Team Highest Innings Totals IN England

Cricket Records in 1940s in Test matches IN England

Highest totals

Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	554/8d	215.0	2.57	1	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
England	551	226.2	2.43	3	v South Africa	Nottingham	7 Jun 1947	Test # 285
South Africa	533	196.3	2.71	1	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1947	Test # 285
Australia	509	216.2	2.35	2	v England	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948	Test # 299
England	496	192.1	2.58	1	v Australia	Leeds	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
New Zealand	484	159.4	3.03	2	v England	Lord's	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
England	482	117.2	4.10	2	v New Zealand	The Oval	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
England	478	151.3	3.15	2	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1947	Test # 287
Australia	460/7d	130.2	3.52	3	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
Australia	458	136.2	3.35	2	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
England	441	183.0	2.40	3	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948	Test # 299
England	440/9d	128.0	3.43	2	v New Zealand	Manchester	23 Jul 1949	Test # 316
England	428	169.4	2.52	2	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
England	427	190.0	2.24	1	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
South Africa	423/7	141.0	3.00	4	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
Australia	404/3	114.1	3.53	4	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
Australia	389	158.2	2.45	2	v England	The Oval	14 Aug 1948	Test # 303
England	372	127.3	2.91	1	v New Zealand	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
England	365/8d	107.0	3.41	3	v Australia	Leeds	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
England	363	171.5	2.11	1	v Australia	Manchester	8 Jul 1948	Test # 301
Australia	350	129.3	2.70	1	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
New Zealand	348/7	110.0	3.16	3	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1949	Test # 316
New Zealand	345	112.1	3.07	1	v England	The Oval	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
New Zealand	341	118.3	2.87	2	v England	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
South Africa	339	166.1	2.04	1	v England	Manchester	5 Jul 1947	Test # 287
India	331	127.2	2.59	1	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 1946	Test # 278
South Africa	327	142.2	2.29	2	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
England	325/6d	77.0	4.22	3	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
England	317/7d	154.0	2.05	2	v South Africa	Leeds	26 Jul 1947	Test # 288
England	313/9d	103.1	3.03	1	v New Zealand	Lord's	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
New Zealand	308/9d	97.0	3.17	3	v England	The Oval	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
England	306/5	103.0	2.97	3	v New Zealand	Lord's	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
South Africa	302	131.0	2.30	2	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
England	294	129.0	2.27	1	v India	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
New Zealand	293	128.2	2.28	1	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1949	Test # 316
India	275	81.1	3.38	3	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
England	267/4d	68.0	3.92	3	v New Zealand	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
South Africa	267	84.4	3.15	3	v England	Manchester	5 Jul 1947	Test # 287
South Africa	252	127.2	1.97	3	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
Australia	221	93.0	2.37	2	v England	Manchester	8 Jul 1948	Test # 301
England	215	102.4	2.09	2	v Australia	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
England	208	113.1	1.83	2	v South Africa	Nottingham	7 Jun 1947	Test # 285
India	200	76.1	2.62	1	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
New Zealand	195/2	49.0	3.97	4	v England	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
England	188	105.3	1.78	3	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1948	Test # 303
England	186	78.1	2.37	4	v Australia	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
South Africa	184	80.0	2.30	3	v England	Leeds	26 Jul 1947	Test # 288
South Africa	175	97.1	1.80	1	v England	Leeds	26 Jul 1947	Test # 288
England	174/3d	69.0	2.52	3	v Australia	Manchester	8 Jul 1948	Test # 301
India	170	82.0	2.07	2	v England	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
South Africa	166/1	51.0	3.25	4	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1947	Test # 285
England	165	79.0	2.08	1	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948	Test # 299
England	153/5d	61.0	2.50	3	v India	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
India	152/9	61.0	2.49	4	v England	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
England	130/3	36.5	3.52	4	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1947	Test # 287
Australia	98/2	28.3	3.43	4	v England	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948	Test # 299
England	95/3	50.0	1.90	2	v India	The Oval	17 Aug 1946	Test # 278
Australia	92/1	61.0	1.50	4	v England	Manchester	8 Jul 1948	Test # 301
England	52	42.1	1.23	1	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1948	Test # 303
England	48/0	16.5	2.85	4	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
England	47/0	15.4	3.00	4	v South Africa	Leeds	26 Jul 1947	Test # 288
England	26/0	12.1	2.13	4	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, 2nd Test, Dec 31, 1949 - Jan 4, 1950 [Test # 319]

South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, 1st Test, Dec 24-28, 1949 [Test # 318]

England v New Zealand at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 13-16, 1949 [Test # 317]