• Source: 1956 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 side 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




    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


    Further reading


    Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
    Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
    Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975


    External links


    CricketArchive – season summary

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