Bowling Most Wickets Career

Most wickets in 1956 in FC+LA+T20s

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
R Benaud (AUS/NSW)	1956-1957	20	31	5166	-	220	1848	77	7/72	24.00	2.14	67.09	4	5	1
JC Laker (ENG/SUR)	1956-1956	9	17	2703	-	197	712	66	10/53	10.78	1.58	40.95	3	5	3
IWG Johnson (AUS/VIC)	1956-1956	18	27	3301	-	166	1147	51	6/168	22.49	2.08	64.72	5	2	-
CS Smith (CambU)	1956-1956	14	26	2605	434.1	92	1175	50	6/58	23.50	2.70	52.10	3	1	1
RR Lindwall (AUS/QLD)	1956-1957	20	32	3514	-	154	1224	50	7/43	24.48	2.08	70.28	2	2	-
RG Archer (AUS/QLD)	1956-1956	13	20	2270	-	120	845	40	5/53	21.12	2.23	56.75	4	1	-
AK Davidson (AUS/NSW)	1956-1957	16	25	2525	-	95	983	40	6/99	24.57	2.33	63.12	2	1	-
ESM Kentish (OxUni)	1956-1956	13	24	2049	341.3	70	1086	39	5/49	27.84	3.18	52.53	1	2	-
G Goonesena (CambU)	1956-1956	9	15	2335	389.1	132	779	38	5/50	20.50	2.00	61.44	3	2	-
Swaranjit Singh (CambU)	1956-1956	16	27	3441	573.3	198	1262	37	4/74	34.10	2.20	93.00	1	-	-
LF Kline (VIC)	1956-1957	7	12	1988	248.4	50	809	35	6/57	23.11	2.44	56.80	2	2	-
JC Treanor (NSW)	1956-1957	7	13	1867	233.3	41	763	33	5/36	23.12	2.45	56.57	2	2	-
JA Bailey (OxUni)	1956-1956	9	16	1863	310.3	69	766	32	3/31	23.93	2.46	58.21	-	-	-
JM Allan (OxUni)	1956-1956	8	16	1886	314.2	104	703	31	5/66	22.67	2.23	60.83	2	1	-
RA Gaunt (WA)	1956-1956	8	13	1786	223.2	35	921	31	7/104	29.70	3.09	57.61	2	1	-
SVM Clube (OxUni)	1956-1956	11	18	2003	333.5	73	996	31	4/40	32.12	2.98	64.61	1	-	-
GAR Lock (ENG/SUR)	1956-1956	6	12	2018	336.2	146	552	30	7/49	18.40	1.64	67.26	1	2	-
RB Strauss (WA)	1956-1956	5	8	1477	184.5	49	532	29	7/59	18.34	2.16	50.93	2	3	-
DJ Smith (CambU)	1956-1956	13	23	2163	360.3	77	1040	29	5/44	35.86	2.88	74.58	2	1	-
PM Chatterjee (BENG)	1956-1956	4	8	1062	177.0	50	361	26	8/59	13.88	2.03	40.84	-	3	1
KR Miller (AUS)	1956-1956	11	11	1585	264.1	61	591	26	5/72	22.73	2.23	60.96	2	2	1
JB Statham (ENG/LAN)	1956-1956	7	14	1463	-	71	443	24	4/32	18.45	1.81	60.95	2	-	-
WPA Crawford (AUS/NSW)	1956-1956	11	19	1593	-	60	608	24	4/31	25.33	2.29	66.37	1	-	-
JH Wardle (ENG/YOR)	1956-1956	5	9	768	-	36	278	23	5/18	12.08	2.17	33.39	1	2	-
MH Mankad (/IND)	1956-1956	7	9	1900	316.4	106	639	23	5/82	27.78	2.01	82.60	3	1	-
I Gibson (OxUni)	1956-1956	12	17	1172	195.2	27	697	23	5/63	30.30	3.56	50.95	1	1	-
