3 September 1955 | ||||||
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | ||||||
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Captain: Stephen Fry | Referee: Ralph Burmeister (South Africa) | |||||
Coach: Danie Craven | Attendance: 45000 |
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 |
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) |