Full time3 September 1949
Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa · Tour 1949Head-to-head
South Africa won by 6 points.
Scoring
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Okey Geffin3–0
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Okey Geffin6–0
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Okey Geffin9–0
- –TNew Zealand try · Morrie Goddard9–3
Line-ups
South Africa
- 1Chris KochProp
- 2Jorrie JordaanHooker
- 3Okey GeffinProp
- 4Felix Du PlessisSecond row
- 5Flip GeelSecond row
- 6Salty Du RandFlanker
- 7Bubbles KochFlanker
- 8Hennie MullerNumber 8
- 9Fonnie Du ToitScrum-half
- 10Hansie BrewisFly-half
- 11Floors DuvenageWing
- 12Tjol LateganCentre
- 13Ryk Van SchoorCentre
- 14Cecil MossWing
- 15Jack Van der SchyffFull-back
New Zealand
- 1Johnny SimpsonProp
- 2Has CatleyHooker
- 3Kevin SkinnerProp
- 4Lester HarveySecond row
- 5Charlie WillocksSecond row
- 6Patrick CrowleyFlanker
- 7Jack McNabFlanker
- 8Morrie McHughNumber 8
- 9Neville BlackScrum-half
- 10Jim KearneyFly-half
- 11Peter HendersonWing
- 12Morrie GoddardCentre
- 13Ron ElvidgeCentre
- 14William MeatesWing
- 15Bob ScottFull-back
Match officials
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Context
All-time, South Africa 46–64 New Zealand, 4 drawn in 114 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
South Africa going in
New Zealand going in
- Previous meeting: 13 August 1949, South Africa 12–6 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 17 September 1949
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.