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Full time3 September 1955
South Africa
6–9
British & Irish Lions
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa · Tour 1955Head-to-head

British & Irish Lions won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –PSouth Africa penalty · Roy Dryburgh3–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Roy Dryburgh6–0
  3. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Douglas Baker6–3
  4. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Jeff Butterfield6–6
  5. –DBritish & Irish Lions drop goal · Jeff Butterfield6–9

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Chris KochProp
  2. 2Bertus Van der MerweHooker
  3. 3Jaap BekkerProp
  4. 4Stephen FrySecond row
  5. 5Salty Du RandSecond row
  6. 6Johan ClaassenFlanker
  7. 7Dawie AckermannFlanker
  8. 8Butch LochnerNumber 8
  9. 9Popeye StrydomScrum-half
  10. 10Clive UlyateFly-half
  11. 11Theuns BriersWing
  12. 12Wilf RosenbergCentre
  13. 13Des SinclairCentre
  14. 14Tom Van VollenhovenWing
  15. 15Roy DryburghFull-back

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Billy WilliamsProp
  2. 2Bryn MeredithHooker
  3. 3Courtenay MeredithProp
  4. 4Clem ThomasSecond row
  5. 5Rhys WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Thomas ReidFlanker
  7. 7James GreenwoodFlanker
  8. 8Russell RobinsNumber 8
  9. 9Dickie JeepsScrum-half
  10. 10Cliff MorganFly-half
  11. 11Tony O'ReillyWing
  12. 12William DaviesCentre
  13. 13Jeff ButterfieldCentre
  14. 14Gareth GriffithsWing
  15. 15Douglas BakerFull-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.