High scores in 1940s in Tests

High scores
Player
Runs
Mins
Balls
4s
6s
SR
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
23439739624-59.09Australiav EnglandSydney13 Dec 1946Test # 280
23464966717-35.08Australiav EnglandSydney13 Dec 1946Test # 280
208354-20-0.00Englandv South AfricaLord's21 Jun 1947Test # 286
206355-26-0.00New Zealandv EnglandLord's25 Jun 1949Test # 315
206300-25-0.00Englandv New ZealandThe Oval13 Aug 1949Test # 317
205*315-16-0.00Englandv IndiaLord's22 Jun 1946Test # 276
20127229621167.90Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
198*34030516-64.91Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
196406-16-0.00Australiav EnglandThe Oval14 Aug 1948Test # 303
195295-18-0.00Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg27 Dec 1948Test # 307
194--18-0.00West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne09 Dec 1948Test # 305
191317-2230.00Englandv South AfricaManchester05 Jul 1947Test # 287
189*420---0.00South Africav EnglandThe Oval16 Aug 1947Test # 289
189364-1610.00South Africav EnglandNottingham07 Jun 1947Test # 285
189361-2610.00Englandv South AfricaLord's21 Jun 1947Test # 286
18731631319-59.74Australiav EnglandBrisbane29 Nov 1946Test # 279
18528833620-55.05Australiav IndiaBrisbane28 Nov 1947Test # 290
18441347819-38.49Englandv AustraliaNottingham10 Jun 1948Test # 299
182291-33-0.00Australiav EnglandLeeds22 Jul 1948Test # 302
178240-16-0.00Australiav South AfricaCape Town31 Dec 1949Test # 319
173*25529229-59.24Australiav EnglandLeeds22 Jul 1948Test # 302
163290-19-0.00Englandv South AfricaNottingham07 Jun 1947Test # 285
162188-24-0.00West Indiesv IndiaEden Gardens31 Dec 1948Test # 308
160--11-0.00West Indiesv IndiaChennai27 Jan 1949Test # 310
158290-16-0.00Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg27 Dec 1948Test # 307
156*370---0.00South Africav EnglandJohannesburg27 Dec 1948Test # 307
1553643178-48.89Australiav EnglandMelbourne01 Jan 1947Test # 281
15325025112-60.95Australiav IndiaMelbourne06 Feb 1948Test # 295
152245-12-0.00West Indiesv IndiaDelhi10 Nov 1948Test # 304
149244-1510.00South Africav EnglandNottingham07 Jun 1947Test # 285
14728635015-42.00Englandv AustraliaAdelaide31 Jan 1947Test # 282
145*324-16-0.00Englandv AustraliaManchester08 Jul 1948Test # 301
14531337217-38.97Indiav AustraliaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
143317-22-0.00Englandv AustraliaLeeds22 Jul 1948Test # 302
141*2701989171.21Australiav EnglandAdelaide31 Jan 1947Test # 282
141--15-0.00West Indiesv EnglandKingston27 Mar 1948Test # 298
141277-1420.00Australiav EnglandLord's24 Jun 1948Test # 300
140354-15-0.00Englandv West IndiesPort of Spain11 Feb 1948Test # 296
13829032310-42.72Australiav EnglandNottingham10 Jun 1948Test # 299
13735438320135.77Australiav EnglandNottingham10 Jun 1948Test # 299
136*230-1210.00Englandv South AfricaGqeberha05 Mar 1949Test # 313
134*--18-0.00Indiav West IndiesBrabourne09 Dec 1948Test # 305
133315-15-0.00Englandv West IndiesPort of Spain11 Feb 1948Test # 296
1321992048-64.70Australiav IndiaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
131*215-15-0.00West Indiesv EnglandGeorgetown03 Mar 1948Test # 297
129*----0.00South Africav EnglandJohannesburg12 Feb 1949Test # 312
128315-12-0.00Indiav EnglandThe Oval17 Aug 1946Test # 278
12839239510132.40Australiav EnglandBrisbane29 Nov 1946Test # 279
128194-16-0.00West Indiesv IndiaDelhi10 Nov 1948Test # 304
127*17816913-75.14Australiav IndiaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
125350---0.00South Africav EnglandGqeberha05 Mar 1949Test # 313
124*19317112-72.51Australiav EnglandAdelaide31 Jan 1947Test # 282
