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Full time27 August 1910
South Africa
3–8
British & Irish Lions
Crusader Ground, Port Elizabeth, South Africa · Tour 1910Head-to-head

British & Irish Lions won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –TSouth Africa try · Wally Mills3–0
  2. –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Cherry Pillman3–2
  3. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · JA Spoors3–5
  4. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Maurice Neale3–8

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Toby MollProp
  2. 2Henry WalkerHooker
  3. 3Bingo BurgerProp
  4. 4Antonie LombardSecond row
  5. 5Cliff RiordanSecond row
  6. 6Noel Howe-BrowneFlanker
  7. 7Gideon RoosFlanker
  8. 8Billy MillarNumber 8
  9. 9Clive Van RyneveldScrum-half
  10. 10Freddie LuytFly-half
  11. 11Wally MillsWing
  12. 12Dick LuytCentre
  13. 13Dirkie De VilliersCentre
  14. 14Carl HahnWing
  15. 15Percy AllportFull-back

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Dyne SmithProp
  2. 2Phil WallerHooker
  3. 3Tommy SmythProp
  4. 4Harry JarmanSecond row
  5. 5Robert StevensonSecond row
  6. 6Frank HandfordFlanker
  7. 7TJ RichardsFlanker
  8. 8Jim WebbNumber 8
  9. 9GAM IsherwoodScrum-half
  10. 10Cherry PillmanFly-half
  11. 11Maurice NealeWing
  12. 12JA SpoorsCentre
  13. 13Jack JonesCentre
  14. 14Alexander FosterWing
  15. 15SH WilliamsFull-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.