Written by Alan Garside.
| The South African national side toured Australia in 1947 playing a total of 23 games against the Socceroos and the various state and district based representative sides. | ||||
| Played : Wednesday May 21 1947 | Venue : Exhibition Ground, Brisbane | |||
| Brisbane (Incomplete) A Donsky Goal : Donsky |
1 | - | 9 | South Africa (Incomplete) Donald A Wilson, Horace Smethurst (c), D Forbes, J Pretorius, Len Anley Goals : Wilson x4, Anley x2, (Other scorers unavailable) |
| Half Time : 1-2 Manager : J Barbour (South Africa) Assistant Manager : Malcolm Taylor (South Africa) | ||||