Full time7 January 1961
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1960Head-to-head
South Africa won by 5 points.
Scoring
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Frik Du Preez0–2
- –TSouth Africa try · Douglas Hopwood0–5
Line-ups
England
- 1Charles JacobsProp
- 2Stanley HodgsonHooker
- 3Tom WrightProp
- 4David MarquesSecond row
- 5John CurrieSecond row
- 6Laurie RimmerFlanker
- 7Peter RobbinsFlanker
- 8William MorganNumber 8
- 9Dickie JeepsScrum-half
- 10Bev RismanFly-half
- 11Jim RobertsWing
- 12Mike WestonCentre
- 13Bill PattersonCentre
- 14John YoungWing
- 15Don RutherfordFull-back
South Africa
- 1Fanie KuhnProp
- 2Abie MalanHooker
- 3Spiere Du ToitProp
- 4Avril MalanSecond row
- 5Johan ClaassenSecond row
- 6Gideon van ZylFlanker
- 7Frik Du PreezFlanker
- 8Douglas HopwoodNumber 8
- 9Pieter UysScrum-half
- 10Dave StewartFly-half
- 11John GainsfordWing
- 12Ian KirkpatrickCentre
- 13Hennie van ZylCentre
- 14Jannie EngelbrechtWing
- 15Lionel WilsonFull-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: 5 January 1952, England 3–8 South Africa
- Next meeting on record: 20 December 1969
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.