12325028415-43.30Indiav AustraliaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
123----0.00Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg12 Feb 1949Test # 312
122*3003565-34.26Englandv AustraliaSydney28 Feb 1947Test # 283
12226825512247.84Australiav EnglandAdelaide31 Jan 1947Test # 282
122285-14-0.00Indiav West IndiesBrabourne04 Feb 1949Test # 311
121225-1110.00Englandv New ZealandLord's25 Jun 1949Test # 315
120381-14-0.00South Africav EnglandThe Oval16 Aug 1947Test # 289
120345---0.00South Africav EnglandCape Town01 Jan 1949Test # 309
1193143797-31.39Englandv AustraliaSydney13 Dec 1946Test # 280
117253-13-0.00South Africav EnglandLord's21 Jun 1947Test # 286
116167-11-0.00New Zealandv EnglandChristchurch21 Mar 1947Test # 284
11618218713-62.03Indiav AustraliaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
11627130314-38.28Indiav AustraliaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
116195-11-0.00Englandv New ZealandLord's25 Jun 1949Test # 315
115144-1320.00South Africav EnglandManchester05 Jul 1947Test # 287
115195-17-0.00Englandv South AfricaManchester05 Jul 1947Test # 287
114*245-10-0.00Indiav West IndiesDelhi10 Nov 1948Test # 304
114----0.00Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg27 Dec 1948Test # 307
114240-13-0.00Englandv New ZealandLeeds11 Jun 1949Test # 314
114270---0.00South Africav AustraliaCape Town31 Dec 1949Test # 319
113109-15-0.00Englandv South AfricaThe Oval16 Aug 1947Test # 289
1122452998137.45Englandv AustraliaMelbourne01 Jan 1947Test # 281
11223028116-39.85Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
112--13-0.00West Indiesv EnglandPort of Spain11 Feb 1948Test # 296
112188-17-0.00Australiav EnglandLeeds22 Jul 1948Test # 302
112--12-0.00Indiav West IndiesBrabourne09 Dec 1948Test # 305
112----0.00South Africav EnglandCape Town01 Jan 1949Test # 309
112270---0.00Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg24 Dec 1949Test # 318
1113013096-35.92Indiav AustraliaMelbourne06 Feb 1948Test # 295
111314-1310.00Englandv AustraliaLeeds22 Jul 1948Test # 302
111--15-0.00Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg12 Feb 1949Test # 312
109230-530.00West Indiesv IndiaChennai27 Jan 1949Test # 310
108164-1120.00West Indiesv IndiaEden Gardens31 Dec 1948Test # 308
107--16-0.00West Indiesv EnglandPort of Spain11 Feb 1948Test # 296
107----0.00Englandv West IndiesKingston27 Mar 1948Test # 298
107----0.00West Indiesv IndiaDelhi10 Nov 1948Test # 304
106--9-0.00Indiav West IndiesEden Gardens31 Dec 1948Test # 308
105209-1410.00Australiav EnglandLord's24 Jun 1948Test # 300
104*1831748-59.77Australiav EnglandMelbourne01 Jan 1947Test # 281
104*160-15-0.00South Africav EnglandNottingham07 Jun 1947Test # 285
104255-7-0.00West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne09 Dec 1948Test # 305
103*28435310-29.17Englandv AustraliaAdelaide31 Jan 1947Test # 282
103*180-12-0.00Englandv New ZealandLeeds11 Jun 1949Test # 314
103137-1130.00Englandv New ZealandManchester23 Jul 1949Test # 316
101--7-0.00West Indiesv IndiaDelhi10 Nov 1948Test # 304
101--5-0.00West Indiesv IndiaEden Gardens31 Dec 1948Test # 308
101245-14-0.00Englandv New ZealandLeeds11 Jun 1949Test # 314
101170-12-0.00New Zealandv EnglandManchester23 Jul 1949Test # 316
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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:

Australia vs South Africa at Cape Town, Australia tour of South Africa 2nd Test, Dec 31, 1949 - Jan 4, 1950 [Test # 319]

Australia vs South Africa at Johannesburg, Australia tour of South Africa 1st Test, Dec 24-28, 1949 [Test # 318]

New Zealand vs England at The Oval, New Zealand tour of England 4th Test, Aug 13-16, 1949 [Test # 317]