20 August 1955
Newlands, Cape Town
South Africa
25
Britain
9
Captain: Stephen Fry Referee: Mike Slabber (South Africa)
Coach: Danie Craven Attendance: 52,000
Team - Combined caps: 47 (starting 15)
PositionPlayerProvinceAgePrev TestsScoring
Loose-head Prop Chris Koch Boland 2712 
Hooker Bertus van der Merwe Boland 260 
Tight-head Prop Jaap Bekker N-Tvl 306 
Lock Salty du Rand N-Tvl 2912 
Lock Johan Claassen W-Tvl 251 
Flank (C) Stephen Fry WP 3110 
Flank Dawie Ackermann WP 2501 try
Eighthman Daan Retief N-Tvl 301 
Scrumhalf Tommy Gentles WP 211 
Flyhalf Clive Ulyate Tvl 211 
Left Wing Tom van Vollenhoven N-Tvl 2013 tries
Inside Centre Des Sinclair Tvl 311 
Outside Centre Wilf Rosenberg Tvl 2101 try
Right Wing Theuns Briers WP 2611 try
Full Back Roy Dryburgh WP 2501 try, 2 conversions
Britain: 2 tries, 1 penalty
Match pictures:
Team for the Newlands test
Back: Roy Dryburgh, Daan Retief, Theuns Briers, Johan Claassen, Dawie Ackermann, Chris Koch, Jaap Bekker, Wilf Rosenberg
Seated: Clive Ulyate, Salty du Rand (vice captain), Boy Louw (manager), Stephen Fry (captain), dr Danie Craven (coach), Des Sinclair, Bertus van der Merwe
Front: Tommy Gentles, Tom van Vollenhoven