Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in 1956 in FC

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
PBH May (ENG/SUR)	1956-1956	8	11	2	554	101	61.55	-	-	1	5	-	49+	0+
PE Richardson (ENG/MCC/WOR)	1956-1956	9	15	2	731	130*	56.23	-	-	3	3	-	44+	0+
PR Umrigar (/IND)	1956-1956	10	14	1	723	112	55.61	-	-	1	6	-	-	0+
WJ Watson (NSW)	1956-1957	7	12	-	653	206	54.41	-	-	3	1	-	-	-
RN Harvey (AUS/VIC)	1956-1957	22	34	1	1698	225	51.45	-	-	7	6	4	34+	0+
RB Simpson (NSW/WA)	1956-1956	7	12	1	561	112*	51.00	-	-	1	4	2	-	-
PJP Burge (AUS/QLD)	1956-1957	17	23	2	1070	135	50.95	-	-	3	5	1	8+	0+
KD Meuleman (WA)	1956-1956	8	13	1	571	140	47.58	-	-	2	2	-	-	-
JW Burke (AUS/NSW)	1956-1956	18	30	4	1178	220	45.30	-	-	4	4	2	29+	0+
CJ Pinch (SOA)	1956-1957	7	13	-	587	118	45.15	-	-	2	4	1	-	-
MC Cowdrey (ENG/KEN/MCC)	1956-1956	8	13	1	537	204*	44.75	-	-	1	3	3	33+	0+
AC Walton (OxUni)	1956-1956	14	27	2	1098	152	43.92	-	-	3	5	3	-	-
GB Stevens (SOA)	1956-1957	7	13	1	525	125*	43.75	-	-	1	3	2	-	-
MH Mankad (/IND/RAJ)	1956-1956	8	11	-	481	231	43.72	-	-	2	1	1	31+	1+
MJK Smith (OxUni)	1956-1956	13	25	2	971	126	42.21	-	-	3	5	1	-	-
MA Eagar (OxUni)	1956-1956	12	19	4	620	125	41.33	0+	-	1	4	1	0+	0+
KD Mackay (AUS/QLD)	1956-1957	18	27	2	1025	169	41.00	-	-	2	6	2	7+	0+
JF Pretlove (CambU)	1956-1956	8	14	4	409	89*	40.90	-	-	-	4	1	-	-
KR Miller (AUS)	1956-1956	11	18	3	601	281*	40.06	-	-	1	2	2	13+	6+
GRA Langley (AUS/SOA)	1956-1956	13	17	8	360	139	40.00	0+	-	2	-	1	0+	0+
NCL O'Neill (NSW)	1956-1957	6	10	1	360	69	40.00	-	-	-	5	1	-	-
CC McDonald (AUS/VIC)	1956-1957	20	33	-	1307	195	39.60	-	-	3	8	3	26+	0+
GPS Delisle (OxUni)	1956-1956	8	15	4	434	76	39.45	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
SJE Loxton (VIC)	1956-1957	9	14	2	470	134	39.16	-	-	2	1	1	-	-
RB Lyons (QLD)	1956-1957	7	11	-	420	102	38.18	-	-	1	2	1	-	-
SJ Carroll (NSW)	1956-1957	7	12	-	456	113	38.00	-	-	2	1	-	-	-
RM James (CambU)	1956-1956	12	20	2	675	116	37.50	-	-	2	1	3	-	-
LM Sawle (WA)	1956-1956	8	15	2	470	85	36.15	-	-	-	3	1	-	-
VL Manjrekar (/IND)	1956-1956	7	10	1	314	76	34.88	-	-	-	2	1	0+	0+
BK Shepherd (WA)	1956-1956	8	13	1	414	173	34.50	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
RW Barber (CambU)	1956-1956	11	22	2	644	91	32.20	-	-	-	4	-	-	-
PL Ridings (SOA)	1956-1957	7	12	2	321	86*	32.10	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
ER Dexter (CambU)	1956-1956	14	28	2	833	126	32.03	-	-	2	4	6	-	-
AR Edwards (WA)	1956-1956	8	12	1	351	55	31.90	-	-	-	2	1	-	-
LE Favell (SOA)	1956-1957	7	13	-	413	60	31.76	-	-	-	3	1	-	-
JR Reid (NZ)	1956-1956	5	10	-	310	84	31.00	-	-	-	2	-	26+	0
JH Shaw (VIC)	1956-1957	7	12	1	333	114	30.27	-	-	1	2	-	-	-
R Benaud (AUS/NSW)	1956-1957	20	30	1	869	160	29.96	-	-	1	6	2	32+	2+
BCG Wilenkin (/CambU)	1956-1956	11	19	1	524	105	29.11	-	-	1	4	-	-	-
JW Rutherford (AUS/WA)	1956-1956	10	15	2	370	98	28.46	-	-	-	1	1	-	0+
CS Smith (CambU)	1956-1956	14	21	10	310	82*	28.18	0+	-	-	2	1	0+	0+
R O'Brien (CambU)	1956-1956	16	31	1	796	146	26.53	-	-	2	3	4	-	-
G Goonesena (CambU)	1956-1956	9	15	2	343	64	26.38	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
