TheBreakdown
Full time23 November 1912
Scotland
0–16
South Africa
Inverleith, Edinburgh, Scotland · Tour 1912Head-to-head

South Africa won by 16 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Gerhard Morkel0–2
  2. –CSouth Africa conversion · Dougie Morkel0–4
  3. –TSouth Africa try · Boetie McHardy0–7
  4. –TSouth Africa try · Jan Stegmann0–10
  5. –TSouth Africa try · Jan Stegmann0–13
  6. –TSouth Africa try · Boy Morkel0–16

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1John ScottProp
  2. 2Lewis RobertsonHooker
  3. 3David BainProp
  4. 4Frederick TurnerSecond row
  5. 5Patrick BlairSecond row
  6. 6William PurvesFlanker
  7. 7David HowieFlanker
  8. 8John DobsonNumber 8
  9. 9Eric MilroyScrum-half
  10. 10James BoydFly-half
  11. 11Walter SutherlandWing
  12. 12Alexander GunnCentre
  13. 13Alexander AngusCentre
  14. 14James PearsonWing
  15. 15Walter DicksonFull-back

South Africa

  1. 1Dougie MorkelProp
  2. 2Tom van VuurenHooker
  3. 3Gerald ThompsonProp
  4. 4Saturday KnightSecond row
  5. 5Boy MorkelSecond row
  6. 6Sep LedgerFlanker
  7. 7Joe FrancisFlanker
  8. 8John LuytNumber 8
  9. 9Uncle DobbinScrum-half
  10. 10Freddie LuytFly-half
  11. 11Jan StegmannWing
  12. 12Jacky MorkelCentre
  13. 13Dick LuytCentre
  14. 14Boetie McHardyWing
  15. 15Gerhard MorkelFull-back

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Context

All-time, Scotland 5–26 South Africa in 31 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland going in
South Africa 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.