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Full time12 August 1961
South Africa
23–11
Australia
Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa · Tour 1961Head-to-head

South Africa won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Keith Oxlee2–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Keith Oxlee5–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Keith Oxlee8–0
  4. –PSouth Africa penalty · Keith Oxlee11–0
  5. –TSouth Africa try · Mannetjies Roux14–0
  6. –TSouth Africa try · Hennie van Zyl17–0
  7. –TSouth Africa try · Keith Oxlee20–0
  8. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Lionel Wilson23–0
  9. –CAustralia conversion · John Dowse23–2
  10. –PAustralia penalty · John Dowse23–5
  11. –PAustralia penalty · John Dowse23–8
  12. –TAustralia try · Michael Cleary23–11

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Fanie KuhnProp
  2. 2Ronnie HillHooker
  3. 3Spiere Du ToitProp
  4. 4Johan ClaassenSecond row
  5. 5Frik Du PreezSecond row
  6. 6Martin PelserFlanker
  7. 7Gideon van ZylFlanker
  8. 8Douglas HopwoodNumber 8
  9. 9Pieter UysScrum-half
  10. 10Keith OxleeFly-half
  11. 11Hennie van ZylWing
  12. 12John GainsfordCentre
  13. 13Mannetjies RouxCentre
  14. 14Jannie EngelbrechtWing
  15. 15Lionel WilsonFull-back

Australia

  1. 1Jonathan WhiteProp
  2. 2Peter JohnsonHooker
  3. 3Tony MillerProp
  4. 4John ThornettSecond row
  5. 5Richard ThornettSecond row
  6. 6Ted HeinrichFlanker
  7. 7John O'GormanFlanker
  8. 8Robin HemingNumber 8
  9. 9Ken CatchpoleScrum-half
  10. 10John DowseFly-half
  11. 11Edward MagrathWing
  12. 12Harry RobertsCentre
  13. 13Roderick PhelpsCentre
  14. 14Michael ClearyWing
  15. 15James LenehanFull-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.