Team Smallest Margins

Smallest victories in 1953 in Tests

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	132 runs	233	47.5x8	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
West Indies	142 runs	272	79.5	v India	Bridgetown	7 Feb 1953	Test # 366

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	6 wickets	295	95.5x8	v Australia	Melbourne	6 Feb 1953	Test # 365
England	8 wickets	132	63.5	v Australia	The Oval	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376

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Performances in matches that overlap years 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 vs New Zealand at Johannesburg, New Zealand tour of South Africa 2nd Test, Dec 24-29, 1953 [Test # 378]

South Africa vs New Zealand at Durban, New Zealand tour of South Africa 1st Test, Dec 11-15, 1953 [Test # 377]

Australia vs England at The Oval, Australia tour of England 5th Test, Aug 15-19, 1953 [Test # 376]