South African cricket team in Australia in 1963–64

The South Africa national cricket team toured Australia in the 1963-64 season and played 5 Test matches against Australia. The series was drawn 1-1.

South African team

• Trevor Goddard (captain)
• Peter van der Merwe (vice-captain)
• Eddie Barlow
• Colin Bland
• Peter Carlstein
• Buster Farrer
• Clive Halse
• Denis Lindsay
• Joe Partridge
• David Pithey
• Tony Pithey
• Graeme Pollock
• Peter Pollock
• Kelly Seymour
• John Waite

Of the 15 players, only Goddard (20 Tests), and Waite (41) had played more than six Tests. Seven players (van der Merwe, Halse, Lindsay, Partridge, David Pithey, Graeme Pollock and Seymour) had not yet played a Test; all made their Test debuts on the tour.

The manager was Ken Viljoen.

Series summary

• 1st Test at Brisbane Cricket Ground – match drawn
• 2nd Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – Australia won by 8 wickets
• 3rd Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – match drawn
• 4th Test at Adelaide Oval – South Africa won by 10 wickets
• 5th Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – match drawn

Annual reviews

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1964
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1965, pp. 818-38

Further reading

• R.S. Whitington, Bradman, Benaud and Goddard's Cinderellas, Rigby, 1964
• Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
• Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
• Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell & Co., 1975
• Graham Short, The Trevor Goddard Story, Purfleet, 1965, pp. 100-159
• various writers, A Century of South Africa in Test & International Cricket 1889-1989, Ball, 1989

External links

• South Africa in Australia and New Zealand 1963-64 at CricketArchive