South African cricket team in Australia in 1963–64
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International cricket tour
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. After the series, the South Africans toured New Zealand, playing a three-Test series, where all three matches were drawn.
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.
Test series summary
First Test
6–11 December 1963 (5–day match) Scorecard |
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435 (114.6 overs) BC Booth 169 PM Pollock 6/95 (22.6 overs) | ||
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- 8 December was taken as a rest day.
- There was no play on the third day.
- TR Veivers and AN Connolly (both AUS), and RG Pollock, DT Lindsay, PL van der Merwe, DB Pithey, MA Seymour and JT Partridge (all SA) made their Test debuts.
Second Test
1–6 January 1964 (5–day match) Scorecard |
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- 5 January was taken as a rest day.
- IR Redpath (AUS) made his Test debut.
Third Test
10–15 January 1964 (5–day match) Scorecard |
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- 12 January was taken as a rest day.
- CG Halse (SA) made his Test debut.
Fourth Test
24–29 January 1964 (5–day match) Scorecard |
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345 (93.6 overs) PJP Burge 91 TL Goddard 5/60 (24.6 overs) | ||
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- 26 January was taken as a rest day.
Fifth Test
7–12 February 1964 (5–day match) Scorecard |
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76/0 (24 overs) TL Goddard 44* (105) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- 9 February was taken as a rest day.
References
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
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