| South Africa |
| 8 |
| Britain |
| 17 |
| 22 August 1896 | ||||||
| Wanderers (Old Wanderers), Johannesburg | ||||||
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| Captain: Ferdie Aston | Referee: Gordon Beves (South Africa) | |||||
| Attendance: 5000 | ||||||
| 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 |
 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 |