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3 September 1955
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
South Africa
6
Britain
9
Captain:
Stephen Fry
Referee:
Ralph Burmeister (South Africa)
Coach:
Danie Craven
Attendance: 45,000
Team - Combined caps: 58 (starting 15)
Position
Player
Province
Age
Prev Tests
Scoring
Loose-head Prop
Chris Koch
Boland
27
13
Hooker
Bertus van der Merwe
Boland
26
1
Tight-head Prop
Jaap Bekker
N-Tvl
30
7
Lock
Salty du Rand
N-Tvl
29
13
Lock
Johan Claassen
W-Tvl
25
2
Flank (C)
Stephen Fry
WP
31
11
Flank
Dawie Ackermann
WP
25
1
Eighthman
Butch Lochner
WP
24
0
Scrumhalf
Popeye Strydom
OFS
23
0
Flyhalf
Clive Ulyate
Tvl
21
2
Left Wing
Tom van Vollenhoven
N-Tvl
20
2
Inside Centre
Des Sinclair
Tvl
31
2
Outside Centre
Wilf Rosenberg
Tvl
21
1
Right Wing
Theuns Briers
WP
26
2
Full Back
Roy Dryburgh
WP
25
1
2 penalties
Britain: 1 try, 1 penalty, 1 dropgoal
Match pictures:
Team for the Pretoria test
Back
:
Daan Retief
(
didn't play
),
Johan Claassen
,
Dawie Ackermann
Standing
:
Clive Ulyate
,
Theuns Briers
,
Jaap Bekker
,
Bertus van der Merwe
,
Roy Dryburgh
,
Des Sinclair
Seated
:
Chris Koch
, Joe Nykamp (
manager
),
Stephen Fry
(
captain
),
dr Danie Craven
(
coach
),
Salty du Rand
(
vice captain
)
Front
:
Tom van Vollenhoven
,
Popeye Strydom
,
Wilf Rosenberg
Inset
:
Butch Lochner
(
replaced
Daan Retief
)