SP Gupte (/IND)	1956-1956	6	8	1607	267.5	90	643	22	5/72	29.22	2.40	73.04	1	1	-
WT Walmsley (QLD)	1956-1957	6	9	1312	164.0	20	617	21	5/124	29.38	2.82	62.47	1	1	-
JE Childe-Freeman (QLD)	1956-1957	7	11	1644	205.4	38	709	21	6/134	33.76	2.58	78.28	-	2	-
S Ramadhin (WI)	1956-1956	4	8	1108	184.4	76	316	20	6/23	15.80	1.71	55.40	-	2	-
BP Gupte ()	1956-1956	3	5	1227	204.3	59	446	20	7/109	22.30	2.18	61.35	1	2	-
MJ Hilton (LAN)	1956-1956	4	8	937	156.1	78	254	19	5/23	13.36	1.62	49.31	1	1	-
PR Umrigar (/IND)	1956-1956	10	13	1595	265.5	109	441	19	6/43	23.21	1.65	83.94	1	1	-
JM Patel (GUJ/IND)	1956-1956	6	8	1549	258.1	93	487	19	5/62	25.63	1.88	81.52	1	1	-
J Drennan (SOA)	1956-1957	6	9	1416	177.0	15	566	19	6/69	29.78	2.39	74.52	-	1	-
JB Phillips (OxUni)	1956-1956	10	16	1611	268.3	42	839	19	3/35	44.15	3.12	84.78	-	-	-
JW Wilson (AUS/SOA)	1956-1957	12	17	2610	-	120	841	19	4/75	44.26	1.93	137.36	1	-	-
BR Mohan Rai (MADRS)	1956-1956	4	7	768	128.0	24	368	18	4/58	20.44	2.87	42.66	2	-	-
JW Martin (NSW)	1956-1957	6	10	935	116.7	9	485	18	3/68	26.94	3.11	51.94	-	-	-
MS Hardikar ()	1956-1956	5	6	793	132.1	65	215	17	8/39	12.64	1.62	46.64	1	1	-
TE Bailey (ENG/ESS)	1956-1956	6	12	1071	-	58	334	17	5/20	19.64	1.87	63.00	1	1	-
I Meckiff (VIC)	1956-1957	5	9	1296	162.0	30	451	17	4/56	26.52	2.08	76.23	1	-	-
JW Beagley (SOA)	1956-1957	4	6	1025	128.1	18	461	17	6/121	27.11	2.69	60.29	2	1	-
DS Atkinson (WI)	1956-1956	4	8	890	148.2	62	233	16	7/53	14.56	1.57	55.62	-	2	-
FS Trueman (ENG/YOR)	1956-1956	5	9	738	123.0	25	288	16	5/90	18.00	2.34	46.12	-	1	-
JD Bratchford (QLD)	1956-1957	7	11	1407	175.7	23	555	16	5/28	34.68	2.36	87.93	-	1	-
PI Pieris (CambU)	1956-1956	11	15	1470	245.0	46	756	16	3/48	47.25	3.08	91.87	-	-	-
AH Desai ()	1956-1956	6	7	634	105.4	22	276	15	6/108	18.40	2.61	42.26	2	1	-
AL Valentine (WI)	1956-1956	4	8	1210	201.4	99	283	15	5/32	18.86	1.40	80.66	-	1	-
DG Phadkar (BENG/IND)	1956-1956	4	7	1080	180.0	60	307	15	5/55	20.46	1.70	72.00	1	1	-
SJE Loxton (VIC)	1956-1957	9	15	968	121.0	18	398	15	3/58	26.53	2.46	64.53	-	-	-
VV Kumar (MADRS)	1956-1956	4	7	1081	180.1	41	420	15	5/100	28.00	2.33	72.06	1	1	-
AT Preen (WA)	1956-1956	7	12	1687	210.7	54	557	15	6/97	37.13	1.98	112.46	1	1	-
GW Cook (CambU)	1956-1956	11	15	1371	228.3	72	587	15	3/50	39.13	2.56	91.40	-	-	-
EA Bedser (SUR)	1956-1956	3	5	621	103.3	22	293	14	5/55	20.92	2.83	44.35	1	1	-
