Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> IR Redpath (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches for the season when he reached 9
--> HB Taber (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 14
--> HB Taber (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 20
--> RM Cowper achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches in the South Africa first innings (previous best was 3-57)
--> GD McKenzie reached 450 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed DT Lindsay, his 4th wicket in the South Africa first innings
--> PHJ Trimborn achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed GD McKenzie in the Australia second innings (previous best was 1-21)
--> PM Pollock reached 100 wickets in Test Matches when he dismissed IR Redpath, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings