TheBreakdown
Full time4 January 1913
England
3–9
South Africa
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1912Head-to-head

South Africa won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –TEngland try · Ronald Poulton3–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Dougie Morkel3–3
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Dougie Morkel3–6
  4. –TSouth Africa try · Jacky Morkel3–9

Line-ups

England

  1. 9William CheesmanScrum-half
  2. 10Dave DaviesFly-half
  3. 11Vincent CoatesWing
  4. 12Ronald PoultonCentre
  5. 13Fred StoopCentre
  6. 14Cyril LoweWing
  7. 15William JohnstonFull-back
  8. Norman WodehouseForward
  9. Sidney SmartForward
  10. John RitsonForward
  11. Alf KewneyForward
  12. Cherry PillmanForward
  13. Jenny GreenwoodForward
  14. John KingForward
  15. Bruno BrownForward

South Africa

  1. 9John McCullochScrum-half
  2. 10Freddie LuytFly-half
  3. 11Jan StegmannWing
  4. 12Jacky MorkelCentre
  5. 13Dick LuytCentre
  6. 14Boetie McHardyWing
  7. 15Gerhard MorkelFull-back
  8. Joe FrancisForward
  9. Baby ShumForward
  10. Dougie MorkelForward
  11. Saturday KnightForward
  12. Boy MorkelForward
  13. Tom van VuurenForward
  14. Sep LedgerForward
  15. John LuytForward

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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.