Calcutta Cup for England

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1763A
Date Released
21 Mar 1963
Date submitted
16 Mar 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Calcutta Cup for England. DESCRIPTION: England v Scotland at Twickenham. The match that decided the International Championship, the Calcutta Cup - and the reputation of international rugby as an exciting sport for spectators. Scotland scored first. But it wasn’t long before England shortened the lead. On several occasions Scotland came very near to scoring but England held out, to collect the Calcutta Cup, and the championship. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV England team out. GV crowd. GV Scotland team out. GV crowd. GV zoom in - kick off. GV Scotland attack (2 shots). CU crowd. GV Scotland score try. GV crowd. GV Coughtrie converts for Scotland. GV crowd. Scotland attack (2 shots). GV Ken Scotland completes drop goal. GV crowd. GV England attack (3 shots). CU crowd. GV England score try (Drake-Lee). CU crowd. GV zoom in - Wilcox converts for England. GV crowd. GV England attack (2nd half). CU crowd. GV Richard Sharp scores try for England. GV crowd. GV zoom in - John Wilcox converts for England. GV crowd. GV Scotland attack - near try. Final Score: 8 - 10.
Keywords
Sport
Locations
Twickenham
Card file number
86245
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Ronald E. Collins
Length of story (in feet)
200
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Calcutta Cup for England', British Movietone News Issue No. 1763A, 21 Mar 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25028 (Accessed 13 Jun 2025)