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Full time16 August 1924
South Africa
7–3
British & Irish Lions
Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa · Tour 1924Head-to-head

South Africa won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –TSouth Africa try · Hans Aucamp3–0
  2. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Bennie Osler7–0
  3. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Arthur Blakiston7–3

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Phil MostertProp
  2. 2Theuns KrugerHooker
  3. 3Frank MellishProp
  4. 4Cecil PaynSecond row
  5. 5Nic Du PlessisSecond row
  6. 6Alf WalkerFlanker
  7. 7Mervyn EllisFlanker
  8. 8Jack Van DrutenNumber 8
  9. 9Champion MyburghScrum-half
  10. 10Bennie OslerFly-half
  11. 11Kenny StarkeWing
  12. 12Pierre AlbertynCentre
  13. 13Wally ClarksonCentre
  14. 14Hans AucampWing
  15. 15Jackie TindallFull-back

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Ronald Cove-SmithProp
  2. 2Arthur BlakistonHooker
  3. 3Neil MacphersonProp
  4. 4Douglas DaviesSecond row
  5. 5Bob HowieSecond row
  6. 6Jim McVickerFlanker
  7. 7Douglas Marsden JonesFlanker
  8. 8Thomas BrandNumber 8
  9. 9Herbert WhitleyScrum-half
  10. 10Herbert WaddellFly-half
  11. 11Ian SmithWing
  12. 12RB MaxwellCentre
  13. 13Roy KinnearCentre
  14. 14W WallaceWing
  15. 15Dan DrysdaleFull-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.