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Full time5 September 1891
South Africa
0–4
British & Irish Lions
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tour 1891Head-to-head

British & Irish Lions won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · A Rotherham
  2. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Randolph Aston
  3. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Bill Maclagan

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Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 15Ben DuffFull-back
  2. Jack HartleyThree-quarter
  3. Japie LouwForward
  4. Charlie ChignellForward
  5. Charles VersfeldThree-quarter
  6. Chubb VigneThree-quarter
  7. Oupa VersfeldForward
  8. William BissetForward
  9. Charlie Van RenenForward
  10. Edward LittleForward
  11. Alf RichardsFly-half
  12. Bob ShandForward
  13. Barry HeatlieForward
  14. Frank GuthrieFly-half
  15. Jim McKendrickForward

British & Irish Lions

  1. 15William MitchellFull-back
  2. Ernest BrometForward
  3. Paul ClaussThree-quarter
  4. E MayfieldForward
  5. T WhittakerForward
  6. Baby HancockForward
  7. Bill MaclaganThree-quarter
  8. A RotherhamFly-half
  9. AA SurteesForward
  10. Randolph AstonThree-quarter
  11. E BrometForward
  12. JF HammondForward
  13. Robert MacMillanForward
  14. William WotherspoonFly-half
  15. R ThompsonForward

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Context

All-time, South Africa 25–18 British & Irish Lions, 6 drawn in 49 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in
British & Irish Lions going in

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.