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22 August 1896
Wanderers (Old Wanderers), Johannesburg
South Africa
8
Britain
17
Captain:
Ferdie Aston
Referee:
Gordon Beves (South Africa)
Attendance: 5,000
Team - Combined caps: 4 (starting 15)
Position
Player
Province
Age
Prev Tests
Scoring
Forward
Toski Smith
Tvl
25
1
Forward
Jim Crosby
Tvl
23
0
Forward
Charlie Devenish
Griquas
22
0
Forward
Allan Beswick
Border
26
0
Forward
Tom Mellett
Griquas
24
0
Forward
Ben Andrew
Tvl
26
0
Forward
Scraps Wessels
WP
21
1
Forward
Paul Scott
Tvl
23
1
Halfback
Long George Devenish
Tvl
25
0
Halfback
Alf Larard
Tvl
25
0
Left Wing
Theo Samuels
Griquas
23
0
2 tries
Inside Centre
Spanner Forbes
Tvl
23
0
Outside Centre
Bill Taberer
Griquas
24
0
Right Wing (C)
Ferdie Aston
Tvl
24
1
Full Back
Davey Cope
Tvl
19
0
1 conversion
Britain: 3 tries, 2 conversions, 1 dropgoal
Match pictures:
Team for the second test
Back
:
Davey Cope
,
Allan Beswick
,
Jim Crosby
,
Scraps Wessels
,
Theo Samuels
,
Long George Devenish
,
Paul Scott
,
Bill Taberer
Front
:
Ben Andrew
,
Charlie Devenish
,
Alf Larard
,
Ferdie Aston
(
captain
),
Spanner Forbes
,
Toski Smith
,
Tom Mellett