| Ref No | BML/7/11 |
| Title | Big sheet and bundle, England versus France, Twickenham, 20 April 1974 |
| Description | The big sheet has notes on the reverse concerning the game and highlighting that it raised money, through the R.F.U. Charitable Trust, for the dependants of the rugby men who died in the Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crash outside Paris, France, also known as the Ermenonville air disaster, 3 March 1974, killing all 346 people on board including English rugby supporters returning from the France v England Five Nations match at Parc des Princes the day before (which McLaren had not covered; instead being at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, for Ireland v Scotland match - see BML/1/3/19).
It is accompanied by:
- Programme.
- Notes, including an introduction to the match and a description of the score.
- Account of Bill McLaren's expenses.
- Cuttings from The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times and other unidentified newspapers covering the match and other rugby news of the period.
NB: this game is commonly regarded as hosting the first officially recognised 'streak' at a major British sporting event - when twenty-five-year-old Australian Michael O'Brien ran out at an England v France Rugby Union match, Bill McLaren notes that the policeman "put helmet over offending part".
The score of this R.F.U. Charitable Trust match was England 7 - 26 France. The big sheet records:
England
Team: Wm [William] Henry Dusty Hare, Peter Squires, Geoff Evans, Alan Old, David Duckham, Martin Cooper, Jan Webster, Brian Stevens, John Pullin, Fran Cotton, Chris Ralston, Roger Uttley, Peter Dixon, Andy Ripley and Tony Neary.
Replacements: Tony Jorden, Alan Morley, Steve Smith, Frank Anderson, Peter Wheeler and John Watkins.*
President: M. R. Steele-Bodger.
Chairman selectors: Alec Lewis [Alec Ormonde Lewis].
Coach: John Elders.
Physiotherapist: Don Gatherer.
Honorary medical officer: Dr Leo Walkden.
France
Team: Michel Droitecourt, J-Francois Gourdon, J-Pierre Lux, Roland Bertranne, Dominique Vacher (crossed through and the name replaced with Pecune), J-Pierre Romeu, Max Barrau, Jean Iracabal, Rene Benesis, Pierre Dospital, Elie Cester, J-Pierre Bastiat, J-Claude Skrela, Christian Paul and Victor Boffelli.
Replacements: J-Pierre Ugartemendia, Gilbert Verdier, Roland Genis, Jacques Fouroux, Joel Pecune and Michel Barrau.
President: M. Albert Ferrasse.
Coach: M. Desclaux.
Referee: Norman Sanson.
Touch judges: R. F. "Johnny" Johnston [Johnson?] and Mike Titcomb.
Clerk of works: Harold Clark.
Personalities: Ken Bailey, HRH the Princess Alexandra and the Hon. Angus Ogilvie [Ogilvy].
* NB: the programme records different players including Keith Smith and Mike Burton, and excludes William Francis 'Frank' Anderson. |
| Date | Apr 1974 |
| Term | Rugby football |
| Team sports |
| Repository | Scottish Borders Archives Collections |
| Extent | 1 bundle |
| Access Status | Open |
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/6762 | Alexandra (b 1936); Princess of Kent | b 1936 |
| DS/UK/6763 | Ogilvy; Angus James Bruce | |
| DS/UK/1276 | Hare; William Henry (1952-); MBE; English rugby union player | 1952- |
| DS/UK/1410 | Squires; Peter John; English rugby union player | |
| DS/UK/1818 | Evans; Geoffrey William 'Geoff' (1950-); English rugby union player | 1950- |
| DS/UK/1394 | Old; Alan Gerald Bernard (1945-); English rugby union player | 1945- |
| DS/UK/1413 | Duckham; David John (1946-); MBE; English rugby union player | 1946- |
| DS/UK/1414 | Cooper; Martin John (b.1948); English rugby union player | b.1948 |
| DS/UK/1415 | Webster; Jan Godfrey (1946-2019); English rugby union player | 1946-2019 |
