| Description | The big sheet is signed by Bill McLaren and has notes on the reverse concerning the match. It is accompanied by:
- Annotated programme.
- Notes, including a description of the match and scores.
- Account of Bill McLaren's expenses.
- Letter from N A MacEwan [?] to Bill [McLaren] providing information about the Highland players, dated 7 March 1976.
- Letter from W E Bryce [to Bill McLaren] concerning international rugby players who live near Inverness, undated.
- Newspaper cuttings, including a report by Bill McLaren entitled 'Highland Uprising'.
The score of this League Division Two Championship decider was Highland 28 - 0 Selkirk. The big sheet records:
Highland
Team: George Mundell, Gordon Shepherd, Stuart McKenzie [MacKenzie], Alastair Hamilton, George Halliday, Colin High, Jim Gaffney, Gregor McKenzie [MacKenzie], Steve Fraser, Kenneth White, Alan Rose, David McBean [MacBean?], Nairn MacEwan, George Mackie and Fergus Ellen.
President: Tom A. Chisholm.
Coach: Nairn [A. MacEwan?].
Physiotherapist: Bill Aitchison.
Selkirk
Team: George Wilson, Alan Lawrie, Mick Linton, David Dickson [Dixon?], Ken Trotter, Keith Hendrie, Alan Hogg, Paul Tomlinson, Colin Anderson, Jim Cochrane, David Bell, Donald Phaup, David Firth, Nick Bihel and Oliver Douglas.
President: Bert Lawrie.
Coach: Harry Russell.
Physiotherapists: Sandy Pow and Jock Smith.
Referee: Peter Wilmhurst [Wilmshurst?].
Assistant referees / touch judges: Hamish Feggans and Bill Jackson. |