Great Britain tour - Port Elizabeth, 30 July 1896
South Africa (0) 0 - 8 (3) Great Britain (FT)

Notes

 
Result Great Britain won by a margin of 8 points
 
Ground name Crusader's Ground, Port Elizabeth
Attendance 7500
 
Referee HR Kemsley
 
South Africa Test debuts JH Anderson, FTD Aston, MJ Bredenkamp, FW Douglass, HC Gorton, DJ Lyons, PJ Meyer, FR Myburgh, E Olver, PA Scott, PS Twentyman-Jones, JJ Wessels
Great Britain Test debuts CA Boyd, WJ Carey, OG Mackie, W Mortimer, M Mullineux, RC Mullins, AF Todd
 
Points scoring rules try 3, conversion 2, penalty goal 3, drop goal 4, goal from a mark 4