| South Africa |
| 5 |
| Scotland |
| 8 |
| 17 April 1965 | ||||||
| Murrayfield, Edinburgh | ||||||
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| Captain: Avril Malan | Referee: Gwynne Walters (Wales) | |||||
| Coach: Boy Louw | Attendance: 30000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Fanie Kuhn | Tvl | 29 | 18 | |
| Hooker | Don Walton | Natal | 26 | 2 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Hannes Marais | EP | 23 | 4 | |
| Lock | Gawie Carelse | EP | 23 | 3 | |
| Lock (C) | Avril Malan | Tvl | 28 | 15 | |
| Flank | Haas Schoeman | WP | 25 | 3 | |
| Flank | Snowy Suter | Natal | 25 | 1 | |
| Eighthman | Doug Hopwood | WP | 30 | 19 | |
| Scrumhalf | Dirk de Vos | WP | 24 | 0 | |
| Flyhalf | Jannie Barnard | Tvl | 20 | 0 | |
| Left Wing | Corra Dirksen | N-Tvl | 27 | 3 | |
| Inside Centre | Wynand Mans | WP | 23 | 1 | 1 conversion |
| Outside Centre | John Gainsford | WP | 26 | 23 | |
| Right Wing | Jannie Engelbrecht | WP | 26 | 16 | 1 try |
| Full Back | Lionel Wilson | WP | 31 | 20 |
| Scotland: 1 try, 1 conversion, 1 dropgoal |
 Team for the Scotland test: Back: Corra Dirksen, Don Walton, Johan "Haas" Schoeman, Wynand Mans, Gawie Carelse, Hannes Marais, Snowy Suter, Lionel Wilson Seated: John Gainsford, Boy Louw (coach), Avril Malan (captain), Basil Medway (manager), Doug Hopwood (vice-captain), Jannie Engelbrecht, Fanie Kuhn Front: Jannie Barnard, Dirk de Vos |