Full time23 August 1924
Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tour 1924Head-to-head
South Africa won by 17 points.
Scoring
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Bennie Osler2–0
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Bennie Osler5–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Pierre Albertyn8–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Kenny Starke11–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Phil Mostert14–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Jack Van Druten17–0
Line-ups
South Africa
- 1Phil MostertProp
- 2Theuns KrugerHooker
- 3Frank MellishProp
- 4Cecil PaynSecond row
- 5Nic Du PlessisSecond row
- 6Alf WalkerFlanker
- 7Mervyn EllisFlanker
- 8Jack Van DrutenNumber 8
- 9Pally TruterScrum-half
- 10Bennie OslerFly-half
- 11Kenny StarkeWing
- 12Pierre AlbertynCentre
- 13Jack BesterCentre
- 14Hans AucampWing
- 15Nico BosmanFull-back
British & Irish Lions
- 1Ronald Cove-SmithProp
- 2Arthur BlakistonHooker
- 3Neil MacphersonProp
- 4Douglas DaviesSecond row
- 5Bob HowieSecond row
- 6Kellie HendrieFlanker
- 7Douglas Marsden JonesFlanker
- 8Michael BradleyNumber 8
- 9Arthur YoungScrum-half
- 10Herbert WaddellFly-half
- 11Ian SmithWing
- 12Harold DaviesCentre
- 13Roy KinnearCentre
- 14Rowe HardingWing
- 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
- Previous meeting: 16 August 1924, South Africa 7–3 British & Irish Lions
- Next meeting on record: 13 September 1924
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.