| Ref No | BML/6/1/149 |
| Title | Big sheet, Melrose versus Watsonians, The Greenyards, Melrose, 2 May 1998 |
| Description | The sheet has noted on the reverse 'Ch[ampion]ship decider Mel[rose] won match but Watsonians w[o]n Premiership Ch[am]p[io]ns for the 1st time'. It is accompanied by an annotated programme, a press release regarding the Tennent's Premiership trophy presentation and notes, including an introduction to the match, a score sheet, a draft report and information about the players.
The score of this SRU Tennent's Premiership Division One decider was Melrose 37 - 17 Watsonians. The big sheet records:
Melrose
Team: Bruce Ruthven, Mark Moncrieff, Scott Nichol, Graham Shiel, Chris Dalgleish, Rowen Shepherd, Bryan Redpath, Millan Browne, Steve Brotherstone, Matthew Proudfoot, Robbie Brown, Scott Aitken, James Henderson, Carl Hogg and Alex Clark.
Replacements: Ross Brown, David Graham, Ian Cornwall, Johannes Senekal and Steven Laurie.
President: Drew Scott.
Coach: Alan Tait.
Physiotherapists: Cliff Thomson and Gordon Pollock.
Watsonians
Team: Scott Hastings, Fergus Henderson, Marcus di Rollo, Andrew Garry, John Kerr, Duncan Hodge, Jamie Weston, Gary Scott, Grant McKelvey [McKelvie?], Stuart Paul, Jason White, Stuart Grimes, Cameron Mather, Martin Waite and Nick Penny.
Replacements: Graeme Burns, Scott Paris, Craig Brown and Gordon Dickson.
President: Mike Barrie.
Coaches: Andrew Ker and David Cockburn.
Physiotherapists: Stewart Robertson and Steven Mutch.
Referee: Jim Fleming.
Assistant referees / touch judges: John Hogg and Ian Goodall.
Groundsman: Gordon Barkham.
Also listed: Snoopy, a terrier owned by Lyn Blackhall. |
| Date | 2 May 1998 |
| Term | Rugby football |
| Team sports |
| Repository | Scottish Borders Archives Collections |
| Extent | 1 piece |
| Access Status | Open |
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/4128 | Ruthven; Bruce | |
| DS/UK/205 | Moncrieff; Mark (b.1968); Scottish rugby union player | b.1968 |
| DS/UK/1076 | Nichol; Scott Alan; Scottish rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/204 | Shiel; Andrew Graham (b.1970); Scottish rugby union player | b.1970 |
| DS/UK/3024 | Dalgleish; Christopher S | |
| DS/UK/518 | Shepherd; Rowen James Stanley (b.1970); Scottish rugby union player | 1970- |
| DS/UK/522 | Redpath; Bryan William (b.1971) | b.1971 |
| DS/UK/2299 | Browne; Millan G | |
| DS/UK/557 | Brotherstone; Steven James; Scottish rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/3614 | Proudfoot; Matthew Craig (b.1972); Scottish rugby union player | b.1972 |
| DS/UK/2290 | Brown; Robert R | |
| DS/UK/3028 | Aitken; Scott A; Scottish rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/4126 | Henderson; Percy James (1871-1935); M.B., CM (Ed.), 1896; medical practitioner | 1871-1935 |
| DS/UK/1077 | Hogg; Carl David (1969-); Scottish rugby union player and coach | 1969- |
| DS/UK/3671 | Clark; Alec | |
| DS/UK/203 | Hastings; Scott (b.1964); Scottish rugby union player | b.1964 |
| DS/UK/3404 | Henderson; Fergus; Scottish rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/3418 | Di Rollo; Marcus (b.1978); Scottish rugby union player | b.1978 |
| DS/UK/3405 | Garry; Andrew; Scottish rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/1057 | Kerr; John A; Scottish rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/596 | Hodge; Duncan William; Scottish rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/3413 | Weston; Jamie; Scottish rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/3407 | Scott; Gary; Scottish rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/3489 | McKelvey; Grant; Scottish rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/3151 | Paul; Stuart W | |
| DS/UK/612 | White; Jason Phillip Randall; Scottish rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/598 | Grimes; Stuart Brian (b.1974); Scottish rugby union player | b.1974 |
| DS/UK/597 | Mather; Cameron George (b.1972); New Zealand born rugby union player | b.1972 |
| DS/UK/3408 | Waite; Martin (b.1971); Scottish rugby union player | b.1971 |
| DS/UK/3416 | Penny; Nicholas; Scottish rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/3668 | Brown; Ross; Scottish rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/4130 | Graham; David; Scottish rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/3507 | Cornwall; Ian | |
| DS/UK/5949 | Senekal; Johannes; Namibian rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/5950 | Laurie; Steven; Scottish rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/1014 | Burns; Graeme George (b.1971); Scottish rugby union player | b.1971 |
| DS/UK/3406 | Paris; Scott; Scottish rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/2721 | Brown; Craig David (1968-); Zimbabwe rugby union player | 1968- |
| DS/UK/1784 | Dickson; Gordon; Scottish rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/4132 | Scott; Andrew; Scottish rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/595 | Tait; Alan Victor (1964-); Scottish rugby union and rugby league player | 1964- |
| DS/UK/3516 | Thomson; Cliff | |
| DS/UK/3515 | Pollock; Gordon | |
| DS/UK/3422 | Barrie; Michael C; President, Watsonians RFC | |
| DS/UK/2962 | Ker; Andrew Burgher Michael; Scottish rugby union player and cricketer | |
| DS/UK/3423 | Cockburn; David; Scottish rugby union player and coach | |
| DS/UK/3424 | Robertson; Stewart; physiotherapist, Watsonians RFC | |
| DS/UK/3492 | Mutch; Steven (fl.1998); physiotherapist | fl.1998 |
| DS/UK/61 | Fleming; James (b.1951); Scottish rugby union referee | b.1951 |
| DS/UK/3966 | Hogg; John G; Scottish rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/5951 | Goodall; Ian; rugby union referee | |
| DS/UK/4108 | Barkham; Gordon | |
| DS/UK/3488 | Blackhall; Lyn | |