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Index
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)
Position
Player
Province
Age
Prev Tests
Scoring
Loose-head Prop
Chris Koch
Boland
27
12
Hooker
Bertus van der Merwe
Boland
26
0
Tight-head Prop
Jaap Bekker
N-Tvl
30
6
Lock
Salty du Rand
N-Tvl
29
12
Lock
Johan Claassen
W-Tvl
25
1
Flank (C)
Stephen Fry
WP
31
10
Flank
Dawie Ackermann
WP
25
0
1 try
Eighthman
Daan Retief
N-Tvl
30
1
Scrumhalf
Tommy Gentles
WP
21
1
Flyhalf
Clive Ulyate
Tvl
21
1
Left Wing
Tom van Vollenhoven
N-Tvl
20
1
3 tries
Inside Centre
Des Sinclair
Tvl
31
1
Outside Centre
Wilf Rosenberg
Tvl
21
0
1 try
Right Wing
Theuns Briers
WP
26
1
1 try
Full Back
Roy Dryburgh
WP
25
0
1 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