Australian national cricket team in South Africa in the 1902/03 season

The tour of the Australian national cricket team to South Africa in the 1902/03 season took place from October 11 to November 11, 1902. The international cricket tour was part of the 1902/03 international cricket season and comprised three tests . Australia won the series 2–0.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. It was the first meeting of the two teams on a tour.

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Old Wanderers No. 1 ground	Johannesburg		1st & 2nd test
Newlands Cricket Ground	Cape Town	25,000	3rd test

The teams named the following squads.

test
South Africa	Australia
Biddy Anderson Barberton Halliwell Maitland Hathorn Johannes Kotze Charlie Llewellyn Bonnor Middleton Dave Nourse George Rowe William Shalders Jimmy Sinclair Charlie Smith Henry Taberer Louis Tancred George Thornton Percy Twentyman-Jones	Warwick Armstrong Joe Darling Reggie Duff Syd Gregory Clem Hill Bert Hopkins Bill Howell Ernie Jones James Kelly Monty Noble Jack Saunders Hugh Trumble Victor Trumper

October 11-14 scorecard	Johannesburg	South Africa 454 (95) & 101-4 (32)	-	Australia 296 (51) & 372-7 (xx)
		draw

October 18-21 Scorecard	Johannesburg	Australia 175 (55.1) & 309 (81.4)	-	South Africa 240 (53) & 85 (22)
		Australia wins with 159 runs

November 8-11 Scorecard	Cape Town	Australia 252 (70.5) & 59-0 (9.5)	-	South Africa 85 (33.2) & 225 (xx) (f / o)
		Australia wins with 10 wickets