20 August 1955 | ||||||
Newlands, Cape Town | ||||||
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Captain: Stephen Fry | Referee: Mike Slabber (South Africa) | |||||
Coach: Danie Craven | Attendance: 52000 |
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 |
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 |