26 May 1956
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
	South Africa 9 Australia 0
Captain: Basie Vivier		Referee: Dr. Roger Vanderfield (Australia)
Coach: Danie Craven		Attendance: 36000

Team:
Combined caps: 63 tests (starting 15)

Position	Player	Province	Age	Prev Tests	Scoring
Loose-head Prop	Chris Koch	Boland	28	15
Hooker	Bertus van der Merwe	Boland	26	3
Tight-head Prop	Jaap Bekker	N-Tvl	31	9
Lock	Salty du Rand	N-Tvl	30	15
Lock	Johan Claassen	W-Tvl	26	4
Flank	Dawie Ackermann	WP	25	3
Flank	Daan Retief	N-Tvl	30	3	1 try
Eighthman	Butch Lochner	WP	25	1
Scrumhalf	Popeye Strydom	OFS	24	1
Flyhalf	Brian Pfaff	WP	26	0
Left Wing	Tom van Vollenhoven	N-Tvl	21	4
Inside Centre	Pat Montini	WP	26	0
Outside Centre	Jeremy Nel	WP	21	0	1 try
Right Wing	Paul Johnstone	Tvl	25	5
Full Back (C)	Basie Vivier	OFS	29	0	1 penalty

Australia:

Match pictures:

Team for the Sydney test: Back: Butch Lochner, Daan Retief, Johan Claassen, Dawie Ackermann, Chris Koch, Jeremy Nel Seated: Paul Johnstone, Bertus van der Merwe, Jaap Bekker, Basie Vivier (captain), Salty du Rand, Brian Pfaff, Pat Montini Front: Tom van Vollenhoven, Popeye Strydom