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Cricket Records in 1940s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	233 runs	359	25.7x8	v India	Melbourne	1 Jan 1948	Test # 292
Australia	409 runs	596	78.1	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	2 wickets	128	28.0x8	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
England	3 wickets	172	23.7x8	v South Africa	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
Australia	5 wickets	214	52.2x8	v England	Sydney	28 Feb 1947	Test # 283
England	7 wickets	129	36.5	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1947	Test # 287
West Indies	7 wickets	78	20.0	v England	Georgetown	3 Mar 1948	Test # 297
Australia	7 wickets	404	114.1	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
Australia	8 wickets	98	28.3	v England	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948	Test # 299
Australia	8 wickets	86	20.0x8	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
England	10 wickets	48	16.5	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
England	10 wickets	26	12.1	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
England	10 wickets	43	15.4	v South Africa	Leeds	26 Jul 1947	Test # 288
West Indies	10 wickets	74	11.0	v England	Kingston	27 Mar 1948	Test # 298

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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]