| Description | The big sheet has notes on the reverse, including comments on the match, which was the '1st time Mid[land] C[oun]ties have ever b[ea]ten N[ew] Z[ealand]', individuals and Bill McLaren traveling mid-week for "Sportsn[igh]t with Coleman". It is accompanied by an annotated programme, notes, an account of McLaren's expenses and a newspaper cutting.
This match was part of New Zealand's tour of the United Kingdom and France in 1972-1973. The score was Midland Counties (West) 16 - 8 New Zealand. The big sheet records:
Midland Counties (West)
Team: Sam Doble, Martin Cooper, Peter Preece, Malcolm Swain, David Duckham, John Finlan, Jan Webster, Keith Fairbrother, John Gray, Trevor Corless, Nigel Horton, Les Smith, Ian Pringle, John White and Tim Cowell.
Replacements: Peter Rossborough, Barry Corless, Billy Gittings, [D.] Protherough, Tim Smith and John Barton.
Coach: Jim Greenwood.
New Zealand
Team: Trevor Morris, George Skudder, Ian Hurst, Mark Sayers, Bryan Williams, Bob Burgess, Lin Colling, Kent Lambert, Ron Urlich, Graham Whiting, Andy Haden, Ian Eliason, Ken Stewart, Bevan Holmes and Ian Kirkpatrick.
Replacements: Ian Stevens, Mike Parkinson, Duncan Hales, Jeff Matheson, Alastair [Alistair] Scown and Hamish McDonald.
Referee: Ron Lewis.
Touch judges: I. Burgen and D. Browning.
Also listed: Graham Short. |