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Full time29 August 1896
South Africa
3–9
British & Irish Lions
Venue not recorded · Tour 1896Head-to-head

British & Irish Lions won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –TSouth Africa try · Percy Twentyman Jones3–0
  2. –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · James Byrne3–2
  3. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Osbert Mackie3–5
  4. –DBritish & Irish Lions drop goal · James Byrne3–9

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Paul ScottProp
  2. 2Scraps WesselsHooker
  3. 3Peter DormehlProp
  4. 4Ted KellySecond row
  5. 5Allan BeswickSecond row
  6. 6Danie TheunissenFlanker
  7. 7Mike BredenkampFlanker
  8. 8Toski SmithNumber 8
  9. 9Bill CottyScrum-half
  10. 10Jackie PowellFly-half
  11. 11Percy Twentyman JonesWing
  12. 12Bertie PowellCentre
  13. 13Biddy AndersonCentre
  14. 14Ferdy AstonWing
  15. 15Theo SamuelsFull-back

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Tommy CreanProp
  2. 2Andrew ClinchHooker
  3. 3James SealyProp
  4. 4WJ CareySecond row
  5. 5Baby HancockSecond row
  6. 6William MortimerFlanker
  7. 7Alexander ToddFlanker
  8. 8RC MullinsNumber 8
  9. 9Louis MageeScrum-half
  10. 10SP BellFly-half
  11. 11Robert JohnstonWing
  12. 12Osbert MackieCentre
  13. 13James ByrneCentre
  14. 14Larry BulgerWing
  15. 15Andrew MearesFull-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
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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.