Today in SA sports history: July 26

1955 — Trevor Goddard and Hugh Tayfield each take five wickets to bowl out England for 256 in the fourth Test in Leeds, as SA win by 224 runs and level the five-match series at 2-2. Opening batsman Jackie McGlew scored 133 and Russell Endean 116, as the visitors took control in the second innings, scoring 500.

1958 — France tour SA for the first time, holding the Springboks to a 3-3 draw at Newlands in the opening Test. Bok eighthman Butch Lochner scored the only try of the match, which was unconverted, and scrumhalf Pierre Danos landed a drop...