Full time4 August 1962
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tour 1962Head-to-head
South Africa won by 5 points.
Scoring
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Keith Oxlee2–0
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Keith Oxlee5–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Keith Oxlee8–0
- –DBritish & Irish Lions drop goal · Richard Sharp8–3
Line-ups
South Africa
- 1Fanie KuhnProp
- 2Abie MalanHooker
- 3Chris BezuidenhoudtProp
- 4Gideon van ZylSecond row
- 5Frik Du PreezSecond row
- 6Johan ClaassenFlanker
- 7Hannes BothaFlanker
- 8Douglas HopwoodNumber 8
- 9Dawie De VilliersScrum-half
- 10Keith OxleeFly-half
- 11Jannie EngelbrechtWing
- 12John GainsfordCentre
- 13Wang WynessCentre
- 14Mannetjies RouxWing
- 15Lionel WilsonFull-back
British & Irish Lions
- 1Syd MillarProp
- 2Bryn MeredithHooker
- 3Kingsley JonesProp
- 4Haydn MorganSecond row
- 5Willie John McBrideSecond row
- 6Bill MulcahyFlanker
- 7Alun PaskFlanker
- 8Mike Campbell-LamertonNumber 8
- 9Dickie JeepsScrum-half
- 10Richard SharpFly-half
- 11Arthur SmithWing
- 12Ken JonesCentre
- 13Mike WestonCentre
- 14Dewi BebbWing
- 15Tom KiernanFull-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: 21 July 1962, South Africa 3–0 British & Irish Lions
- Next meeting on record: 25 August 1962
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.