Full time22 August 1953
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tour 1953Head-to-head
South Africa won by 22 points.
Scoring
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Buks Marais2–0
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Johnny Buchler4–0
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Buks Marais7–0
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Johnny Buchler10–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Buks Marais13–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Salty Du Rand16–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Tjol Lategan19–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Hansie Oelofse22–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Hennie Muller25–0
- –PAustralia penalty · Thomas Sweeney25–3
Line-ups
South Africa
- 1Chris KochProp
- 2Willa DelportHooker
- 3Jaap BekkerProp
- 4Salty Du RandSecond row
- 5Ernst DinkelmannSecond row
- 6Basie van WykFlanker
- 7Stephen FryFlanker
- 8Hennie MullerNumber 8
- 9Hansie OelofseScrum-half
- 10Hansie BrewisFly-half
- 11Chum OchseWing
- 12Tjol LateganCentre
- 13Ryk Van SchoorCentre
- 14Buks MaraisWing
- 15Johnny BuchlerFull-back
Australia
- 1Nicholas ShehadieProp
- 2James WalshHooker
- 3Robert DavidsonProp
- 4Tony MillerSecond row
- 5Alan CameronSecond row
- 6Keith CrossFlanker
- 7Norman HughesFlanker
- 8John CarrollNumber 8
- 9John BoslerScrum-half
- 10Murray TateFly-half
- 11Garth JonesWing
- 12John SolomonCentre
- 13James PhippsCentre
- 14Eddie StapletonWing
- 15Thomas SweeneyFull-back
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Context
All-time, South Africa 55–41 Australia, 3 drawn in 99 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
South Africa going in
Australia going in
- Previous meeting: 17 July 1937, South Africa 26–17 Australia
- Next meeting on record: 5 September 1953
Also on this day
Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.