1963 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa
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Total |
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Opponent |
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South Africa |
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The 1963 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of twenty matches played by the
Springboks
winning two and losing two Tests.
The tour was one of the highlights of the successful "
Peter Johnson and Rob Heming. Dick Marks and Peter Crittle also toured and would later become among the most influential administrators of Australian rugby.[1]
Matches
Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.
Opposing Team | For | Against | Date | Venue | Status |
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Eastern Transvaal |
14 | 0 | 15 June 1963 | Tour Match | |
Boland | 30 | 13 | 22 June 1963 | Tour Match | |
Southern Universities | 8 | 11 | 26 June 1963 | Newlands, Cape Town | Tour Match |
Natal | 13 | 14 | 29 June 1963 | King's Park, | Tour Match |
Rhodesia |
12 | 5 | 6 July 1963 | Salisbury | Tour Match |
Transvaal | 14 | 5 | 8 July 1963 | Johannesburg | Tour Match |
South Africa | 3 | 14 | 13 July 1963 | Pretoria | Test Match |
Griqualand West |
14 | 6 | 20 July 1963 | Tour Match | |
Northern Transvaal | 11 | 11 | 24 July 1963 | Pretoria | Tour Match |
Border | 6 | 3 | 27 July 1963 | Tour Match | |
South West Africa | 24 | 6 | 31 July 1963 | Tour Match | |
Western Transvaal |
14 | 12 | 3 August 1963 | Tour Match | |
South Africa | 9 | 5 | 10 August 1963 | Cape Town | Test Match |
Eastern Province | 10 | 3 | 14 August 1963 | Tour Match | |
Junior Springboks |
5 | 12 | 17 August 1963 | Springs |
Tour Match |
Central Universities | 28 | 11 | 20 August 1963 | Tour Match | |
South Africa | 11 | 9 | 24 August 1963 | (Ellis park), Johannesburg | Test Match |
Western Province |
6 | 12 | 31 August 1963 | Newlands, Cape Town | Tour Match |
Orange Free State | 8 | 14 | 2 September 1963 | Tour Match | |
South Africa | 6 | 22 | 7 September 1963 | (Boet Erasmus), Port Elizabeth |
Test Match |
See also
References
- ^ Meares and Howell; Wallaby Legends; Lothian Books, 2005