Written by Thomas Esamie, Alan Garside and Greg Stock. For more details see credits
| Australia embarked on a four match series against the Springboks in South Africa. Since their last meeting Australian soccer stocks had been boosted by a number of visiting Europeans who had passed on a lot of ideas and skill to their Australian comrades. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : Saturday June 24 1950 | Venue : Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa | |||
| South Africa Ken Nadauld, B Mechanick, Gordon Frew, H Klonner, Harry Naish (c), Cliff Jacques, Ray Botha, Harold Paton, Johnny Claassens, Tony Holtz, Jackie Carr Goals : Claasans 14' 82' Botha 69' |
3 | - | 2 | Australia Norman Conquest, Kevin O'Neill, Cec Drummond, Bob Lawrie (c), Tom Jack, Bob Young, George Sanders, Allan Johns, Gordon Nunn, Eric Hulme, Harry Robertson Goals : Nunn 38' Hulme |
| Attendance : 20,000 Coach : Tom Jack (Australia) Half Time : 1-1 | ||||
| This match was the second in a four match series] played in South Africa . The Australian lineup was again proven to be inferior to the South Africans. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : Saturday July 1 1950 | Venue : Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa | |||
| South Africa Aubrey Tyrell, B Mechanick, Gordon Frew, H Klonner, Harry Naish (c), Cliff Jacques, Ray Botha, Harold Paton, Johnny Claassens, Tony Holtz, Jackie Carr Goals : Claasens 33' 46' |
2 | - | 1 | Australia Norman Conquest, Cec Drummond, George Sanders, Harry Robertson, Cyrill Nichols, Kevin O'Neill, Bob Young, Allan Johns, Gordon Nunn, Eric Hulme, Bob Lawrie (c) Goal : Nunn 70'pen |
| Attendance : 20,000 Coach : Tom Jack (Australia) | ||||
| This match was the third game in a four match series played in South Africa. The Australians fought back to win 2-1 with big burly centre-forward Frank Parsons the man of the match. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : Saturday July 8 1950 | Venue : St George Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa | |||
| South Africa Aubrey Tyrell, B Mechanick, Gordon Frew, H Klonner, Harry Naish (c), R Dow, R Montgomery, Ray Botha, Johnny Claassens, Harold Paton, Jackie Carr Goal : Claasens 54 |
1 | - | 2 | Australia Norman Conquest, Kevin O'Neill, Cec Drummond, Bob Lawrie (c), Tom Jack, Bob Young, Eric Hulme, Gordon Nunn, Frank Parsons, Allan Johns, Harry Robertson Goals : Parsons 64' 70' |
| Referee : A Finlay Attendance : 8,000 Coach : Tom Jack (Australia) Half Time : 0-0 | ||||
| This match was the fourth and final match of the series against South Africa. The Australians fought back from being 2-0 down in the series to finish up 2-2 with the Springboks. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : Sunday July 23 1950 | Venue : Hartley Vale, Capetown, South Africa | |||
| South Africa Aubrey Tyrell, Ernie Dowell, Gordon Frew, H Klonner, Harry Naish (c), W Bunton, Ray Botha, A Luck, Johnny Claassens, A Butler, Jackie Carr |
0 | - | 2 | Australia Norman Conquest, Cec Drummond, Bob Lawrie (c), Bob Young, Tom Jack, Eric Hulme, Allan Johns, Frank Parsons, Kevin O'Neill, Gordon Nunn, Harry Robertson Goals : Nunn 49' 71' |
| Attendance : 12,000 Coach : Tom Jack (Australia) Half Time : 0-0 | ||||