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1956 English cricket season

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previous_year	1955
previous_tournament	1955 English cricket season
next_year	1957
next_tournament	1957 English cricket season

1956 was the 57th season of County Championship cricket in England. It is memorable for the performances of Jim Laker, especially his unique feat in taking a world record 19 wickets in the Old Trafford Test Match. He took a total of 46 wickets in the five Tests, a record in an England-Australia series. In May, he had taken all ten wickets in the Australian first innings in their match against Surrey, assisting Surrey to become the first county team since 1912 to defeat the Australians. Surrey won the County Championship for the fifth successive year to create a new record of consecutive titles won by one county.

Honours

County Championship – Surrey
Minor Counties Championship – Kent II
Wisden – Dennis Brookes, Jim Burke, Malcolm Hilton, Gil Langley, Peter Richardson

Test series

Main article: Australian cricket team in England in 1956

Cumulative record - Test wins	1876-1956
England	62
Australia	70
Drawn	41

County Championship

Main article: 1956 County Championship

Leading batsmen

Ken Mackay topped the averages with 1103 runs @ 52.52

Leading bowlers

Tony Lock topped the averages with 155 wickets @ 12.46

References

Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual 1957
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1957

Wikipedia Source

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