South African national cricket team in Australia in the 1963/64 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to Australia in the 1963/64 season took place from December 6, 1963 to February 12, 1964. The international cricket tour was part of the 1963/64 international cricket season and comprised five tests . The series ended 1-1 in a draw.

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 1957/58 season in South Africa .

Stages

Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Sydney

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	4th test
The gabba	Brisbane	42,000	1st test
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	2nd test
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	3rd & 5th test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
Australia	South Africa
Richie Benaud Brian Booth Peter Burge Alan Connolly Ron Gaunt Wally Grout Neil Hawke Bill Lawry Johnny Martin Graham McKenzie Ian Meckiff Norm O'Neill Ian Redpath Berry Shepherd Bob Simpson Tom Veivers	Eddie Barlow Colin Bland Peter Carlstein Trevor Goddard Clive Halse Denis Lindsay Joe Partridge David Pithey Tony Pithey Graeme Pollock Peter Pollock Kelly Seymour John Waite Peter van der Merwe

Tour matches

November 1st - 5th scorecard	Perth	South Africa 207 (53.5) & 532-3d (118)	-	Western Australia Combined XI 161 (47) & 529-9 (107)
		draw

Testing

First test in Brisbane

December 6-11 Scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 435 (114) & 144-1d (35)	-	South Africa 346 (135.5) & 13-1 (6.3)
		draw

Second test in Melbourne

January 1-6 scorecard	Melbourne	South Africa 274 (78) & 306 (101)	-	Australia 447 (118.3) & 136-2 (37.1)
		Australia wins with 8 wickets

Third test in Sydney

January 10-15 Scorecard	Sydney	Australia 260 (62.6) & 450-9d (100.5)	-	South Africa 302 (92.1) & 326-5 (117)
		draw

Fourth test in Adelaide

January 24-29 Scorecard	Adelaide	Australia 345 (93.6) & 331 (89.3)	-	South Africa 595 (123.1) & 82-0 (17)
		South Africa wins with 10 wickets

Fifth test in Sydney

February 7-12 scorecard	Sydney	Australia 311 (92.1) & 270 (113.7)	-	South Africa 411 (145) & 76-0 (24)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo