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Full time5 September 1896
South Africa
5–0
British & Irish Lions
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tour 1896Head-to-head

South Africa won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Tommy Hepburn2–0
  2. –TSouth Africa try · Arthur Larard5–0

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Paul ScottProp
  2. 2Barry HeatlieHooker
  3. 3Peter DormehlProp
  4. 4Charlie Van RenenSecond row
  5. 5Allan BeswickSecond row
  6. 6Broekie Van BroekhuizenFlanker
  7. 7Paul de WaalFlanker
  8. 8Patats CloeteNumber 8
  9. 9Tommy EtlingerScrum-half
  10. 10Arthur LarardFly-half
  11. 11Percy Twentyman JonesWing
  12. 12Tommy HepburnCentre
  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. 8JF HammondNumber 8
  9. 9Louis MageeScrum-half
  10. 10SP BellFly-half
  11. 11Jim MageeWing
  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
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.