| Description | The big sheet has notes on the reverse, including comments on the match, helpful individuals and the weather. It is accompanied by a programme, an account of Bill McLaren's expenses, a cuttings from The Daily Telegraph and notes, including a description of the score and information about players and previous matches.
This match was part of New Zealand's tour of the United Kingdom and France in 1972-1973. The North-Eastern Counties are Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland. The score was North-Eastern Counties 3 - 9 New Zealand. The big sheet records:
North-Eastern Counties
Team: Brian Patrick, David Carr, Ian McGeechan, Peter Warfield, Tony Cheshire, Alan Old, Malcolm Young, Colin White, Duncan Madsen, Feidlim McLoughlin, Roger Uttley, John Hall, Bob Leathley, Peter Nash and Terry Donovan.
Replacements: Tony Harrop, Roger Pickering, Jeff Buttle, John Billington, Tony Rucklidge and David Shaw.
Coach: John Robins.
New Zealand
Team: Joe Karam, Grant Batty, Ian Hurst, Mike Parkinson, Bryan Williams, Ian Stevens, Syd Going, Jeff Matheson, Tane Norton, Graham Whiting, Andy Haden, Peter Whiting, Alastair [Alistair] Scown, Alan Sutherland and Ian Kirkpatrick.
Replacements: Ron Urlich, Kent Lambert, Ken Stewart, Lyn Colling, Mark Sayers and George Skudder.
Referee: M. Francois Palmade. |