Team Highest Innings Totals - South Africa

Highest totals in 1950s in Tests - South Africa

Highest totals

Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Result	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	538	235.3	2.28	1	v England	Leeds	draw	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
South Africa	524/8d	174.0	3.01	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	won	6 Mar 1953	Test # 368
South Africa	521/8d	195.0	2.67	2	v England	Manchester	won	7 Jul 1955	Test # 410
South Africa	500	208.5	2.39	3	v England	Leeds	won	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
South Africa	483/9d	240.0	2.01	1	v England	Nottingham	won	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
South Africa	470/9d	130.6x8	2.69	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	draw	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
South Africa	437/9d	115.0x8	2.85	1	v New Zealand	Durban	won	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
South Africa	435	143.1x8	2.27	2	v Australia	Melbourne	won	6 Feb 1953	Test # 365
South Africa	388	128.5x8	2.26	3	v Australia	Melbourne	won	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
South Africa	387	141.4x8	2.05	2	v Australia	Adelaide	draw	24 Jan 1953	Test # 364
South Africa	384	163.7x8	1.75	2	v Australia	Durban	draw	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
South Africa	377	162.0	2.32	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	draw	13 Mar 1953	Test # 370
South Africa	352	122.0x8	2.16	2	v Australia	Johannesburg	draw	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321
South Africa	340	101.6x8	2.50	1	v England	Johannesburg	won	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
South Africa	326	127.7x8	1.91	2	v New Zealand	Cape Town	draw	1 Jan 1954	Test # 379
South Africa	311	109.2x8	2.13	1	v Australia	Durban	lost	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
South Africa	304	102.0	2.98	2	v England	Lord's	lost	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
South Africa	297/4	95.5x8	2.32	4	v Australia	Melbourne	won	6 Feb 1953	Test # 365
South Africa	283	96.2x8	2.20	2	v England	Durban	draw	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
South Africa	271	80.0x8	2.54	1	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	won	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
South Africa	243	98.0x8	1.85	1	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	won	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
South Africa	240	107.0x8	1.68	4	v Australia	Brisbane	lost	5 Dec 1952	Test # 359
South Africa	237	98.1x8	1.81	2	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	won	5 Feb 1954	Test # 382
South Africa	232	69.6x8	2.49	3	v Australia	Sydney	lost	9 Jan 1953	Test # 362
South Africa	227	71.6x8	2.37	1	v Australia	Melbourne	won	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
South Africa	221	62.6x8	2.64	2	v Australia	Brisbane	lost	5 Dec 1952	Test # 359
South Africa	215/5	47.3x8	3.40	4	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	won	5 Feb 1954	Test # 382
South Africa	215	89.1x8	1.80	2	v England	Johannesburg	lost	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
South Africa	214	74.6x8	2.14	1	v Australia	Gqeberha	lost	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
South Africa	211	96.2	2.19	3	v England	Lord's	lost	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
South Africa	209	86.5x8	1.80	2	v Australia	Cape Town	lost	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
South Africa	205	99.6x8	1.54	2	v England	Cape Town	lost	1 Jan 1957	Test # 435
South Africa	203	80.2x8	1.89	2	v Australia	Johannesburg	lost	7 Feb 1958	Test # 449
South Africa	202	106.3	1.89	1	v England	The Oval	lost	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
South Africa	201	78.4x8	1.92	3	v Australia	Johannesburg	draw	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
South Africa	200/5d	78.0	2.56	3	v New Zealand	Auckland	draw	13 Mar 1953	Test # 370
South Africa	198	105.0x8	1.41	3	v Australia	Johannesburg	lost	7 Feb 1958	Test # 449
South Africa	191	78.2	2.43	3	v England	Manchester	lost	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
South Africa	181	114.0	1.58	2	v England	Nottingham	lost	9 Jun 1955	Test # 407
South Africa	177/6	72.0x8	1.84	4	v Australia	Adelaide	draw	24 Jan 1953	Test # 364
South Africa	173	63.2x8	2.05	1	v Australia	Sydney	lost	9 Jan 1953	Test # 362
South Africa	171	70.2	2.43	1	v England	Leeds	won	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
South Africa	164	87.0x8	1.41	1	v England	Gqeberha	won	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
South Africa	159/3	54.0x8	2.20	3	v New Zealand	Cape Town	draw	1 Jan 1954	Test # 379
South Africa	158	50.1x8	2.36	2	v Australia	Gqeberha	lost	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
South Africa	158	84.3	1.86	1	v England	Manchester	lost	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
South Africa	154	75.5	2.03	3	v England	The Oval	lost	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
South Africa	151	87.4	1.72	4	v England	The Oval	lost	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
South Africa	148	53.1x8	2.08	3	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	won	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
South Africa	148	96.3	1.53	3	v England	Nottingham	lost	9 Jun 1955	Test # 407
South Africa	145/7	30.3	4.75	4	v England	Manchester	won	7 Jul 1955	Test # 410
South Africa	144	75.1x8	1.43	3	v Australia	Gqeberha	lost	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
South Africa	142/6	58.0x8	1.83	4	v England	Durban	draw	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
South Africa	142	60.0x8	1.77	3	v England	Johannesburg	won	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
South Africa	134	80.7x8	1.24	3	v England	Gqeberha	won	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
South Africa	132	48.2x8	2.05	3	v Australia	Gqeberha	lost	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
South Africa	121	51.4	2.34	3	v England	Nottingham	won	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
South Africa	115	64.5	1.77	2	v England	Lord's	lost	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
South Africa	112	65.0	1.72	2	v England	The Oval	lost	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
South Africa	111	57.4	1.92	4	v England	Lord's	lost	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
South Africa	99	46.2x8	1.60	3	v Australia	Durban	lost	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
South Africa	99	57.4x8	1.29	3	v Australia	Cape Town	lost	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
South Africa	87/0	49.0	1.77	3	v England	Leeds	draw	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
South Africa	72	33.4x8	1.61	4	v England	Johannesburg	lost	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
South Africa	72	50.1x8	1.07	4	v England	Cape Town	lost	1 Jan 1957	Test # 435
South Africa	25/1	6.2x8	3.00	4	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	won	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India vs Australia at Kanpur, Australia tour of India 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]

India vs Australia at Delhi, Australia tour of India 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]

Pakistan vs Australia at Karachi, Australia tour of Pakistan 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]