Rugby - England V Scotland

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2593

Date Released

11 Feb 1979

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Toy Fair
2. 2The Amusement Trades Fair
3. 3Rugby - England V Scotland

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rugby - England V Scotland, (Calcutta Cup). DESCRIPTION: England met Scotland at Twickenham, for this year’s Calcutta Cup match. A try by Mike Slemen within the first three minutes gave England an early lead. A penalty kick by Bennett (England) and a try by Rutherford (Scotland) made half-time score England 7 - Scotland 4. In the second half Scotland levelled the score to 7 all and that was the final result, the first draw for 14 years. England the holders retained the Calcutta Cup. SHOTLIST: GV England kick off and play. LS crowd. Various of play England attack and score a try by Mike Slemen. LS scoreboard England 4 - Scotland 0. Various of play. CU scrum, England attack miss drop goal and get penalty. MS crowd. CU Neil Bennett (England) takes and scores penalty. CU scoreboard England 7 - Scotland 0. LS Scotland attack Andy Irvine to J Rutherford who gets try. CU scoreboard England 7 - Scotland 4. 2nd half LS England attack Slemen almost scores try. CU crowd. LS England attack. Various of play with crowd shots. GV Scotland attack to Scotland taking penalty - score 7-all. Various of play England miss a penalty - CU scoreboard final score 7-all. GV crowd runs onto pitch. Also playing Nigel Horton and Alistair Hignell.

Keywords

Sport; Rugby football

Locations

Twickenham

Card file number

79/16

Credits:

Camera

Denis White

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

228

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