GB Hole (SOA)	1956-1957	7	13	1	315	89	26.25	-	-	-	2	1	-	-
JM Allan (OxUni)	1956-1956	8	15	1	352	89	25.14	-	-	-	3	1	-	-
SG Metcalfe (OxUni)	1956-1956	8	15	1	352	75	25.14	-	-	-	3	1	-	-
ID Craig (AUS/NSW)	1956-1957	15	24	1	544	155	23.65	-	-	1	2	2	7+	0+
Swaranjit Singh (CambU)	1956-1956	16	31	3	652	128*	23.28	-	-	1	3	1	-	-
AK Davidson (AUS/NSW)	1956-1957	16	20	3	383	84	22.52	0+	-	-	2	1	2+	0+
KHD Kendall (VIC)	1956-1957	7	11	-	240	119	21.81	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
RR Lindwall (AUS/QLD)	1956-1957	20	24	6	385	116*	21.38	0+	-	1	1	5	5+	2+
RG Archer (AUS/QLD)	1956-1956	13	17	1	336	88	21.00	-	-	-	2	2	10+	2+
WM Lawry (VIC)	1956-1957	6	10	-	207	74	20.70	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
VR Lumsden (CambU)	1956-1956	12	21	-	432	48	20.57	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
I Gibson (OxUni)	1956-1956	12	23	-	472	85	20.52	-	-	-	3	3	-	-
LV Maddocks (AUS/VIC)	1956-1957	14	20	1	383	56	20.15	-	-	-	2	3	0+	0+
PI Pieris (CambU)	1956-1956	11	14	5	179	40	19.88	0+	-	-	-	1	0+	0+
GW Cook (CambU)	1956-1956	11	16	1	230	57	15.33	-	-	-	1	5	-	-
IWG Johnson (AUS/VIC)	1956-1956	18	25	4	321	73	15.28	0+	-	-	1	4	6+	0+
AP Walshe (OxUni)	1956-1956	10	15	1	211	39	15.07	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
WPA Crawford (AUS/NSW)	1956-1956	11	14	6	118	34	14.75	0+	-	-	-	2	0+	1+
JC Laker (ENG/SUR)	1956-1956	9	10	3	94	43	13.42	0+	-	-	-	1	3+	0+
JC Treanor (NSW)	1956-1957	7	10	3	94	20	13.42	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
AT Preen (WA)	1956-1956	7	11	3	106	27*	13.25	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
SN McGregor (NZ)	1956-1956	5	10	-	122	41	12.20	-	-	-	-	1	-	0
JB Phillips (OxUni)	1956-1956	10	13	7	72	18	12.00	0+	-	-	-	2	0+	0+
JD Currie (OxUni)	1956-1956	5	10	1	102	23	11.33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RA Gaunt (WA)	1956-1956	8	11	4	77	25	11.00	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
BL Buggins (WA)	1956-1956	8	15	1	130	38*	9.28	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
DJ Smith (CambU)	1956-1956	13	16	9	58	10*	8.28	0+	-	-	-	2	0+	0+
JA Bailey (OxUni)	1956-1956	9	13	-	92	19	7.07	0+	-	-	-	3	0+	0+
SVM Clube (OxUni)	1956-1956	11	17	2	99	25	6.60	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
LF Kline (VIC)	1956-1957	7	10	2	51	15*	6.37	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
MEL Melluish (CambU)	1956-1956	16	18	3	91	14	6.06	0+	-	-	-	3	0+	0+
ESM Kentish (OxUni)	1956-1956	13	11	8	12	6*	4.00	0+	-	-	-	1	0+	0+
O Lambert (NSW)	1956-1957	7	10	4	23	9*	3.83	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
JW Wilson (AUS/SOA)	1956-1957	12	14	6	27	12	3.37	0+	-	-	-	3	0+	0+

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Minimum of 10 innings
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Victoria vs South Australia at Melbourne, Sheffield Shield , Dec 29, 1956 - Jan 2, 1957 [First-class]

New South Wales vs Queensland at Sydney, Sheffield Shield , Dec 29, 1956 - Jan 2, 1957 [First-class]

England vs South Africa at Johannesburg, England tour of South Africa 1st Test, Dec 24-29, 1956 [Test # 434]