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Full time6 August 1938
South Africa
26–12
British & Irish Lions
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tour 1938Head-to-head

South Africa won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Gerry Brand2–0
  2. –CSouth Africa conversion · Gerry Brand4–0
  3. –CSouth Africa conversion · Gerry Brand6–0
  4. –CSouth Africa conversion · Gerry Brand8–0
  5. –PSouth Africa penalty · Gerry Brand11–0
  6. –PSouth Africa penalty · Gerry Brand14–0
  7. –TSouth Africa try · Dai Williams17–0
  8. –TSouth Africa try · Fanie Louw20–0
  9. –TSouth Africa try · Dai Williams23–0
  10. –TSouth Africa try · Tony Harris26–0
  11. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Viv Jenkins26–3
  12. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Viv Jenkins26–6
  13. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Russell Taylor26–9
  14. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Viv Jenkins26–12

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Fanie LouwProp
  2. 2Jan LotzHooker
  3. 3Boy LouwProp
  4. 4Ben Du ToitSecond row
  5. 5Ferdie BerghSecond row
  6. 6Roger SheriffFlanker
  7. 7Ebbo BastardFlanker
  8. 8Louis StrachanNumber 8
  9. 9Danie CravenScrum-half
  10. 10Tony HarrisFly-half
  11. 11Dai WilliamsWing
  12. 12Pieter De WetCentre
  13. 13Flappie LochnerCentre
  14. 14Freddy TurnerWing
  15. 15Gerry BrandFull-back

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1George MorganProp
  2. 2Charles GravesHooker
  3. 3GT DancerProp
  4. 4Russell TaylorSecond row
  5. 5Samuel WalkerSecond row
  6. 6Robert MayneFlanker
  7. 7Robert AlexanderFlanker
  8. 8WG HowardNumber 8
  9. 9James GilesScrum-half
  10. 10Frank ReynoldsFly-half
  11. 11Elvet JonesWing
  12. 12Henry McKibbinCentre
  13. 13Duncan MacraeCentre
  14. 14Jimmy UnwinWing
  15. 15Viv JenkinsFull-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.