1956 was the 57th season ofCounty Championshipcricket in England. It is memorable for the performances ofJim 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 againstSurrey, 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.

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

Ken Mackay topped the averages with 1103 runs @ 52.52

Tony Lock topped the averages with 155 wickets @ 12.46

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1957
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1957

• 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

• CricketArchive – season summary

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