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Full time20 September 1924
South Africa
16–9
British & Irish Lions
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tour 1924Head-to-head

South Africa won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –TSouth Africa try · Jack Bester3–0
  2. –TSouth Africa try · Jack Slater6–0
  3. –TSouth Africa try · Kenny Starke9–0
  4. –TSouth Africa try · Kenny Starke12–0
  5. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Kenny Starke16–0
  6. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Tom Voyce16–3
  7. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Stanley Harris16–6
  8. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Tom Voyce16–9

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Bertram VanderplankProp
  2. 2Theuns KrugerHooker
  3. 3Frank MellishProp
  4. 4Paul La GrangeSecond row
  5. 5Phil MostertSecond row
  6. 6Alf WalkerFlanker
  7. 7Mervyn EllisFlanker
  8. 8Jack Van DrutenNumber 8
  9. 9Pally TruterScrum-half
  10. 10Bennie OslerFly-half
  11. 11Kenny StarkeWing
  12. 12Pierre AlbertynCentre
  13. 13Jack BesterCentre
  14. 14Jack SlaterWing
  15. 15Nico BosmanFull-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. 7Robert HendersonFlanker
  8. 8Tom VoyceNumber 8
  9. 9Herbert WhitleyScrum-half
  10. 10Herbert WaddellFly-half
  11. 11Stanley HarrisWing
  12. 12Vince GriffithsCentre
  13. 13Roy KinnearCentre
  14. 14Rowe HardingWing
  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.