Full time17 September 1949
Crusader Ground, Port Elizabeth, South Africa · Tour 1949Head-to-head
South Africa won by 3 points.
Scoring
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Okey Geffin2–0
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Okey Geffin5–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Fonnie Du Toit8–0
- –DSouth Africa drop goal · Hansie Brewis11–0
- –CNew Zealand conversion · Bob Scott11–2
- –TNew Zealand try · Peter Johnstone11–5
- –TNew Zealand try · Ron Elvidge11–8
Line-ups
South Africa
- 1Chris KochProp
- 2Jorrie JordaanHooker
- 3Okey GeffinProp
- 4Willem BarnardSecond row
- 5Bubbles KochSecond row
- 6Piet MalanFlanker
- 7Basil KenyonFlanker
- 8Hennie MullerNumber 8
- 9Fonnie Du ToitScrum-half
- 10Hansie BrewisFly-half
- 11Cecil MossWing
- 12Tjol LateganCentre
- 13Ryk Van SchoorCentre
- 14Carrots GeraghtyWing
- 15Jack Van der SchyffFull-back
New Zealand
- 1Johnny SimpsonProp
- 2Has CatleyHooker
- 3Kevin SkinnerProp
- 4Lester HarveySecond row
- 5Charlie WillocksSecond row
- 6Patrick CrowleyFlanker
- 7Peter JohnstoneFlanker
- 8Desmond ChristianNumber 8
- 9Laurence SavageScrum-half
- 10Graham DelamoreFly-half
- 11William MeatesWing
- 12Morrie GoddardCentre
- 13Ron ElvidgeCentre
- 14Peter HendersonWing
- 15Bob ScottFull-back
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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: 3 September 1949, South Africa 9–3 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 14 July 1956
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.