Rugby Union | 1950s | Most team points at halftime without winning the match

Team	HTf	HTa	Result	For	Aga	Opposition	Ground	Date	Match
South Africa	11	3	lost	14	18	v Australia	Cape Town	5 Sep 1953	Details
South Africa	11	8	lost	22	23	v Lions	Johannesburg	6 Aug 1955	Details
Australia	11	11	lost	11	25	v New Zealand	Sydney	25 May 1957	Details
Australia	9	9	lost	9	22	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	26 Sep 1953	Details
Romania	9	6	lost	15	18	v France	Bucharest	19 May 1957	Details
Lions	9	6	lost	17	18	v New Zealand	Dunedin	18 Jul 1959	Details
Scotland	8	9	lost	8	12	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	23 Feb 1952	Details
Japan	8	23	lost	11	34	v Camb Uni	Osaka	27 Sep 1953	Details
New Zealand	8	5	lost	8	13	v Wales	Cardiff	19 Dec 1953	Details
Fiji	8	14	lost	19	22	v Australia	Brisbane	5 Jun 1954	Details
Australia	8	9	lost	16	18	v Fiji	Sydney	26 Jun 1954	Details
Australia	8	10	lost	8	16	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Aug 1955	Details
Czech Rep	8	21	lost	19	38	v France XV	Moscow	3 Aug 1957	Details
Australia	8	6	lost	8	12	v Scotland	Murrayfield	15 Feb 1958	Details
Japan	8	3	drawn	11	11	v British Col	Tokyo	22 Mar 1959	Details
Lions	8	14	lost	8	22	v New Zealand	Christchurch	29 Aug 1959	Details
Fiji	8	6	lost	11	14	v Tonga	Suva	26 Sep 1959	Details
Romania	7	8	lost	14	16	v Italy	Bucharest	24 May 1953	Details
Scotland	6	6	lost	12	14	v France	Colombes	13 Jan 1951	Details
England	6	5	lost	6	8	v Wales	Twickenham	19 Jan 1952	Details
Australia	6	9	lost	15	17	v Fiji	Sydney	9 Aug 1952	Details
New Zealand	6	5	lost	9	14	v Australia	Christchurch	6 Sep 1952	Details
Ireland	6	6	lost	9	12	v Wales	Lansdowne Road	13 Mar 1954	Details
Italy	6	16	lost	12	39	v France	Rome	24 Apr 1954	Details
England	6	3	drawn	6	6	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	12 Feb 1955	Details
England	6	3	lost	9	16	v France	Twickenham	26 Feb 1955	Details
Scotland	6	11	lost	6	11	v England	Murrayfield	17 Mar 1956	Details
England	6	6	lost	9	14	v France	Colombes	14 Apr 1956	Details
Wales	6	6	lost	6	9	v Scotland	Murrayfield	2 Feb 1957	Details
Ireland	6	3	lost	5	6	v Wales	Cardiff	9 Mar 1957	Details
Italy	6	10	lost	6	38	v France	Agen	21 Apr 1957	Details
Australia	6	13	lost	9	22	v New Zealand	Brisbane	1 Jun 1957	Details
Czech Rep	6	0	lost	11	12	v Romania	Moscow	4 Aug 1957	Details
France	6	8	lost	9	11	v Scotland	Murrayfield	11 Jan 1958	Details
Scotland	6	0	lost	6	12	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	1 Mar 1958	Details
Ireland	6	0	lost	6	8	v Wales	Cardiff	14 Mar 1959	Details
Japan	6	10	lost	17	21	v British Col	Osaka	15 Mar 1959	Details
Czech Rep	6	3	lost	6	9	v Poland	Bucharest	19 May 1959	Details
Australia	6	6	lost	6	17	v Lions	Brisbane	6 Jun 1959	Details
Japan	6	13	lost	14	44	v Ox & Camb	Tokyo	4 Oct 1959	Details

Records include the following current or recent matches:

Germany v Poland at Braunschweig, Oct 24, 1959 [8-9 FT]

Belgium v Germany at Liege, Oct 16, 1959 [6-8 FT]

Denmark v Sweden at Copenhagen, Oct 4, 1959 [6-8 FT]

Japan v Oxford and Cambridge at Tokyo, 2nd Test, Oct 4, 1959 [14-44 FT]