| South Africa |
| 5 |
| Britain |
| 0 |
| 5 September 1896 | ||||||
| Newlands, Cape Town | ||||||
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| Captain: Fairy Heatlie | Referee: Alf Richards (South Africa) | |||||
| Attendance: 3500 | ||||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Forward | Patats Cloete | WP | 23 | 0 | |
| Forward | Paul de Waal | WP | 21 | 0 | |
| Forward | Broekie van Broekhuizen | WP | 24 | 0 | |
| Forward | Allan Beswick | Border | 26 | 2 | |
| Forward | Charlie van Renen | WP | 28 | 2 | |
| Forward | Pieter Dormehl | WP | 23 | 1 | |
| Forward (C) | Fairy Heatlie | WP | 24 | 3 | |
| Forward | Paul Scott | Tvl | 23 | 3 | |
| Halfback | Tommy Etlinger | WP | 23 | 0 | |
| Halfback | Alf Larard | Tvl | 25 | 1 | 1 try |
| Left Wing | Percy Jones | WP | 19 | 2 | |
| Inside Centre | Biddy Anderson | WP | 22 | 2 | |
| Outside Centre | Tommy Hepburn | WP | 24 | 0 | 1 conversion |
| Right Wing | Ferdie Aston | Tvl | 24 | 3 | |
| Full Back | Theo Samuels | Griquas | 23 | 2 |
| Britain: |
 Team for the fourth test (First team to wear green jerseys and to win a test) Back: Paul Scott, Broekie van Broekhuizen, Paul de Waal, Patats Cloete, Allan Beswick, Theo Samuels Middle: Alf Larard, Percy Jones, Fairy Heatlie (captain), Charlie van Renen, Pieter Dormehl Front: Biddy Anderson, Tommy Etlinger, Tommy Hepburn Inset: Ferdie Aston |