F de Plessis’s 118 not out against Australia at Adelaide was in a losing cause to provide the sixth occasion of South African skipper’s century going in vain in a test. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	HW Taylor	109	1	v England	Durban	13 Dec 1913
2	HW Taylor	102	4	v England	Durban	16 Feb 1923
3	A Melville	117	2	v England	Lord’s	21 Jun 1947
4	AD Nourse	114	3	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949
5	WJ Cronje	126	1	v England	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998
6	F du Plessis	118*	1	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016

F de Plessis’s 118 not out against Australia at Adelaide was in a losing cause to provide the second occasion of South African skipper’s century going in vain in a test against Australia. Both the occasions are listed below. It is interesting  to note that the interval between  the two occurrences is 66 years 11 months

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AD Nourse	114	3	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949
2	F du Plessis	118*	1	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016