| Description | The big sheet is signed by Bill McLaren and has notes on the reverse concerning changes to players in the S.R.U. President's team. It is accompanied by a programme, notes on the players and describing the score, an annotated list of London Scottish statistics and newspaper cuttings. One of the cuttings is a report by Bill McLaren entitled 'Exiles celebrate'.
The match was part of London Scottish Football Club's centenary celebrations. The score was London Scottish 37 - 19 S.R.U. President's XV. The big sheet records:
London Scottish
Team: Roddy Grant, Tom McNab, Alan Friell, David Gillespie, Graham Kelly, Ron Wilson, Alan Lawson, John Fraser, David Pickering, Doug Mather, Alastair McHarg, Lindsay Forbes, Angus Stewart, Sandy Pratt and Mike Biggar.
President: W. A. McPherson [MacPherson].
Secretary: Cameron Boyle.
Coach: Alan Lawson.
President's XV
Team: David Caplan, Bill Gammell, Pat Parfrey, Matthew Fosh, Gordon Wood, Ian Ball, Alun Lewis, Gerry McGuinness, Tony Boddy, Sandy Carmichael, Alan [Allan?] Martin, Alan Tomes, Tony Bucknall, Donald McDonald and Nairn McEwan [MacEwan].
Replacements: Gus Berthinussen, Peter Hay, Mike Lovett, Bill Goodenough, Ian Gray, Sandy Moody, Peter Blyth (crossed through), Rick Gordon (crossed through) and Doug Dawes.
Coach: F H Coutts.
Referee: Norman Sanson.
Assistant referees / touch judges: Ian Thomson and Ian McLennan.
Physiotherapist: Jimmy King.
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