Australian national cricket team in South Africa in the 1966/67 season

The tour of the Australian national cricket team to South Africa in the 1966/67 season took place from December 23, 1966 to February 28, 1967. The international cricket tour was part of the 1966/67 international cricket season and comprised five tests . South Africa won the series 3–1.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1963/64 season in Australia .

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead	Durban	25,000	3rd test
Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg	34,000	1st & 4th test
Newlands Cricket Ground	Cape Town	25,000	2nd test
Sahara Oval St George's	Port Elizabeth	19,000	5th test

The teams named the following squads.

test
South Africa	Australia
Ali Bacher Eddie Barlow Colin Bland Richard Dumbrill Trevor Goddard Tiger Lance Denis Lindsay Atholl McKinnon David Pithey Grraeme Pollock Peter Pollock Mike Procter Pat Trimborn Jackie du Preez Peter van der Merwe	Ian Chappell Bob Cowper Neil Hawke Bill Lawry Johnny Martin Graham McKenzie Ian Redpath David Renneberg Bob Simpson Keith Stackpole Brian Taber Tom Veivers Graeme Watson

December 23-28 Scorecard	Johannesburg	South Africa 199 (66.5) & 620 (177.3)	-	Australia 325 (130.2) & 261 (117.5)
		South Africa wins with 233 runs

December 31 - January 5 scorecard	Cape Town	Australia 542 (188.3) & 180-4 (65.1)	-	South Africa 353 (127.1) & 367 (166.3) (f / o)
		Australia wins with 6 wickets

January 20-25 scorecard	Durban	South Africa 300 (111) & 185-2 (75)	-	Australia 147 (69) & 334 (160.1) (f / o)
		South Africa wins with 8 wickets

February 3-8 Scorecard	Johannesburg	Australia 143 (70.1) & 148-8 (78.3)	-	South Africa 332-9d (105)
		draw

February 24-28 Scorecard	Port Elizabeth	Australia 173 (74.1) & 278 (105.1)	-	South Africa 276 (116.3) & 179-3 (61.1)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets