High scores in 1940s in Tests

High scores
Player
Runs
Mins
Balls
4s
6s
SR
Team
Opposition
Ground
Innings in match
Match Date
Scorecard
23439739624059.09Australiav EnglandSydney213 Dec 1946Test # 280
23464966717035.08Australiav EnglandSydney213 Dec 1946Test # 280
208354-200-Englandv South AfricaLord's121 Jun 1947Test # 286
206355-260-New Zealandv EnglandLord's225 Jun 1949Test # 315
206300-250-Englandv New ZealandThe Oval213 Aug 1949Test # 317
205*315-160-Englandv IndiaLord's222 Jun 1946Test # 276
20127229621167.90Australiav IndiaAdelaide123 Jan 1948Test # 294
198*34030516064.91Australiav IndiaAdelaide123 Jan 1948Test # 294
196406-160-Australiav EnglandThe Oval214 Aug 1948Test # 303
195295-180-Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg127 Dec 1948Test # 307
194--180-West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne19 Dec 1948Test # 305
191317-223-Englandv South AfricaManchester25 Jul 1947Test # 287
189*420--0-South Africav EnglandThe Oval416 Aug 1947Test # 289
189364-161-South Africav EnglandNottingham17 Jun 1947Test # 285
189361-261-Englandv South AfricaLord's121 Jun 1947Test # 286
18731631319059.74Australiav EnglandBrisbane129 Nov 1946Test # 279
18528833620055.05Australiav IndiaBrisbane128 Nov 1947Test # 290
18441347819038.49Englandv AustraliaNottingham310 Jun 1948Test # 299
182291-330-Australiav EnglandLeeds422 Jul 1948Test # 302
178240-160-Australiav South AfricaCape Town131 Dec 1949Test # 319
173*25529229059.24Australiav EnglandLeeds422 Jul 1948Test # 302
163290-190-Englandv South AfricaNottingham37 Jun 1947Test # 285
162188-240-West Indiesv IndiaEden Gardens131 Dec 1948Test # 308
160--110-West Indiesv IndiaChennai127 Jan 1949Test # 310
158290-160-Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg127 Dec 1948Test # 307
156*370--0-South Africav EnglandJohannesburg327 Dec 1948Test # 307
1553643178048.89Australiav EnglandMelbourne31 Jan 1947Test # 281
15325025112060.95Australiav IndiaMelbourne16 Feb 1948Test # 295
152245-120-West Indiesv IndiaDelhi110 Nov 1948Test # 304
149244-151-South Africav EnglandNottingham17 Jun 1947Test # 285
14728635015042.00Englandv AustraliaAdelaide131 Jan 1947Test # 282
145*324-160-Englandv AustraliaManchester18 Jul 1948Test # 301
14531337217038.97Indiav AustraliaAdelaide323 Jan 1948Test # 294
143317-220-Englandv AustraliaLeeds122 Jul 1948Test # 302
141*2701989171.21Australiav EnglandAdelaide231 Jan 1947Test # 282
141--150-West Indiesv EnglandKingston227 Mar 1948Test # 298
141277-142-Australiav EnglandLord's324 Jun 1948Test # 300
140354-150-Englandv West IndiesPort of Spain111 Feb 1948Test # 296
13829032310042.72Australiav EnglandNottingham210 Jun 1948Test # 299
13735438320135.77Australiav EnglandNottingham210 Jun 1948Test # 299
136*230-121-Englandv South AfricaGqeberha25 Mar 1949Test # 313
134*--180-Indiav West IndiesBrabourne39 Dec 1948Test # 305
133315-150-Englandv West IndiesPort of Spain311 Feb 1948Test # 296
1321992048064.70Australiav IndiaMelbourne11 Jan 1948Test # 292
131*215-150-West Indiesv EnglandGeorgetown13 Mar 1948Test # 297
129*---0-South Africav EnglandJohannesburg212 Feb 1949Test # 312
128315-120-Indiav EnglandThe Oval117 Aug 1946Test # 278
12839239510132.40Australiav EnglandBrisbane129 Nov 1946Test # 279
128194-160-West Indiesv IndiaDelhi110 Nov 1948Test # 304
127*17816913075.14Australiav IndiaMelbourne31 Jan 1948Test # 292
125350--0-South Africav EnglandGqeberha15 Mar 1949Test # 313
