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Full time26 September 1953
South Africa
22–9
Australia
Crusader Ground, Port Elizabeth, South Africa · Tour 1953Head-to-head

South Africa won by 13 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Natie Rens2–0
  2. –CSouth Africa conversion · Natie Rens4–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Natie Rens7–0
  4. –PSouth Africa penalty · Natie Rens10–0
  5. –TSouth Africa try · Hansie Oelofse13–0
  6. –TSouth Africa try · Chris Koch16–0
  7. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Natie Rens19–0
  8. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Johnny Buchler22–0
  9. –PAustralia penalty · Herbert Barker22–3
  10. –PAustralia penalty · Herbert Barker22–6
  11. –TAustralia try · Eddie Stapleton22–9

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Chris KochProp
  2. 2Willa DelportHooker
  3. 3Jaap BekkerProp
  4. 4Salty Du RandSecond row
  5. 5Jan PickardSecond row
  6. 6Basie van WykFlanker
  7. 7Stephen FryFlanker
  8. 8Hennie MullerNumber 8
  9. 9Hansie OelofseScrum-half
  10. 10Natie RensFly-half
  11. 11Chum OchseWing
  12. 12Daantjie RossouwCentre
  13. 13Ryk Van SchoorCentre
  14. 14Dolf BekkerWing
  15. 15Johnny BuchlerFull-back

Australia

  1. 1Colin ForbesProp
  2. 2James WalshHooker
  3. 3Nicholas ShehadieProp
  4. 4Tony MillerSecond row
  5. 5Alan CameronSecond row
  6. 6Keith CrossFlanker
  7. 7Norman HughesFlanker
  8. 8Brian JohnsonNumber 8
  9. 9Cyril BurkeScrum-half
  10. 10Spencer BrownFly-half
  11. 11Garth JonesWing
  12. 12Herbert BarkerCentre
  13. 13James PhippsCentre
  14. 14Eddie StapletonWing
  15. 15Ray ColbertFull-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

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.