Australian national cricket team in South Africa in the 1969/70 season

The tour of the Australian national cricket team to South Africa in the 1969/70 season took place from January 22 to March 10, 1970. The international cricket tour was part of the 1969/70 international cricket season and comprised four tests . South Africa won the Test Series 4–0.

prehistory

Australia previously played a tour in India , for South Africa it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1966/67 season in South Africa . Due to apartheid and the affair of the English player Basil D'Oliveira, which led to the cancellation of the tour in England planned for the following season, this should be the last official tour of South Africa until the 1991/92 season .

Stages

Durban (SSK) Johannesburg Cape Town Port Elizabeth

Tour venues

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

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

Squad lists

Both teams named the following squads.

test
South Africa	Australia
Ali Bacher Eddie Barlow Grahame Chevalier Dennis Gamsy Trevor Goddard Lee Irvine Tiger Lance Denis Lindsay Graeme Pollock Peter Pollock Mike Procter Barry Richards Kelly Seymour John Traicos Pat Trimborn	Ian Chappell Alan Connolly Eric Freeman John Gleeson Bill Lawry Ashley Mallett Laurie Mayne Graham McKenzie Ian Redpath Paul Sheahan Keith Stackpole Brian Taber Doug Walters

Tour matches

March 19-21 Scorecard	Bloemfontein	Australians 417-9d (89)	-	Orange Free State 174 (81.4) & 58 (47.4) (f / o)
		Australians win with one inngins and 185 runs

Testing

First test in Cape Town

January 22-27 Scorecard	Cape Town	South Africa 382 (167.1) & 232 (96)	-	Australia 164 (66.4) & 280 (129.1)
		South Africa wins with 170 runs

Second test in Durban

February 5-9 scorecard	Durban	South Africa 622-9d (167.5)	-	Australia 157 (48.2) & 336 (131.2) (f / o)
		South Africa wins with one innings and 129 runs

Third test in Johannesburg

February 19-24 Scorecard	Johannesburg	South Africa 279 (102.4) & 408 (121.3)	-	Australia 202 (91.2) & 178 (77.5)
		South Africa wins with 307 runs

Fourth test in Port Elizabeth

March 5-10 scorecard	Port Elizabeth	South Africa 311 (123.2) & 470-8d (121.2)	-	Australia 212 (76.1) & 246 (90.3)
		South Africa wins with 323 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo