Full time5 January 1952
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1951Head-to-head
South Africa won by 5 points.
Scoring
- –TEngland try · Christopher Winn3–0
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Hennie Muller3–2
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Hennie Muller3–5
- –TSouth Africa try · Fonnie Du Toit3–8
Line-ups
England
- 1Robert StirlingProp
- 2Eric EvansHooker
- 3Walter HolmesProp
- 4Donald WhiteSecond row
- 5John MatthewsSecond row
- 6Dennis WilkinsFlanker
- 7Alec LewisFlanker
- 8John Kendall-CarpenterNumber 8
- 9Gordon RimmerScrum-half
- 10Nim HallFly-half
- 11Christopher WinnWing
- 12Lewis CannellCentre
- 13Albert AgarCentre
- 14Ted WoodwardWing
- 15William HookFull-back
South Africa
- 1Chris KochProp
- 2Willa DelportHooker
- 3Jaap BekkerProp
- 4Basie van WykSecond row
- 5Salty Du RandSecond row
- 6Ernst DinkelmannFlanker
- 7Stephen FryFlanker
- 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, England 16–30 South Africa, 2 drawn in 48 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
England going in
South Africa going in
- Previous meeting: 2 January 1932, England 0–7 South Africa
- Next meeting on record: 7 January 1961
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.