| South Africa |
| 23 |
| Australia |
| 11 |
| 12 August 1961 | ||||||
| Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth | ||||||
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| Captain: Johan Claassen | Referee: Eddie Hofmeyr (South Africa) | |||||
| Coach: Boy Louw | Attendance: 26000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Fanie Kuhn | Tvl | 26 | 9 | |
| Hooker | Ronnie Hill | Rhodesia | 26 | 4 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Piet du Toit | Boland | 25 | 13 | |
| Lock | Frik du Preez | N-Tvl | 25 | 3 | |
| Lock (C) | Johan Claassen | W-Tvl | 31 | 23 | |
| Flank | Hugo van Zyl | WP | 28 | 13 | |
| Flank | Martin Pelser | Tvl | 27 | 10 | |
| Eighthman | Doug Hopwood | WP | 27 | 9 | |
| Scrumhalf | Piet Uys | N-Tvl | 23 | 5 | |
| Flyhalf | Keith Oxlee | Natal | 26 | 8 | 1 try, 1 conversion, 3 penalties |
| Left Wing | Hennie van Zyl | Tvl | 25 | 9 | 1 try |
| Inside Centre | Mannetjies Roux | N-Tvl | 22 | 2 | 1 try |
| Outside Centre | John Gainsford | WP | 23 | 11 | |
| Right Wing | Jannie Engelbrecht | WP | 22 | 7 | |
| Full Back | Lionel Wilson | WP | 28 | 8 | 1 dropgoal |
| Australia: 1 try, 1 conversion, 2 penalties |
 Team for the second test: Back: Ronnie Hill, Jannie Engelbrecht, Frik du Preez, Hennie van Zyl, Doug Hopwood, John Gainsford, Lionel Wilson Seated: Martin Pelser, Piet du Toit, Johan Claassen (captain). Boy Louw (coach), Keith Oxlee, Hugo van Zyl, Fanie Kuhn Front: Piet Uys, Mannetjies Roux |