This is the record Sri Lanka broke on August 6, 1997.
England v Australia, 5th Test, 
Kennington Oval, 
London, 
20,22,23,24 August 1938

England 1st innings 
L Hutton              c Hassett          b O'Reilly           364
WJ Edrich             lbw                b O'Reilly            12
M Leyland             run out                                 187
WR Hammond            lbw                b Fleetwood-Smith     59
E Paynter             lbw                b O'Reilly             0
DCS Compton                              b Waite                1
J Hardstaff jnr       not out                                 169
A Wood                               c & b Barnes              53
H Verity              not out                                   8
Extras                (b 22, lb 19, w 1, nb 8)                 50
Total                 (7 wickets declared)                    903

Fall of Wickets: 1-29, 2-411, 3-546, 4-547, 5-555,
     6-770, 7-876.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Waite                       72     16    150      1
McCabe                      38      8     85      0
O'Reilly                    85     26    178      3
Fleetwood-Smith             87     11    298      1
Barnes                      38      3     84      1
Hassett                     13      2     52      0
Bradman                      2.2    1      6      0

Australia 1st innings 
WA Brown              c Hammond          b Leyland             69
CL Badcock            c Hardstaff        b Bowes                0
SJ McCabe             c Edrich           b Farnes              14
AL Hassett            c Compton          b Edrich              42
SG Barnes                                b Bowes               41
+BA Barnett           c Wood             b Bowes                2
MG Waite                                 b Bowes                8
WJ O'Reilly           c Wood             b Bowes                0
LO'B Fleetwood-Smith  not out                                  16
Extras                (b 4, lb 2, nb 3)                         9
Total                 (all out)                               201

Fall of Wickets: 1-0, 2-19, 3-70, 4-145, 5-147,
     6-160, 7-160, 8-201.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Farnes                      13      2     54      1
Bowes                       19      3     49      5
Edrich                      10      2     55      1
Verity                       5      1     15      0
Leyland                      3.1    0     11      1
Hammond                      2      0      8      0

Australia 2nd innings 
WA Brown              c Edrich           b Farnes              15
CL Badcock                               b Bowes                9
SJ McCabe             c Wood             b Farnes               2
AL Hassett            lbw                b Bowes               10
SG Barnes             lbw                b Verity              33
BA Barnett                               b Farnes              46
MG Waite              c Edrich           b Verity               0
WJ O'Reilly           not out                                   7
LO'B Fleetwood-Smith  c Leyland          b Farnes               0
Extras                (b 1)                                     1
Total                 (all out)                               123

Fall of Wickets: 1-15, 2-18, 3-35, 4-41, 5-115,
     6-115, 7-117, 8-123.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Farnes                      12.1    1     63      4
Bowes                       10      3     25      2
Verity                       7      3     15      2
Leyland                      5      0     19      0

Score card source : Cricinfo

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