| South Africa |
| 12 |
| Scotland |
| 5 |
| 21 January 1961 | ||||||
| Murrayfield, Edinburgh | ||||||
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| Captain: Avril Malan | Referee: LM Boundy (England) | |||||
| Coach: Boy Louw | Attendance: 58000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Fanie Kuhn | Tvl | 25 | 5 | |
| Hooker | Abie Malan | WP | 25 | 5 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Piet du Toit | Boland | 25 | 9 | |
| Lock (C) | Avril Malan | Tvl | 23 | 7 | |
| Lock | Johan Claassen | W-Tvl | 31 | 19 | 1 try |
| Flank | Hugo van Zyl | WP | 28 | 9 | |
| Flank | Frik du Preez | N-Tvl | 25 | 1 | 2 penalties |
| Eighthman | Doug Hopwood | WP | 26 | 5 | 1 try |
| Scrumhalf | Piet Uys | N-Tvl | 23 | 2 | |
| Flyhalf | Keith Oxlee | Natal | 26 | 6 | |
| Left Wing | Hennie van Zyl | Tvl | 24 | 6 | |
| Inside Centre | Ian Kirkpatrick | OFS | 30 | 11 | |
| Outside Centre | John Gainsford | WP | 22 | 8 | |
| Right Wing | Jannie Engelbrecht | WP | 22 | 4 | |
| Full Back | Dave Stewart | WP | 25 | 2 |
| Scotland: 1 try, 1 conversion |
 Team for the Scotland test: Back: Abie Malan, John Gainsford, Dave Stewart, Doug Hopwood, Hennie van Zyl, Jannie Engelbrecht, Frik du Preez, Fanie Kuhn Seated: Hugo van Zyl, Johan Claassen, Boy Louw (coach), Avril Malan (captain), Ferdie Bergh (manager), Ian Kirkpatrick, Piet du Toit Front: Keith Oxlee, Piet Uys |