| DS/UK/1416 | Stevens; Claude Brian (b. 1941); English rugby union player | 1940-2019 |
| DS/UK/1424 | Pullin; John Vivian (1941-2021); English rugby union player and farmer | 1941-2021 |
| DS/UK/1382 | Cotton; Francis Edward 'Fran' (1947-); English rugby union player | 1947- |
| DS/UK/1417 | Ralston; Christopher Wayne 'Chris' (1944-); English rugby union player | 1944- |
| DS/UK/1389 | Uttley; Roger Miles (b.1949); English rugby union player | b.1949 |
| DS/UK/1442 | Dixon; Peter John (1944); English rugby union player | 1944 |
| DS/UK/1385 | Ripley; Andrew George 'Andy' (1947-2010); OBE; English rugby union player, athlete and businessman | 1947-2010 |
| DS/UK/1390 | Neary; Anthony 'Tony' (1948-); English rugby union player | 1948- |
| DS/UK/1555 | Droitecourt; Michel (1949-); French rugby union player | 1949- |
| DS/UK/1556 | Gourdon; Jean-François (1954-); French rugby union player | 1954- |
| DS/UK/1517 | Lux; Jean-Pierre (1946-2020); French rugby union player | 1946-2020 |
| DS/UK/1557 | Bertranne; Roland (1949-); French rugby union player | 1949- |
| DS/UK/6779 | Vacher; Dominique | |
| DS/UK/1558 | Pecune; Joel (1951-); French rugby union player | 1951- |
| DS/UK/1560 | Romeu; Jean-Pierre (1948-); French rugby union player | 1948- |
| DS/UK/1541 | Barrau; Max (1950-); French rugby union player | 1950- |
| DS/UK/1521 | Iracabal; Jean (1941-); French rugby union player | 1941- |
| DS/UK/1522 | Bénésis; René (1944-); French rugby union player | 1944- |
| DS/UK/6524 | Dospital; Pierre (1950-); French rugby union player | 1950- |
| DS/UK/1525 | Cester; Élie (1942-2017); French rugby union player | 1942-2017 |
| DS/UK/1524 | Bastiat; Jean-Pierre (1949-2021) | 1949-2021 |
| DS/UK/1544 | Skrela; Jean-Claude (1949-); French rugby union player and coach | 1949- |
| DS/UK/6780 | Paul; Christian | |
| DS/UK/4430 | Boffelli; Victor (1947-); French rugby union player | 1947- |
| DS/UK/1409 | Jorden; Anthony Mervyn (b.1947); English rugby union player and cricketer | b.1947 |
| DS/UK/1422 | Morley; Alan John (b.25 Jun 1950); MBE; English rugby union player | b.25 Jun 1950 |
| DS/UK/140 | Smith; Stephen James 'Steve' (1951-); English rugby union player | 1951- |
| DS/UK/426 | Wheeler; Peter John (1948-); English rugby union player | 1948- |
| DS/UK/1419 | Watkins; John Arthur (1945-); English rugby union player | 1945- |
| DS/UK/1531 | Ugartemendia; Jean-Louis (1943-); French rugby union player | 1943-2020 |
| DS/UK/6781 | Verdier; Gilbert | |
| DS/UK/6782 | Genis; Roland | |
| DS/UK/1549 | Fouroux; Jacques (1947-2005); French rugby union player | 1947-2005 |
| DS/UK/6783 | Barrau; Michel (1954-); French rugby union player | 1954- |
| DS/UK/123 | Steele-Bodger; Michael Roland 'Micky' (1925-2019); CBE; English rugby union player and President, Barbarian FC | 1925-2019 |
| DS/UK/1428 | Lewis; Alec Ormonde (1920-2013); English rugby union player and administrator | 1920-2013 |
| DS/UK/1823 | Elders; John | |
| DS/UK/1312 | Gatherer; Don; physiotherapist | |
| DS/UK/1313 | Walkden; Leon 'Leo' (1923-2006); MRCS, LRCP; medical officer for the English Rugby Union | 1923-2006 |
| DS/UK/1576 | Ferrasse; Albert | |
| DS/UK/1578 | Desclaux.; Marc | |
| DS/UK/1455 | Sanson; Norman (c.1945-); Scottish rugby union referee | c.1945- |
| DS/UK/1631 | Johnson; R F | |
| DS/UK/1550 | Titcomb; Michael Herbert (1933-2008); English rugby union referee | 1933-2008 |
| DS/UK/1321 | Clark; Harold; groundsman | |
| DS/UK/1380 | Bailey; Kenneth | |
| DS/UK/1663 | Anderson; William Francis (b.1940); English rugby union player | b.1940 |
| DS/UK/1411 | Smith; Keith (1952-2006); English rugby union and rugby league player | 1952-2006 |
| DS/UK/1445 | Burton; Michael Alan 'Mike' (1945-); English rugby union player | 1945- |