Team Smallest Margins IN England

Smallest victories in 1950s in FC+LA+T20s IN England

By runs

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Hampshire	1 run	0	305	108.0	v Oxford Uni	Oxford	16 May 1956	First-class
Players	2 runs	0	323	107.1	v Gentlemen	Lord's	23 Jul 1952	First-class
C'wealth XI	3 runs	0	308	67.5	v England XI	Torquay	7 Sep 1955	First-class
Pearce's XI	9 runs	0	255	91.0	v Sth Africans	Scarborough	8 Sep 1951	First-class
Players	20 runs	0	201	44.4	v Gentlemen	Lord's	13 Jul 1955	First-class
Sth Africans	24 runs	0	111	43.3	v Somerset	Taunton	1 Aug 1951	First-class
Pakistan	24 runs	0	168	68.0	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1954	Test # 390
West Indians	35 runs	0	211	90.2	v Yorkshire	Sheffield	29 Jul 1950	First-class
Glamorgan	51 runs	0	294	88.4	v Indians	Cardiff	16 May 1959	First-class
Surrey	54 runs	0	214	53.4	v Oxford Uni	The Oval	20 Jun 1956	First-class
England XI	56 runs	0	313	57.4	v C'wealth XI	Hastings	3 Sep 1955	First-class
Warwickshire	63 runs	0	212	53.5	v Scotland	Coventry	28 Jul 1954	First-class
Glamorgan	64 runs	0	148	28.5	v Sth Africans	Swansea	4 Aug 1951	First-class
Somerset	67 runs	0	217	58.0	v Surrey	The Oval	23 May 1951	First-class
West Indians	71 runs	0	364	96.5	v Somerset	Taunton	31 May 1950	First-class
South Africa	71 runs	0	186	65.2	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
England	71 runs	0	183	57.4	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
Kent	74 runs	0	269	64.2	v Hampshire	Canterbury	3 Aug 1957	First-class
Oxford Uni	78 runs	0	281	61.2	v Gloucs	Bristol	23 Jun 1956	First-class
Comb Srvcs	80 runs	0	224	45.4	v Glamorgan	Cardiff	21 May 1952	First-class
Sth Africans	82 runs	0	275	114.3	v Surrey	The Oval	16 Jul 1955	First-class
Oxford Uni	85 runs	0	282	71.3	v Cambridge U	Lord's	11 Jul 1959	First-class
England	92 runs	0	244	87.4	v South Africa	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
Sth Africans	93 runs	0	283	78.4	v M.C.C.	Lord's	21 May 1955	First-class
Oxford Uni	93 runs	0	383	98.3	v F Foresters	Oxford	19 May 1956	First-class
Cambridge U	94 runs	0	206	24.3	v Leics	Cambridge	16 May 1956	First-class
Surrey	105 runs	0	254	64.2	v Hampshire	The Oval	5 Aug 1953	First-class
Lancashire	107 runs	0	266	54.0	v Comb Srvcs	Manchester	24 Aug 1955	First-class
South	109 runs	0	332	55.4	v North	Torquay	3 Sep 1955	First-class
Indians	116 runs	0	283	52.0	v Glamorgan	Swansea	1 Aug 1959	First-class
Worcs	117 runs	0	261	57.5	v Sth Africans	Worcester	7 May 1955	First-class
M.C.C.	118 runs	0	266	51.3	v West Indians	Lord's	20 May 1950	First-class
Worcs	131 runs	0	227	38.1	v Oxford Uni	Worcester	30 Jun 1956	First-class
Pakistanis	140 runs	0	361	72.1	v Middlesex	Lord's	28 Aug 1954	First-class
Surrey	141 runs	0	250	51.1	v Indians	The Oval	7 May 1952	First-class
Surrey	145 runs	0	224	43.1	v Gloucs	The Oval	14 Jul 1954	First-class
