Full time30 July 1896
Crusader Ground, Port Elizabeth, South Africa · Tour 1896Head-to-head
British & Irish Lions won by 8 points.
Scoring
- –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · James Byrne0–2
- –TBritish & Irish Lions try · WJ Carey0–5
- –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Larry Bulger0–8
Line-ups
South Africa
- 1Paul ScottProp
- 2Scraps WesselsHooker
- 3Barry HeatlieProp
- 4Charlie Van RenenSecond row
- 5Hubert GortonSecond row
- 6PJ MeyerFlanker
- 7Mike BredenkampFlanker
- 8Frank DouglassNumber 8
- 9Frank GuthrieScrum-half
- 10Francis MyburghFly-half
- 11Percy Twentyman JonesWing
- 12Ferdy AstonCentre
- 13Biddy AndersonCentre
- 14Ernest OlverWing
- 15Dykie LyonsFull-back
British & Irish Lions
- 1Tommy CreanProp
- 2Andrew ClinchHooker
- 3James SealyProp
- 4WJ CareySecond row
- 5Baby HancockSecond row
- 6William MortimerFlanker
- 7Alexander ToddFlanker
- 8RC MullinsNumber 8
- 9Louis MageeScrum-half
- 10Matthew MullineuxFly-half
- 11Robert JohnstonWing
- 12Osbert MackieCentre
- 13James ByrneCentre
- 14Larry BulgerWing
- 15Cecil BoydFull-back
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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
- Previous meeting: 5 September 1891, South Africa 0–4 British & Irish Lions
- Next meeting on record: 22 August 1896
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.