Team Smallest Margins - England

Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches - England

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	38 runs	223	53.4x8	v Australia	Sydney	17 Dec 1954	Test # 392
England	71 runs	183	57.4	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
England	92 runs	244	87.4	v South Africa	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
England	128 runs	240	31.3x8	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
England	131 runs	204	33.4x8	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
England	171 runs	548	145.1	v India	Manchester	23 Jul 1959	Test # 477
England	202 runs	386	81.2	v West Indies	Manchester	8 Jun 1950	Test # 323
England	205 runs	343	77.3	v New Zealand	Birmingham	5 Jun 1958	Test # 454
England	312 runs	385	50.1x8	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957	Test # 435

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	4 wickets	163	62.1	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
England	5 wickets	94	30.4x8	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1955	Test # 396
England	6 wickets	88	45.2	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 1951	Test # 333
England	7 wickets	125	55.0	v India	Leeds	5 Jun 1952	Test # 351
England	8 wickets	95	29.6x8	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	Test # 331
England	8 wickets	76	19.2	v India	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346
England	8 wickets	77	49.2	v India	Lord's	19 Jun 1952	Test # 352
England	8 wickets	132	63.5	v Australia	The Oval	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376
England	8 wickets	49	15.2	v New Zealand	Dunedin	11 Mar 1955	Test # 401
England	8 wickets	108	27.2	v India	Lord's	18 Jun 1959	Test # 475
England	9 wickets	139	51.3	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
England	9 wickets	73	20.1	v West Indies	Georgetown	24 Feb 1954	Test # 384
England	9 wickets	72	15.5	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
England	10 wickets	16	3.5	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335

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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:

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

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

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