1963 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa

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1963 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa
Summary
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Test match
4202
Opponent
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The 1963 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of twenty matches played by the Australia national rugby union team between June and September 1963. The Wallabies tied the series with the Springboks winning two and losing two Tests.

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The tour was one of the highlights of the successful "Thornett Era" of Australian Rugby, buoyed by the leadership skills of skipper John Thornett and the outstanding skills of greats of the game like Ken Catchpole, Peter Johnson and Rob Heming. Dick Marks and Peter Crittle also toured and would later become among the most influential administrators of Australian rugby. [1]

Matches

Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.

Opposing TeamForAgainstDateVenueStatus
Eastern Transvaal 14015 June 1963 PAM Brink Stadium, Springs Tour Match
North Eastern Districts9818 June 1963Danie Craven Rugby Stadium, Burgersdorp Tour Match
Boland 301322 June 1963 Boland Stadium, Wellington Tour Match
Western Province Universities91126 June 1963 Newlands, Cape Town Tour Match
Natal 131429 June 1963 Kings Park Stadium, Durban Tour Match
Rhodesia XV22112 July 1963 Kitwe, Zimbabwe Tour Match
Rhodesia 1256 July 1963 Salisbury, Zimbabwe Tour Match
Transvaal 1458 July 1963 Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg Tour Match
South Africa 31413 July 1963 Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria Test Match
South Western Districts 161117 July 1963Van Riebeeck Ground, Mossel Bay Tour Match
Griqualand West 14620 July 1963 De Beers Stadium, Kimberley Tour Match
Northern Transvaal 111124 July 1963 Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria Tour Match
Border 6327 July 1963 BCE Stadium, East London Tour Match
South West Africa 24631 July 1963 South West Stadium, Windhoek Tour Match
Western Transvaal 14123 August 1963 Olën Park, Potchefstroom Tour Match
Northern Universities9156 August 1963 Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg Tour Match
South Africa 9510 August 1963 Newlands Stadium, Cape Town Test Match
Eastern Province 10314 August 1963 Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth Tour Match
Junior Springboks 51217 August 1963 PAM Brink Stadium, Springs Tour Match
Central Universities281120 August 1963 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Tour Match
South Africa 11924 August 1963 Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg Test Match
Western Province 61231 August 1963 Newlands, Cape Town Tour Match
Orange Free State 8142 September 1963 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Tour Match
South Africa 6227 September 1963 Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth Test Match

See also

References

  1. ↑ Meares and Howell; Wallaby Legends; Lothian Books, 2005
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