4 August 1956 | ||||||
Athletic Park, Wellington | ||||||
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Captain: Basie Vivier | Referee: Francis Parkinson (New Zealand) | |||||
Coach: Danie Craven | Attendance: 47500 |
Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
Loose-head Prop | Chris Koch | Boland | 28 | 16 | |
Hooker | Bertus van der Merwe | Boland | 27 | 6 | |
Tight-head Prop | Jaap Bekker | N-Tvl | 31 | 12 | |
Lock | Salty du Rand | N-Tvl | 30 | 18 | 1 try |
Lock | Johan Claassen | W-Tvl | 26 | 7 | |
Flank | Butch Lochner | WP | 25 | 4 | |
Flank | Daan Retief | N-Tvl | 31 | 6 | 1 try |
Eighthman | Jan Pickard | WP | 28 | 2 | |
Scrumhalf | Tommy Gentles | WP | 22 | 3 | |
Flyhalf | Clive Ulyate | Tvl | 22 | 5 | |
Left Wing | Paul Johnstone | Tvl | 26 | 7 | |
Inside Centre | Ian Kirkpatrick | Griquas | 26 | 1 | |
Outside Centre | Jeremy Nel | WP | 21 | 3 | |
Right Wing | Theuns Briers | WP | 27 | 4 | |
Full Back (C) | Basie Vivier | OFS | 29 | 2 | 1 conversion |
New Zealand: 1 try |
Team for the Wellington test: Back: Clive Ulyate, Ian Kirkpatrick, James Starke (didn't play), Butch Lochner, Johan Claassen, Dr Danie Craven (manager/coach), Jan Pickard, Jeremy Nel, Theuns Briers, Daan Retief Front: Tommy Gentles, Chris Koch, Salty du Rand, Basie Viviers (captain), Bertus van der Merwe, Jaap Bekker, Paul Johnstone |