8 June 1974
Newlands, Cape Town
South Africa
3
Britain
12
Captain: Hannes Marais Referee: Max Baise (South Africa)
Coach: Johan Claassen Attendance: 45,000
Team - Combined caps: 104 (starting 15)
PositionPlayerProvinceAgePrev TestsScoring
Loose-head Prop Sakkie Sauermann Tvl 294 
Hooker Piston van Wyk N-Tvl 3010 
Tight-head Prop (C) Hannes Marais EP 3229 
Lock Kevin de Klerk Tvl 240 
Lock John Williams N-Tvl 276 
Flank Boland Coetzee WP 290 
Flank Jan Ellis SWA 3231 
Eighthman Morné du Plessis WP 243 
Scrumhalf Roy McCallum WP 280 
Flyhalf Dawie Snyman WP 2411 dropgoal
Left Wing Gert Muller Tvl 2611 
Inside Centre Peter Whipp WP 230 
Outside Centre Johan Oosthuizen WP 220 
Right Wing Chris Pope WP 210 
Full Back Ian McCallum Natal 299 
Britain: 3 penalties, 1 dropgoal
Match pictures:
Team for the first test
Back: Gerald Bosch, Roy McCallum, Dugald MacDonald, Jan-Boland Coetzee, Johan Oosthuizen, Peter Whipp, Gerrie Germishuys
Middle: Dawie Snyman, Paul Bayvel, André Bestbier, Sakkie Sauermann, Kevin de Klerk, Morné du Plessis, Chris Pope, Rampie Stander
Front: Piston van Wyk, Gert Muller, Ian McCallum, Johan Claassen (coach), Hannes Marais (captain), Frances Mellish (Western Province liaison), Ian Kirkpatrick (manager), Jan Ellis, John Williams