Team Highest Innings Totals - England

Cricket Records in 1940s in Test matches - England

Highest totals

Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	608	149.5x8	3.04	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
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
England	496	192.1	2.58	1	v Australia	Leeds	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
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
England	460	153.0x8	2.25	1	v Australia	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947	Test # 282
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
England	395	141.4x8	2.09	2	v South Africa	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
England	379	105.7x8	2.68	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
England	372	127.3	2.91	1	v New Zealand	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
England	371	106.4x8	2.61	3	v Australia	Sydney	13 Dec 1946	Test # 280
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
England	362	143.3	2.52	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Feb 1948	Test # 296
England	351	108.5x8	2.42	2	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1947	Test # 281
England	340/8d	125.1x8	2.03	3	v Australia	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947	Test # 282
England	336	153.0	2.19	3	v West Indies	Kingston	27 Mar 1948	Test # 298
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
England	310/7	100.0x8	2.32	4	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1947	Test # 281
England	308	91.2x8	2.53	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
England	306/5	103.0	2.97	3	v New Zealand	Lord's	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
England	294	129.0	2.27	1	v India	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
England	280	94.3x8	2.22	1	v Australia	Sydney	28 Feb 1947	Test # 283
England	276/3d	96.0x8	2.15	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
England	275	113.2	2.42	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Feb 1948	Test # 296
England	267/4d	68.0	3.92	3	v New Zealand	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
England	265/7d	83.0	3.19	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	21 Mar 1947	Test # 284
England	263	106.4	2.46	3	v West Indies	Georgetown	3 Mar 1948	Test # 297
England	255	96.1x8	1.98	1	v Australia	Sydney	13 Dec 1946	Test # 280
England	253/7d	78.2x8	2.42	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
England	253	110.2	2.29	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Jan 1948	Test # 293
England	253	99.4x8	1.90	2	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
England	227	128.5	1.76	1	v West Indies	Kingston	27 Mar 1948	Test # 298
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
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
England	186	60.4x8	2.30	3	v Australia	Sydney	28 Feb 1947	Test # 283
England	174/7	23.7x8	5.46	4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
England	174/3d	69.0	2.52	3	v Australia	Manchester	8 Jul 1948	Test # 301
England	172	43.7x8	2.94	3	v Australia	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946	Test # 279
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
England	141	61.5x8	1.71	2	v Australia	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946	Test # 279
England	130/3	36.5	3.52	4	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1947	Test # 287
England	128/8	28.0x8	3.42	4	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
England	111	50.2	2.20	2	v West Indies	Georgetown	3 Mar 1948	Test # 297
England	95/3	50.0	1.90	2	v India	The Oval	17 Aug 1946	Test # 278
England	86/4	45.4	1.88	4	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Jan 1948	Test # 293
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]