Team Smallest Margins - South Africa

Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches - South Africa

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	17 runs	232	78.0x8	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
South Africa	58 runs	189	58.3x8	v England	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
South Africa	71 runs	186	65.2	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
South Africa	82 runs	373	95.1x8	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
South Africa	132 runs	233	47.5x8	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
South Africa	224 runs	481	142.1	v England	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	3 wickets	145	30.3	v England	Manchester	7 Jul 1955	Test # 410
South Africa	5 wickets	212	47.3x8	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	5 Feb 1954	Test # 382
South Africa	6 wickets	295	95.5x8	v Australia	Melbourne	6 Feb 1953	Test # 365
South Africa	9 wickets	25	6.2x8	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381

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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]