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. Newspaper reports described this as perhaps the worst performance of South Africa on tour. | ||||
| Played : Wednesday June 11 1947 | Venue : Bulli Football Ground, Wollongong | |||
| South Coast
(Lineup Unavailable) |
0 | - | 2 | South Africa (Incomplete) Donald A Wilson, Steve van Rensburg Goals : Wilson, van Rensburg |
| Manager : J Barbour (South Africa) Assistant Manager : Malcolm Taylor (South Africa) | ||||