| South Africa |
| 28 |
| Australia |
| 3 |
| 5 August 1961 | ||||||
| Ellispark, Johannesburg | ||||||
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| Captain: Johan Claassen | Referee: Ralph Burmeister (South Africa) | |||||
| Coach: Boy Louw | Attendance: 57000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Fanie Kuhn | Tvl | 26 | 8 | |
| Hooker | Ronnie Hill | Rhodesia | 26 | 3 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Piet du Toit | Boland | 25 | 12 | |
| Lock | Frik du Preez | N-Tvl | 25 | 2 | |
| Lock (C) | Johan Claassen | W-Tvl | 31 | 22 | 2 conversions |
| Flank | Hugo van Zyl | WP | 28 | 12 | |
| Flank | Martin Pelser | Tvl | 27 | 9 | 1 try |
| Eighthman | Doug Hopwood | WP | 27 | 8 | 1 try |
| Scrumhalf | Piet Uys | N-Tvl | 23 | 4 | |
| Flyhalf | Keith Oxlee | Natal | 26 | 7 | 1 try |
| Left Wing | Hennie van Zyl | Tvl | 25 | 8 | 3 tries |
| Inside Centre | Mannetjies Roux | N-Tvl | 22 | 1 | |
| Outside Centre | John Gainsford | WP | 23 | 10 | 1 try |
| Right Wing | Jannie Engelbrecht | WP | 22 | 6 | 1 try |
| Full Back | Lionel Wilson | WP | 28 | 7 |
| Australia: 1 penalty |
 Team for the Ellispark test: Back: Ronnie Hill, John Gainsford, Frik du Preez, Hennie van Zyl, Doug Hopwood, Jannie Engelbrecht, Lionel Wilson Seated: Martin Pelser, Piet du Toit, Johan Claassen (captain), Boy Louw (coach), Hugo van Zyl, Fanie Kuhn, Keith Oxlee Front: Piet Uys, Mannetjies Roux |