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Full time19 September 1953
South Africa
18–8
Australia
Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa · Tour 1953Head-to-head

South Africa won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Natie Rens2–0
  2. –CSouth Africa conversion · Natie Rens4–0
  3. –CSouth Africa conversion · Natie Rens6–0
  4. –TSouth Africa try · Dolf Bekker9–0
  5. –TSouth Africa try · Daantjie Rossouw12–0
  6. –TSouth Africa try · Basie van Wyk15–0
  7. –TSouth Africa try · Jaap Bekker18–0
  8. –CAustralia conversion · Ray Colbert18–2
  9. –PAustralia penalty · John Solomon18–5
  10. –TAustralia try · Keith Cross18–8

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Harry WalkerProp
  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. 11Steve HoffmanWing
  12. 12Daantjie RossouwCentre
  13. 13Ryk Van SchoorCentre
  14. 14Dolf BekkerWing
  15. 15Johnny BuchlerFull-back

Australia

  1. 1Nicholas ShehadieProp
  2. 2James WalshHooker
  3. 3Colin ForbesProp
  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. 12John SolomonCentre
  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.