Full time22 December 1951
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 1951Head-to-head
South Africa won by 3 points.
Scoring
- –TWales try · Bleddyn Williams3–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Chum Ochse3–3
- –DSouth Africa drop goal · Hansie Brewis3–6
Line-ups
Wales
- 1Billy WilliamsProp
- 2Dai DaviesHooker
- 3Don HaywardProp
- 4Roy JohnSecond row
- 5Rees StephensSecond row
- 6Len BlytheFlanker
- 7Allen ForwardFlanker
- 8John GwilliamNumber 8
- 9Rex WillisScrum-half
- 10Cliff MorganFly-half
- 11Lewis JonesWing
- 12Bleddyn WilliamsCentre
- 13Malcolm ThomasCentre
- 14Ken JonesWing
- 15Gerwyn WilliamsFull-back
South Africa
- 1Okey GeffinProp
- 2Willa DelportHooker
- 3Chris KochProp
- 4Willem BarnardSecond row
- 5Salty Du RandSecond row
- 6Stephen FryFlanker
- 7Basie van WykFlanker
- 8Hennie MullerNumber 8
- 9Fonnie Du ToitScrum-half
- 10Hansie BrewisFly-half
- 11Chum OchseWing
- 12Tjol LateganCentre
- 13Ryk Van SchoorCentre
- 14Paul JohnstoneWing
- 15Johnny BuchlerFull-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
- Previous meeting: 5 December 1931, Wales 3–8 South Africa
- Next meeting on record: 3 December 1960
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.