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 : Wednesday June 4 1947 | Venue : Newcastle | |||
| Northern XI A Dellaway, Hedley Parkes, C Smith, Dave Coote, D Evans, Kevin O'Neill, C Merrion, Allan Johns, Alf Quill, D Hodgins, C Wood Goal : Hodgins |
1 | - | 3 | South Africa Chrlie Brink, Ron Nicolson, HD McCreadie, Steve van Rensburg, Ray Ferriman, Harry Naish, S O'Linn (Gordon Falconer), Basil Clack, John Claasens, Horace Smethurst (c), Len Anley Goals : Classens, Falconer, Smethurst |
| Manager : J Barbour (South Africa) Assistant Manager : Malcolm Taylor (South Africa) | ||||