M.C.C.	147 runs	0	284	53.2	v Indians	Lord's	23 May 1959	First-class
Australians	158 runs	0	307	48.1	v Hampshire	Southampton	6 Jun 1953	First-class
England	171 runs	0	548	145.1	v India	Manchester	23 Jul 1959	Test # 477
Australia	185 runs	0	372	99.2	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
Gloucs	192 runs	0	326	60.0	v Indians	Cheltenham	15 Aug 1959	First-class
Sth Africans	193 runs	0	372	60.4	v Yorkshire	Sheffield	2 Jul 1955	First-class
England	202 runs	0	386	81.2	v West Indies	Manchester	8 Jun 1950	Test # 323
England	205 runs	0	343	77.3	v New Zealand	Birmingham	5 Jun 1958	Test # 454
Surrey	212 runs	0	378	63.4	v Kent	Blackheath	16 Jun 1951	First-class
Surrey	212 runs	0	308	48.5	v Derbyshire	The Oval	20 Aug 1952	First-class
West Indians	222 runs	0	290	38.2	v Kent	Canterbury	30 Aug 1950	First-class
South Africa	224 runs	0	481	142.1	v England	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
Sth Africans	226 runs	0	392	79.0	v Glamorgan	Swansea	30 Jul 1955	First-class
Sth Africans	235 runs	0	334	64.4	v Middlesex	Lord's	27 Aug 1955	First-class
Yorkshire	249 runs	0	357	27.4	v Canadians	Scarborough	28 Aug 1954	First-class
Sth Africans	275 runs	0	396	45.4	v Hampshire	Southampton	20 Aug 1955	First-class
West Indies	326 runs	0	601	191.3	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australians	2 wickets	0	320	69.5	v Pearce's XI	Scarborough	9 Sep 1953	First-class
Players	2 wickets	0	215	36.5	v Gentlemen	Scarborough	3 Sep 1955	First-class
M.C.C.	2 wickets	0	173	43.4	v Oxford Uni	Lord's	4 Jul 1956	First-class
Derbyshire	2 wickets	0	63	38.5	v Gloucs	Gloucester	6 Jul 1957	First-class
West Indians	3 wickets	0	87	61.4	v Yorkshire	Bradford	10 May 1950	First-class
Warwickshire	3 wickets	0	95	52.4	v West Indians	Birmingham	9 Aug 1950	First-class
South Africa	3 wickets	0	145	30.3	v England	Manchester	7 Jul 1955	Test # 410
England	4 wickets	0	163	62.1	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
Sth Africans	4 wickets	0	211	44.5	v Pearce's XI	Scarborough	7 Sep 1955	First-class
Indians	4 wickets	0	67	23.5	v Middlesex	Lord's	18 Jul 1959	First-class
Derbyshire	5 wickets	0	111	46.2	v Scotland	Buxton	2 Jun 1954	First-class
Middlesex	5 wickets	0	175	69.2	v Cambridge U	Cambridge	30 May 1956	First-class
Pearce's XI	5 wickets	0	235	45.3	v Indians	Scarborough	9 Sep 1959	First-class
Sth Africans	6 wickets	0	167	32.1	v Leics	Leicester	21 Jul 1951	First-class
Indians	6 wickets	0	212	86.0	v Surrey	The Oval	26 Jul 1952	First-class
Indians	6 wickets	0	108	30.4	v Gloucs	Cheltenham	9 Aug 1952	First-class
Sussex	6 wickets	0	177	71.1	v Indians	Hove	20 Aug 1952	First-class
Pakistanis	6 wickets	0	204	62.0	v Lancashire	Manchester	10 Jul 1954	First-class
Minor C	6 wickets	0	334	71.0	v Indians	Stoke-on-Trent	10 Jun 1959	First-class
