<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Document</title>
<style type="text/css">
*{padding:0;margin:0;}
html, body {
color: #000;
background: #CCC;
}
tr td{vertical-align: bottom;border:1px solid #fff;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr style="height: 45px;">
<td>fishtext</td>
<td>fishtext</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Работает все.