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- Hand-drawn tables listing the players who were selected and scored for district teams during matches from 1970-1982. The tables mainly cover matches played by the South of Scotland.
- Hand-drawn tables listing the players who were selected and scored for Glasgow, North & Midlands, Caledonia, Anglo-Scots / Scottish Exiles and Edinburgh in districts matches during each season from 1983-1998.
- Numerous sheets of notes, including photocopied lists of Glasgow's and the South of Scotland's match results from 1945-1981.
- Cuttings from The Scotsman, the Glasgow Herald and other newspapers concerning district games, including under-18 and under-21 matches, from c. 1980-1988. The cuttings includes an article from c. 1987-1988 by Bill McLaren entitled 'Callander leads South challenge'.
- Letter from Bill [?] of the Glasgow Herald to Bill McLaren sending rugby news and statistics, dated 31 July - 6 September 1981.
- Annotated lists of the South and Edinburgh's leading scorers post-1967 and Glasgow's post-1945.
- Press release regarding the 1988-1989 McEwan's Inter District Championship.
The bundle contains programmes or team lists for the following matches. Most are annotated:
- South v. Queensland R.F.C., Netherdale, Galashiels, 15 October 1980.
- Scottish Under-21s v. Post Office, Burnbrae, 25 March 1982.
- South v. Northumberland, Riverside Park, Jedburgh, 12 September 1983.
- Ulster v. South of Scotland, Ravenhill, Belfast, 17 September 1983, with cuttings from the Sunday Independent, Ireland's Saturday Night and other newspapers. The programme includes an article by Bill McLaren entitled 'The Importance of Representative Rugby'.
- South of Scotland v. Leinster, The Greenyards, Melrose, 15 September 1984.
- South of Scotland v. Edinburgh, Netherdale, Galashiels, 15 December 1984.
- Edinburgh v. Anglo-Scots, Myreside, 22 December 1984.
- North & Midlands v. South, Mayfield, Dundee, 29 December 1984.
- Dutch National XV v. Glasgow, Haagsche R.C., 6 September 1985.
- South of Scotland v. Co. Durham, Milntown, Langholm, 24 September 1986.
The bundle also contains the following items relating to the 1979 South African Barbarians [Barbarian F.C.] tour:
- Annotated programme for Scottish Border Clubs v. South African Barbarians, Netherdale, Galashiels, 10 October 1979.
- Annotated programme for Co-Optimists v. South African Barbarians, Mansfield Park, Hawick, 14 October 1979, with a draft match report.
- Typescript pen portraits of the Barbarians' [Barbarian F.C.] players.
- Cuttings from The Sunday Telegraph and other unidentified newspapers.
- Statement published by the Scottish Committee Anti-Apartheid Movement entitled 'Why we are demonstrating'.
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