1933 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa

The 1933 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa and Rhodesia was a series of 23 rugby union matches played by the Australia national team in 1933.

Australia played a total of 23 matches, with a 5-Test series v South Africa, who won three of the five games.

Touring party
The tour manager was Dr. W. F. ('Wally') Matthews, who had previously been the team manager for the AIF rugby team which played in The King's Cup in 1919. A squad of 29 players was selected for the tour – 15 from New South Wales, 11 from Queensland, and 3 from Victoria.

With exception of two of the Victorians, the team departed Sydney aboard the "Ulysses" on Anzac Day, 25 April 1933. The remaining two players, O. J. Bridle and D. Cowper joined the vessel at Melbourne after the Wallabies had played a match against a Victorian team.

The Wallabies touring party consisted of: Playing squad:
 * Manager: Dr. W. F. Matthews (NSW)


 * Captain: Dr. A. W. Ross (NSW)
 * Vice-captain: S. J. Malcolm (NSW)
 * F. McPhillips (NSW)
 * B. A. Grace (NSW)
 * J. Kelaher (NSW)
 * J. Young (NSW)
 * R. Biilmann (NSW)
 * C. Campbell (NSW)
 * R. B. Louden (NSW)
 * W. Mackney (NSW)
 * A. Hodgson (NSW)
 * G. V. Bland (NSW)
 * W. H. Cerutti (NSW)
 * E. W. Love (NSW)
 * M. F. Morton (NSW)
 * D. McLean Jr. (QLD)
 * W. Warlow (QLD)
 * J. Steggall (QLD)
 * G Bennett (QLD)
 * J. Clark (QLD)
 * M. White (QLD)
 * W. G. White (QLD)
 * G. Cooke (QLD)
 * J. Ritter (QLD)
 * B. Doneley (QLD)
 * E. Bonis (QLD)
 * G. S. Sturtridge (VIC)
 * D. Cowper (VIC)
 * O. J. Bridle (VIC)

Match summary
Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.