities: Dick Smith, Dennis Power and Graham Short. |