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
Second Test
Third Test
Fourth Test
Fifth Test
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