West Indians	7 wickets	0	186	35.2	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	23 Aug 1950	First-class
England	7 wickets	0	125	55.0	v India	Leeds	5 Jun 1952	Test # 351
C'wealth XI	7 wickets	0	168	43.4	v England XI	Kingston-upon-Thames	3 Sep 1952	First-class
Australians	7 wickets	0	105	27.5	v Lancashire	Manchester	8 Aug 1953	First-class
Yorkshire	7 wickets	0	123	25.3	v Pakistanis	Sheffield	26 Jun 1954	First-class
Surrey	7 wickets	0	54	20.2	v M.C.C.	Lord's	4 May 1955	First-class
Sth Africans	8 wickets	0	82	21.1	v Derbyshire	Derby	18 Jul 1951	First-class
Lancashire	8 wickets	0	85	24.1	v M.C.C.	Lord's	28 May 1952	First-class
England	8 wickets	0	77	49.2	v India	Lord's	19 Jun 1952	Test # 352
England	8 wickets	0	132	63.5	v Australia	The Oval	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376
Australians	8 wickets	0	253	77.2	v Gents Eng	Lord's	26 Aug 1953	First-class
Pakistanis	8 wickets	0	35	8.5	v Worcs	Worcester	8 May 1954	First-class
Pakistanis	8 wickets	0	57	9.2	v Notts	Nottingham	19 Jun 1954	First-class
M.C.C.	8 wickets	0	108	36.4	v Gloucs	Lord's	1 Jun 1955	First-class
Sth Africans	8 wickets	0	23	7.2	v Kent	Canterbury	24 Aug 1955	First-class
England	8 wickets	0	108	27.2	v India	Lord's	18 Jun 1959	Test # 475
Notts	8 wickets	0	144	56.5	v Indians	Nottingham	8 Aug 1959	First-class
Indians	8 wickets	0	103	24.4	v Kent	Canterbury	29 Aug 1959	First-class
England	9 wickets	0	139	51.3	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
Indians	9 wickets	0	62	10.5	v Oxford Uni	Oxford	21 May 1952	First-class
Australians	9 wickets	0	33	5.5	v Gloucs	Bristol	1 Jul 1953	First-class
Pakistanis	9 wickets	0	31	15.4	v Oxford Uni	Oxford	19 May 1954	First-class
Pakistanis	9 wickets	0	117	39.0	v Kent	Canterbury	25 Aug 1954	First-class
Pearce's XI	9 wickets	0	27	4.0	v Pakistanis	Scarborough	8 Sep 1954	First-class
Sth Africans	9 wickets	0	142	50.2	v Sussex	Hove	18 Jun 1955	First-class
Cambridge U	9 wickets	0	23	4.3	v M.C.C.	Lord's	13 Jun 1956	First-class
West Indies	10 wickets	0	102	36.3	v England	Nottingham	20 Jul 1950	Test # 325
England	10 wickets	0	16	3.5	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
Indians	10 wickets	0	5	2.5	v Lancashire	Manchester	28 Jun 1952	First-class
Pakistanis	10 wickets	0	110	24.4	v Scotland	Edinburgh	16 Jun 1954	First-class
Surrey	10 wickets	0	83	17.0	v Worcs	The Oval	29 Jun 1955	First-class
Sth Africans	10 wickets	0	8	1.1	v Warwickshire	Birmingham	3 Aug 1955	First-class
Surrey	10 wickets	0	20	15.0	v Australians	The Oval	16 May 1956	First-class
Australians	10 wickets	0	23	9.3	v Cambridge U	Cambridge	19 May 1956	First-class
Sussex	10 wickets	0	6	1.3	v Cambridge U	Hove	30 Jun 1956	First-class
Lancashire	10 wickets	0	65	13.5	v Leics	Manchester	14 Jul 1956	First-class
Surrey	10 wickets	0	14	2.5	v Northants	Northampton	5 Jun 1957	First-class
Yorkshire	10 wickets	0	45	10.2	v Middlesex	Lord's	15 Jun 1957	First-class

