Notes
--> TL Goddard (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 18
--> DT Lindsay (1) passed 1000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 111
--> DT Lindsay (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches for the season when he reached 118
--> JH du Preez made his debut in Test Matches
--> PM Pollock (1) passed 500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 14
--> HB Taber (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 13
--> MJ Procter achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches in the Australia first innings (previous best was 4-71)
--> PHJ Trimborn reached 100 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed WM Lawry, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings
--> DA Renneberg achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class Matches in the South Africa first innings (previous best was 5-106)
--> DA Renneberg achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed PL van der Merwe in the South Africa first innings (previous best was 2-54)