| South Africa |
| 8 |
| Britain |
| 3 |
| 4 August 1962 | ||||||
| Newlands, Cape Town | ||||||
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| Captain: Johan Claassen | Referee: Dr. Bertie Strasheim (South Africa) | |||||
| Coach: Izak van Heerden | Attendance: 55000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Fanie Kuhn | Tvl | 27 | 12 | |
| Hooker | Abie Malan | Tvl | 26 | 9 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Chris Bezuidenhout | N-Tvl | 24 | 1 | |
| Lock | Frik du Preez | N-Tvl | 26 | 6 | |
| Lock (C) | Johan Claassen | W-Tvl | 32 | 26 | |
| Flank | Hugo van Zyl | WP | 29 | 15 | |
| Flank | Hannes Botha | OFS | 25 | 1 | |
| Eighthman | Doug Hopwood | WP | 28 | 12 | |
| Scrumhalf | Dawie de Villiers | WP | 22 | 1 | |
| Flyhalf | Keith Oxlee | Natal | 27 | 11 | 1 try, 1 conversion, 1 penalty |
| Left Wing | Mannetjies Roux | N-Tvl | 23 | 5 | |
| Inside Centre | Wang Wyness | WP | 25 | 2 | |
| Outside Centre | John Gainsford | SWD | 24 | 14 | |
| Right Wing | Jannie Engelbrecht | WP | 23 | 9 | |
| Full Back | Lionel Wilson | WP | 29 | 11 |
| Britain: 1 dropgoal |
 Team for the Newlands Test: Back: Dawie de Villiers, Mannetjies Roux, Lionel Wilson, Chris Bezuidenhout, Fanie Kuhn Middle: John Gainsford, Jannie Engelbrecht, Hannes Botha, Doug Hopwood, Frik du Preez, Wang Wyness Front: Hugo van Zyl, Johan Claassen (captain), Izak van Heerden (manager/coach), Keith Oxlee, Abie Malan |