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Full time14 December 1912
Wales
0–3
South Africa
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 1912Head-to-head

South Africa won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –PSouth Africa penalty · Dougie Morkel0–3

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Glyn StephensProp
  2. 2Fred PerrettHooker
  3. 3Harry WetterProp
  4. 4Percy JonesSecond row
  5. 5Frank AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Rees ThomasFlanker
  7. 7Johnnie MorganFlanker
  8. 8Bert HollingdaleNumber 8
  9. 9Tommy VileScrum-half
  10. 10Horace ThomasFly-half
  11. 11Reg PlummerWing
  12. 12Billy SpillerCentre
  13. 13Fred BirtCentre
  14. 14Billy GeenWing
  15. 15Robbie WilliamsFull-back

South Africa

  1. 1Billy MillarProp
  2. 2Boy MorkelHooker
  3. 3Gerald ThompsonProp
  4. 4Tom van VuurenSecond row
  5. 5Dougie MorkelSecond row
  6. 6Saturday KnightFlanker
  7. 7John LuytFlanker
  8. 8Joe FrancisNumber 8
  9. 9Uncle DobbinScrum-half
  10. 10Freddie LuytFly-half
  11. 11Boetie McHardyWing
  12. 12Jacky MorkelCentre
  13. 13Dick LuytCentre
  14. 14Jan StegmannWing
  15. 15Gerhard MorkelFull-back

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Context

All-time, Wales 7–37 South Africa, 1 drawn in 45 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Wales going in
South Africa 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.