Great Britain tour - Johannesburg, 22 August 1896
South Africa (0) 8 - 17 (5) Great Britain (FT)

Teams

South Africa Great Britain
Tries Samuels 2 Tries Crean, Hancock, Todd
Cons Cope Cons Byrne 2
Drops none Drops Mackie

Notes

 
Result Great Britain won by a margin of 9 points
 
Ground name Wanderers Ground, Johannesburg
Attendance 5000
 
Referee G Beves
 
South Africa Test debuts JB Andrew, AM Beswick, DG Cope, JH Crosby, CE Devenish, GSL Devenish, HH Forbes, A Larard, TB Mellet, TA Samuels, WS Taberer
Great Britain Test debuts SP Bell, JM Magee
 
Points scoring rules try 3, conversion 2, penalty goal 3, drop goal 4, goal from a mark 4