| Description | The big sheet covers the 31 March 1973 match. It is signed by Bill McLaren and has notes on the reverse regarding the match and an interview with Alf Wilson. It is accompanied by:
- Two programmes for the 31 March 1973 match, one of which has a brief annotation.
- Two annotated programmes for the 4 April 1973 match.
- Notes, including an annotated typescript introduction to the 4 April 1973 match and a score sheet for the 31 March 1973 match.
- Annotated typescript list of players and pen pictures of Australian players in the 31 March 1973 match.
- Photocopied letter from Alex Kellermann, Secretary of the South African Rugby Board, to J. Law, Secretary of the Scottish Rugby Union, providing pen pictures of the South African players, dated 14 March 1973.
- Newspaper cuttings concerning the Scottish Rugby Union centenary season matches from The Scotsman, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph and other unidentified newspapers. The cuttings include an article by Bill McLaren entitled 'Overseas players' practice session'.
This match was part of the Scottish Rugby Union's centenary season. The score was Scotland 27 - 16 S.R.U. President's XV. The big sheet records:
Scotland
Team: Andy Irvine, Drew Gill, Ian McGeechan, Ian Forsyth, David Shedden, Colin Telfer, Douglas Morgan, Ian McLauchlan, Bobbie Clark, Sandy Carmichael, Alastair McHarg, Gordon Brown, Nairn McEwan [MacEwan], Peter Brown and Gordon Strachan.
Replacements: Stephen Turk, John Frame, Jim Henderson, Duncan Madsen, Hamish Bryce, Wilson Lauder and Alan Lawson.
S.R.U. President's XV
Team: Ray Carlson, Jeff McLean, David Burnet, Duncan Hales, Grant Batty, Ian Stevens, Lyn Colling, Jean Iracabal, Rene Benesis, David Dunworth, Benoit Dauga, Alan Sutherland, Jan Ellis, Alex Wyllie and Piet Greyling.
Replacements: George Skudder, Russell Fairfax, John Hipwell, Quintin Dunlop, Garrick Fay and Alastair [Alistair] Scown.
Referee: Meirion Joseph.
Touch judges: TFEG [T. F. E. Grierson] and Alan Hosie.
Physiotherapists: Jock Brown and Dr Jimmy Thompson.
Coaches: Bill Dickinson, Ivan Vodanovitch and John Howard.
Head groundsman: Jim Thain.
Personalities: Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Rt Hon Gordon Campbell.
Presidents of the four home unions: A. W. Wilson, R. M. A. Kingswell, Judge Conroy and Vernon Parfitt.
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