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Full time23 May 1964
South Africa
24–3
Wales
ABSA Stadium, Durban, South Africa · Tour 1964Head-to-head

South Africa won by 21 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Keith Oxlee2–0
  2. –CSouth Africa conversion · Keith Oxlee4–0
  3. –CSouth Africa conversion · Keith Oxlee6–0
  4. –PSouth Africa penalty · Keith Oxlee9–0
  5. –PSouth Africa penalty · Keith Oxlee12–0
  6. –TSouth Africa try · Nelie Smith15–0
  7. –TSouth Africa try · Hannes Marais18–0
  8. –TSouth Africa try · Douglas Hopwood21–0
  9. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Lionel Wilson24–0
  10. –PWales penalty · Keith Bradshaw24–3

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Mof MyburghProp
  2. 2Abie MalanHooker
  3. 3Hannes MaraisProp
  4. 4Gawie CarelseSecond row
  5. 5Avril MalanSecond row
  6. 6Frik Du PreezFlanker
  7. 7Tommy BedfordFlanker
  8. 8Douglas HopwoodNumber 8
  9. 9Nelie SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Keith OxleeFly-half
  11. 11Corra DirksenWing
  12. 12Dave StewartCentre
  13. 13John GainsfordCentre
  14. 14Jannie EngelbrechtWing
  15. 15Lionel WilsonFull-back

Wales

  1. 1Denzil WilliamsProp
  2. 2Norman GaleHooker
  3. 3Len CunninghamProp
  4. 4Brian PriceSecond row
  5. 5Brian ThomasSecond row
  6. 6Alun PaskFlanker
  7. 7Dai HaywardFlanker
  8. 8John MantleNumber 8
  9. 9Clive RowlandsScrum-half
  10. 10David WatkinsFly-half
  11. 11Dewi BebbWing
  12. 12Keith BradshawCentre
  13. 13John DawesCentre
  14. 14Ken JonesWing
  15. 15Graham HodgsonFull-back

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Context

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

South Africa going in
Wales 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.