Full time13 September 1924
Crusader Ground, Port Elizabeth, South Africa · Tour 1924Head-to-head
A draw.
Scoring
- –TSouth Africa try · Jack Van Druten3–0
- –TBritish & Irish Lions try · William Cunningham3–3
Line-ups
South Africa
- 1Bertram VanderplankProp
- 2Theuns KrugerHooker
- 3Frank MellishProp
- 4Paul La GrangeSecond row
- 5Nic Du PlessisSecond row
- 6Alf WalkerFlanker
- 7Mervyn EllisFlanker
- 8Jack Van DrutenNumber 8
- 9Dauncie DevineScrum-half
- 10Bennie OslerFly-half
- 11Kenny StarkeWing
- 12Pierre AlbertynCentre
- 13Sas De KockCentre
- 14Jack SlaterWing
- 15Nico BosmanFull-back
British & Irish Lions
- 1Ronald Cove-SmithProp
- 2Arthur BlakistonHooker
- 3Neil MacphersonProp
- 4Douglas DaviesSecond row
- 5Bob HowieSecond row
- 6Jim McVickerFlanker
- 7Robert HendersonFlanker
- 8Tom VoyceNumber 8
- 9Herbert WhitleyScrum-half
- 10William CunninghamFly-half
- 11Stanley HarrisWing
- 12Vince GriffithsCentre
- 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: 23 August 1924, South Africa 17–0 British & Irish Lions
- Next meeting on record: 20 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.