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Full time8 December 1906
England
3–3
South Africa
Crystal Palace, London, England · Tour 1906Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. –TEngland try · Fred Brooks3–0
  2. –TSouth Africa try · Billy Millar3–3

Line-ups

England

  1. Thomas SimpsonThree-quarter
  2. Raphael JagoFly-half
  3. Thomas KellyForward
  4. Robert DibbleForward
  5. Arnold AlcockForward
  6. John GreenForward
  7. William MillsForward
  8. Lump CartwrightForward
  9. Basil HillForward
  10. Harry ShewringThree-quarter
  11. Adrian StoopFly-half
  12. John BirkettThree-quarter
  13. Cecil ShawForward
  14. Fred BrooksThree-quarter
  15. Edward JackettBack

South Africa

  1. Boy De VilliersThree-quarter
  2. Artie MarsbergThree-quarter
  3. Sommie MorkelForward
  4. Paul RoosForward
  5. Daniel BrinkForward
  6. Billy MillarForward
  7. Dougie MorkelForward
  8. Syd De MelkerThree-quarter
  9. Uncle DobbinFly-half
  10. Mary JacksonFly-half
  11. Steve JoubertBack
  12. Pinkie DaneelForward
  13. Klondyke RaaffForward
  14. Bob LoubserThree-quarter
  15. Pieter Le RouxForward

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Context

All-time, England 16–30 South Africa, 2 drawn in 48 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England 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.