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Friendly Matches
Saturday September 3 1955 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia Referee: Bill Malcolm (Australia) Linesmen: V.Robertson and L.Young (Australia) Attendance: 5,642
AUSTRALIA Bill Henderson, Tom Jack, Alec Duncan, Bob Bignall, Joe Marston, Cliff Sander, Gordon Nunn, Frank Loughran, Colin Kitching, Jack Lennard, Clem Higgins Manager: F.Hawthorne	0	-	3	South Africa Albert Uytenbogaardt, Gordon Frew (c), Maurice Jacobson, Ken Ziesing, Roulf Oelofse, Malcolm Rufus, Danny Le Roux, Harold Paton, Peter Hughes, Ian Palmer, Les Fourie Coach: J.E.Kennedy Goals: Palmer 2, Paton, Hughes 88
Australia played host to the South African national team in a five game 'test series'. The South Africans were far superior winning all five games scoring 23 goals and conceding just one. Match Day Programme
Saturday September 10 1955 Melbourne Showground, Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Australia Referee: W.Curren (Australia) Linesmen: Hutchinson and George Gatt (Australia) Attendance: 1,809
AUSTRALIA Bill Henderson, Cliff Almond (Arthur McCartney 2), Jack Mather, Bob Bignall, Tom Jack (c), Cliff Sander, Sid Thomas, Frank Loughran, Colin Kitching, Keith Learmonth, Ralph Piercy Manager: C.Dodd	0	-	2	South Africa Albert Uytenbogaardt, Gordon Frew (c), Maurice Jacobson, Ken Ziesing, Roulf Oelofse, Cliff Jacques, Danny Le Roux, Harold Paton, Peter Hughes, Ian Palmer, Les Fourie Coach: J.E.Kennedy Goals: Palmer 84, Hughes 86
Saturday September 17 1955 Kensington Oval, Kensington Park, Adelaide, Australia Referee: Joe Harvey (Australia) Linesmen: R.Abbott and C.Thompson (Australia) Attendance: 3,088
AUSTRALIA Bill Mahoney, Tom Jack, Bill Wilson, Ron Adair, Joe Marston, Con Purser, Sid Thomas, Frank Loughran, Albert De Paoli, Bill Murphy, Ralph Piercy Manager: J.Hardy	0	-	8	South Africa Albert Uytenbogaardt, Gordon Frew (c), Maurice Jacobson, Ken Ziesing, Roelof Oelofse, Cliff Jacques, Lee Fourle, Harold Paton, Peter Hughes, Malcolm Rufus, Ian Palmer Coach: J.E.Kennedy Goals: Rufus (x2), Hughes (x2), Paton, Jacques, Palmer, Fourle
Saturday September 24 1955 Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park, Sydney, Australia Referee: Ron Wright (Australia) Linesmen: Herbert Inlay and Dick Thorpe (Adelaide) Attendance: 5,431
AUSTRALIA Ron Lord, Cliff Almond, Doug Wendt, Bob Bignall, Bill Wilson, Cliff Sander, Ron Burns, Phil Peters, Mildo Mueller, Ted Drain, Kevin O'Neill Manager: Tom Tennant	0	-	6	South Africa Albert Uytenbogaardt, John Hastie, Maurice Jacobson, Ken Ziesing, Gordon Frew (c), Cliff Jacques, Danny Le Roux, Harold Paton, Peter Hughes, Ian Palmer (Malcolm Rufus 40), Les Fourie Coach: J.E.Kennedy Goals: Hughes (x2), Paton, Palmer, La Roux, Wilson 85 Own Goal
Match Day Programme
Saturday October 1 1955 Newcastle Sports Ground, Newcastle, Australia Referee: Gordon Muir (Australia) Linesmen: Harold Lonsdale and Keith Urwin (Adelaide) Attendance: 2,907
AUSTRALIA Bill Henderson, Cliff Almond, Kevin O'Neill, John Pettigrew, Alwyn Warren, Cliff Sander, Charlie Stewart, Bill Paddock, Alan Garside, Ken Vairy, Ray Marshall Manager: T.McDonald Goal: Vairy 39	1	-	4	South Africa Albert Uytenbogaardt, Gordon Frew (c), Maurice Jacobson, Ken Ziesing, Roelof Oelofse, Cliff Jacques, Danny Le Roux, Harold Paton, Peter Hughes, Brian Peterson, Les Fourie Coach: J.E.Kennedy Goals: Hughes (x3), Le Roux 9
Match Day Programme

Last updated: 20 December 2023.