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1956 English cricket season

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1956 English cricket season
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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

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Test series

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

County Championship

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Leading batsmen

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Ken Mackay topped the averages with 1103 runs @ 52.52

Leading bowlers

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Tony Lock topped the averages with 155 wickets @ 12.46

References

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Annual reviews

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Further reading

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  • 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
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