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Full time10 September 1938
South Africa
16–21
British & Irish Lions
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tour 1938Head-to-head

British & Irish Lions won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Freddy Turner2–0
  2. –CSouth Africa conversion · Freddy Turner4–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Freddy Turner7–0
  4. –TSouth Africa try · Johnny Bester10–0
  5. –TSouth Africa try · Freddy Turner13–0
  6. –TSouth Africa try · Jan Lotz16–0
  7. –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Henry McKibbin16–2
  8. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Henry McKibbin16–5
  9. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Elvet Jones16–8
  10. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · GT Dancer16–11
  11. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Peter Duff16–14
  12. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Robert Alexander16–17
  13. –DBritish & Irish Lions drop goal · Charles Grieve16–21

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. 13Freddy TurnerCentre
  14. 14Johnny BesterWing
  15. 15George SmithFull-back

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Charles GravesProp
  2. 2Bunner TraversHooker
  3. 3GT DancerProp
  4. 4Peter DuffSecond row
  5. 5Samuel WalkerSecond row
  6. 6Robert MayneFlanker
  7. 7Robert AlexanderFlanker
  8. 8John WatersNumber 8
  9. 9George MorganScrum-half
  10. 10George CromeyFly-half
  11. 11Elvet JonesWing
  12. 12Henry McKibbinCentre
  13. 13James GilesCentre
  14. 14Vesey BoyleWing
  15. 15Charles GrieveFull-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.