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Full time12 September 1903
South Africa
8–0
British & Irish Lions
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tour 1903Head-to-head

South Africa won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Barry Heatlie2–0
  2. –TSouth Africa try · Joe Barry5–0
  3. –TSouth Africa try · Alexander Reid8–0

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Alexander ReidProp
  2. 2Willie McEwanHooker
  3. 3Paul RoosProp
  4. 4Joe AndersonSecond row
  5. 5Pieter NelSecond row
  6. 6J BothaFlanker
  7. 7Barry HeatlieFlanker
  8. 8Charlie BrownNumber 8
  9. 9Tommy HobsonScrum-half
  10. 10Hugh FerrisFly-half
  11. 11Bob LoubserWing
  12. 12Paddy CarolinCentre
  13. 13Japie KrigeCentre
  14. 14Joe BarryWing
  15. 15Willie Van RenenFull-back

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Mark MorrisonProp
  2. 2William ScottHooker
  3. 3William CaveProp
  4. 4Alf TedfordSecond row
  5. 5Robertson SmythSecond row
  6. 6Frank StoutFlanker
  7. 7Jos WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Thomas GibsonNumber 8
  9. 9Patrick HancockScrum-half
  10. 10Johnnie GillespieFly-half
  11. 11GF CollettWing
  12. 12LL GreigCentre
  13. 13Reg SkrimshireCentre
  14. 14EF WalkerWing
  15. 15Robert NeillFull-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.