By balls remaining in the second innings

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
West Indians	3 wickets	0	87	61.4	0.0	v Yorkshire	Bradford	10 May 1950	First-class
West Indies	10 wickets	0	102	36.3	0.0	v England	Nottingham	20 Jul 1950	Test # 325
Warwickshire	3 wickets	0	95	52.4	0.0	v West Indians	Birmingham	9 Aug 1950	First-class
West Indians	7 wickets	0	186	35.2	0.0	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	23 Aug 1950	First-class
England	10 wickets	0	16	3.5	0.0	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
England	9 wickets	0	139	51.3	0.0	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
Sth Africans	8 wickets	0	82	21.1	0.0	v Derbyshire	Derby	18 Jul 1951	First-class
Sth Africans	6 wickets	0	167	32.1	0.0	v Leics	Leicester	21 Jul 1951	First-class
England	4 wickets	0	163	62.1	0.0	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
Indians	9 wickets	0	62	10.5	0.0	v Oxford Uni	Oxford	21 May 1952	First-class
Lancashire	8 wickets	0	85	24.1	0.0	v M.C.C.	Lord's	28 May 1952	First-class
England	7 wickets	0	125	55.0	0.0	v India	Leeds	5 Jun 1952	Test # 351
England	8 wickets	0	77	49.2	0.0	v India	Lord's	19 Jun 1952	Test # 352
Indians	10 wickets	0	5	2.5	0.0	v Lancashire	Manchester	28 Jun 1952	First-class
Indians	6 wickets	0	212	86.0	0.0	v Surrey	The Oval	26 Jul 1952	First-class
Indians	6 wickets	0	108	30.4	0.0	v Gloucs	Cheltenham	9 Aug 1952	First-class
Sussex	6 wickets	0	177	71.1	0.0	v Indians	Hove	20 Aug 1952	First-class
C'wealth XI	7 wickets	0	168	43.4	0.0	v England XI	Kingston-upon-Thames	3 Sep 1952	First-class
Australians	9 wickets	0	33	5.5	0.0	v Gloucs	Bristol	1 Jul 1953	First-class
Australians	7 wickets	0	105	27.5	0.0	v Lancashire	Manchester	8 Aug 1953	First-class
England	8 wickets	0	132	63.5	0.0	v Australia	The Oval	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376
Australians	8 wickets	0	253	77.2	0.0	v Gents Eng	Lord's	26 Aug 1953	First-class
Australians	2 wickets	0	320	69.5	0.0	v Pearce's XI	Scarborough	9 Sep 1953	First-class
Pakistanis	8 wickets	0	35	8.5	0.0	v Worcs	Worcester	8 May 1954	First-class
Pakistanis	9 wickets	0	31	15.4	0.0	v Oxford Uni	Oxford	19 May 1954	First-class
Derbyshire	5 wickets	0	111	46.2	0.0	v Scotland	Buxton	2 Jun 1954	First-class
Pakistanis	10 wickets	0	110	24.4	0.0	v Scotland	Edinburgh	16 Jun 1954	First-class
Pakistanis	8 wickets	0	57	9.2	0.0	v Notts	Nottingham	19 Jun 1954	First-class
Yorkshire	7 wickets	0	123	25.3	0.0	v Pakistanis	Sheffield	26 Jun 1954	First-class
Pakistanis	6 wickets	0	204	62.0	0.0	v Lancashire	Manchester	10 Jul 1954	First-class
Pakistanis	9 wickets	0	117	39.0	0.0	v Kent	Canterbury	25 Aug 1954	First-class
Pearce's XI	9 wickets	0	27	4.0	0.0	v Pakistanis	Scarborough	8 Sep 1954	First-class
Surrey	7 wickets	0	54	20.2	0.0	v M.C.C.	Lord's	4 May 1955	First-class
M.C.C.	8 wickets	0	108	36.4	0.0	v Gloucs	Lord's	1 Jun 1955	First-class
Sth Africans	9 wickets	0	142	50.2	0.0	v Sussex	Hove	18 Jun 1955	First-class
Surrey	10 wickets	0	83	17.0	0.0	v Worcs	The Oval	29 Jun 1955	First-class
South Africa	3 wickets	0	145	30.3	0.0	v England	Manchester	7 Jul 1955	Test # 410
Sth Africans	10 wickets	0	8	1.1	0.0	v Warwickshire	Birmingham	3 Aug 1955	First-class
Sth Africans	8 wickets	0	23	7.2	0.0	v Kent	Canterbury	24 Aug 1955	First-class
Players	2 wickets	0	215	36.5	0.0	v Gentlemen	Scarborough	3 Sep 1955	First-class
Sth Africans	4 wickets	0	211	44.5	0.0	v Pearce's XI	Scarborough	7 Sep 1955	First-class
Surrey	10 wickets	0	20	15.0	0.0	v Australians	The Oval	16 May 1956	First-class
Australians	10 wickets	0	23	9.3	0.0	v Cambridge U	Cambridge	19 May 1956	First-class
Middlesex	5 wickets	0	175	69.2	0.0	v Cambridge U	Cambridge	30 May 1956	First-class
Cambridge U	9 wickets	0	23	4.3	0.0	v M.C.C.	Lord's	13 Jun 1956	First-class
Sussex	10 wickets	0	6	1.3	0.0	v Cambridge U	Hove	30 Jun 1956	First-class
M.C.C.	2 wickets	0	173	43.4	0.0	v Oxford Uni	Lord's	4 Jul 1956	First-class
Lancashire	10 wickets	0	65	13.5	0.0	v Leics	Manchester	14 Jul 1956	First-class
Surrey	10 wickets	0	14	2.5	0.0	v Northants	Northampton	5 Jun 1957	First-class
Yorkshire	10 wickets	0	45	10.2	0.0	v Middlesex	Lord's	15 Jun 1957	First-class
Derbyshire	2 wickets	0	63	38.5	0.0	v Gloucs	Gloucester	6 Jul 1957	First-class
Minor C	6 wickets	0	334	71.0	0.0	v Indians	Stoke-on-Trent	10 Jun 1959	First-class
England	8 wickets	0	108	27.2	0.0	v India	Lord's	18 Jun 1959	Test # 475
Indians	4 wickets	0	67	23.5	0.0	v Middlesex	Lord's	18 Jul 1959	First-class
Notts	8 wickets	0	144	56.5	0.0	v Indians	Nottingham	8 Aug 1959	First-class
Indians	8 wickets	0	103	24.4	0.0	v Kent	Canterbury	29 Aug 1959	First-class
Pearce's XI	5 wickets	0	235	45.3	0.0	v Indians	Scarborough	9 Sep 1959	First-class

Tied matches

Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
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