| South Africa |
| 22 |
| Australia |
| 9 |
| 26 September 1953 | ||||||
| Crusaders (St George's Park), Port Elizabeth | ||||||
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| Captain: Hennie Muller | Referee: Lammie Louw (South Africa) | |||||
| Coach: Danie Craven | Attendance: 32000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Chris Koch | Boland | 26 | 10 | 1 try |
| Hooker | Willem Delport | EP | 32 | 8 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Jaap Bekker | N-Tvl | 28 | 5 | |
| Lock | Jan Pickard | WP | 25 | 1 | |
| Lock | Salty du Rand | N-Tvl | 27 | 10 | |
| Flank | Basie van Wijk | Tvl | 29 | 8 | |
| Flank | Stephen Fry | WP | 29 | 8 | |
| Eighthman (C) | Hennie Muller | Tvl | 31 | 12 | |
| Scrumhalf | Hansie Oelofse | Tvl | 26 | 3 | 1 try |
| Flyhalf | Natie Rens | Tvl | 24 | 1 | 2 conversions, 2 penalties, 1 dropgoal |
| Left Wing | Chum Ochse | WP | 28 | 6 | |
| Inside Centre | Daantjie Rossouw | WP | 23 | 1 | |
| Outside Centre | Ryk van Schoor | WP | 31 | 11 | |
| Right Wing | Dolf Bekker | N-Tvl | 26 | 1 | |
| Full Back | Johnny Buchler | Tvl | 23 | 8 | 1 dropgoal |
| Australia: 1 try, 2 penalties |
 Team for the fourth test: Back: Jaap Bekker, Stephen Fry, Jan Pickard, Salty du Rand, Basie van Wyk, Chris Koch Seated: Ryk van Schoor, Danie Craven (coach), Hennie Muller (captain), JW Wintle (manager), Hansie Oelofse, Willa Delport Front: Johnny Buchler, Natie Rens, Daantjie Rossouw, Dolf Bekker, Chum Ochse |