Full time14 August 1937
Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand · Tour 1937Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 6 points.
Scoring
- –PNew Zealand penalty · David Trevathan3–0
- –PNew Zealand penalty · David Trevathan6–0
- –TNew Zealand try · John Dick9–0
- –DNew Zealand drop goal · David Trevathan13–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Dai Williams13–3
- –DSouth Africa drop goal · Jimmy White13–7
Line-ups
New Zealand
- 1Everard JacksonProp
- 2Arthur LambournHooker
- 3Doug DaltonProp
- 4Ron KingSecond row
- 5Tori ReidSecond row
- 6Rod McKenzieFlanker
- 7Ron WardFlanker
- 8Allan ParkhillNumber 8
- 9Harry SimonScrum-half
- 10David TrevathanFly-half
- 11John DickWing
- 12John HooperCentre
- 13Jack SullivanCentre
- 14Donald CobdenWing
- 15Jack TaylorFull-back
South Africa
- 1Fanie LouwProp
- 2Jan LotzHooker
- 3CB JenningsProp
- 4Louis StrachanSecond row
- 5Mauritz Van den BergSecond row
- 6Ferdie BerghFlanker
- 7Ebbo BastardFlanker
- 8George Van ReenenNumber 8
- 9Pierre De VilliersScrum-half
- 10Danie CravenFly-half
- 11Dai WilliamsWing
- 12Louis BabrowCentre
- 13Jimmy WhiteCentre
- 14Pat LysterWing
- 15Freddy TurnerFull-back
Match officials
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Context
All-time, New Zealand 64–46 South Africa, 4 drawn in 114 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
New Zealand going in
South Africa going in
- Previous meeting: 1 September 1928, New Zealand 13–5 South Africa
- Next meeting on record: 4 September 1937
Also on this day
Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.