124*19317112072.51Australiav EnglandAdelaide431 Jan 1947Test # 282
12325028415043.30Indiav AustraliaAdelaide223 Jan 1948Test # 294
123---0-Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg312 Feb 1949Test # 312
122*3003565034.26Englandv AustraliaSydney128 Feb 1947Test # 283
12226825512247.84Australiav EnglandAdelaide231 Jan 1947Test # 282
122285-140-Indiav West IndiesBrabourne44 Feb 1949Test # 311
121225-111-Englandv New ZealandLord's325 Jun 1949Test # 315
120381-140-South Africav EnglandThe Oval216 Aug 1947Test # 289
120345--0-South Africav EnglandCape Town21 Jan 1949Test # 309
1193143797031.39Englandv AustraliaSydney313 Dec 1946Test # 280
117253-130-South Africav EnglandLord's221 Jun 1947Test # 286
116167-110-New Zealandv EnglandChristchurch121 Mar 1947Test # 284
11618218713062.03Indiav AustraliaMelbourne21 Jan 1948Test # 292
11627130314038.28Indiav AustraliaAdelaide223 Jan 1948Test # 294
116195-110-Englandv New ZealandLord's125 Jun 1949Test # 315
115144-132-South Africav EnglandManchester35 Jul 1947Test # 287
115195-170-Englandv South AfricaManchester25 Jul 1947Test # 287
114*245-100-Indiav West IndiesDelhi210 Nov 1948Test # 304
114---0-Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg127 Dec 1948Test # 307
114240-130-Englandv New ZealandLeeds111 Jun 1949Test # 314
114270--0-South Africav AustraliaCape Town331 Dec 1949Test # 319
113109-150-Englandv South AfricaThe Oval316 Aug 1947Test # 289
1122452998137.45Englandv AustraliaMelbourne41 Jan 1947Test # 281
11223028116039.85Australiav IndiaAdelaide123 Jan 1948Test # 294
112--130-West Indiesv EnglandPort of Spain211 Feb 1948Test # 296
112188-170-Australiav EnglandLeeds222 Jul 1948Test # 302
112--120-Indiav West IndiesBrabourne39 Dec 1948Test # 305
112---0-South Africav EnglandCape Town21 Jan 1949Test # 309
112270--0-Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg124 Dec 1949Test # 318
1113013096035.92Indiav AustraliaMelbourne26 Feb 1948Test # 295
111314-131-Englandv AustraliaLeeds122 Jul 1948Test # 302
111--150-Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg112 Feb 1949Test # 312
109230-53-West Indiesv IndiaChennai127 Jan 1949Test # 310
108164-112-West Indiesv IndiaEden Gardens331 Dec 1948Test # 308
107--160-West Indiesv EnglandPort of Spain211 Feb 1948Test # 296
107---0-Englandv West IndiesKingston327 Mar 1948Test # 298
107---0-West Indiesv IndiaDelhi110 Nov 1948Test # 304
106--90-Indiav West IndiesEden Gardens431 Dec 1948Test # 308
105209-141-Australiav EnglandLord's124 Jun 1948Test # 300
104*1831748059.77Australiav EnglandMelbourne11 Jan 1947Test # 281
104*160-150-South Africav EnglandNottingham47 Jun 1947Test # 285
104255-70-West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne19 Dec 1948Test # 305
103*28435310029.17Englandv AustraliaAdelaide331 Jan 1947Test # 282
103*180-120-Englandv New ZealandLeeds311 Jun 1949Test # 314
103137-113-Englandv New ZealandManchester223 Jul 1949Test # 316
101--70-West Indiesv IndiaDelhi110 Nov 1948Test # 304
101--50-West Indiesv IndiaEden Gardens331 Dec 1948Test # 308
101245-140-Englandv New ZealandLeeds111 Jun 1949Test # 314
101170-120-New Zealandv EnglandManchester323 Jul 1949Test # 316
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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:

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

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

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