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 : Saturday May 3 1947 | Venue : Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | |||
| New South Wales
Norman Conquest, Joe Marston, Cec Drummond, David Coote, Bill Wilson, Kevin O'Neill, Charlie Stewart, Jim Cunningham (c), Reg Date, Alec Heaney, Ray Marshall Goals : Date x3, (other scorer not known) |
4 | - | 5 | South Africa Jimmy Pickerill, Ron Nicholson, Ernie Dowell, C Kurland (c), Harry Naish, D Forbes, Donald A Wilson, Gordon Falconer, Basil Clack, S O'Linn, Len Anley Goals : (Scorers not known) |
| Referee : "Bunny" McWilliams Manager : J Barbour (South Africa) Assistant Manager : Malcolm Taylor (South Africa) | ||||