RVC Robins (/MID)	1956-1956	3	6	587	97.5	20	311	14	5/75	22.21	3.17	41.92	-	1	-
VB Ranjane (MAHA)	1956-1956	1	2	180	30.0	11	71	13	9/35	5.46	2.36	13.84	1	1	1
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1956-1956	1	2	450	75.0	28	114	13	7/80	8.76	1.52	34.61	-	2	1
AR Naidu (MP)	1956-1956	2	4	523	87.1	17	180	13	6/38	13.84	2.06	40.23	1	1	1
OG Smith (WI)	1956-1956	4	7	695	115.5	53	241	13	4/75	18.53	2.08	53.46	1	-	-
Ghulam Ahmed (HYD/IND)	1956-1956	3	4	711	118.3	37	284	13	7/49	21.84	2.39	54.69	-	1	1
JN Edwards (VIC)	1956-1957	5	9	846	105.6	13	339	13	5/51	26.07	2.40	65.07	-	1	-
P Bhandari (DELHI/IND)	1956-1956	5	6	1096	182.4	58	352	13	5/60	27.07	1.92	84.30	-	1	-
DV Smith (MCC/SUS)	1956-1956	4	6	516	86.0	33	167	12	7/40	13.91	1.94	43.00	-	1	-
PJ Loader (MCC/SUR)	1956-1956	4	7	654	109.0	29	258	12	5/19	21.50	2.36	54.50	-	1	-
HB Cave (NZ)	1956-1956	4	5	886	147.4	64	280	12	4/21	23.33	1.89	73.83	2	-	-
MJ Horton (WOR)	1956-1956	3	5	589	98.1	23	311	12	4/19	25.91	3.16	49.08	3	-	-
FR Brown ()	1956-1956	1	2	310	51.4	11	151	11	8/60	13.72	2.92	28.18	-	1	1
SK Shome (BENG)	1956-1956	3	6	501	83.3	15	197	11	5/27	17.90	2.35	45.54	1	1	-
MK Murugesh (MADRS)	1956-1956	3	5	726	121.0	23	332	11	7/65	30.18	2.74	66.00	-	1	-
WA Dick (VIC)	1956-1957	5	9	1111	138.7	29	347	11	4/46	31.54	1.87	101.00	1	-	-
KD Mackay (AUS/QLD)	1956-1957	18	16	1328	-	47	408	11	3/27	37.09	1.84	120.72	-	-	-
DM Gregg (SOA)	1956-1957	5	8	1132	141.4	17	485	11	5/115	44.09	2.57	102.90	-	1	-
TS Sastri (ODSA)	1956-1956	2	3	354	59.0	18	133	10	7/30	13.30	2.25	35.40	-	1	-
S Nyalchand (SAU)	1956-1956	2	3	564	94.0	29	191	10	6/83	19.10	2.03	56.40	-	1	-
R Tattersall (LAN)	1956-1956	4	8	804	134.0	48	301	10	4/57	30.10	2.24	80.40	1	-	-
JC Hill (VIC)	1956-1956	4	6	964	120.4	31	304	10	4/37	30.40	1.89	96.40	1	-	-
AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1956-1956	4	6	750	125.0	29	319	10	4/44	31.90	2.55	75.00	1	-	-
RG Marlar (MCC/SUS)	1956-1956	3	5	594	99.0	19	335	10	7/72	33.50	3.38	59.40	-	1	-
JVC Griffiths (GLO)	1956-1956	2	3	327	54.3	18	126	9	4/91	14.00	2.31	36.33	1	-	-
RJ Hurst (MID)	1956-1956	2	3	324	54.0	14	145	9	8/65	16.11	2.68	36.00	-	1	-
FJ Titmus (MCC/MID)	1956-1956	2	3	479	79.5	23	181	9	5/130	20.11	2.26	53.22	1	1	-
JL Salmon (VIC)	1956-1956	4	6	712	89.0	26	243	9	4/31	27.00	2.04	79.11	1	-	-
RK Vaid (DELHI)	1956-1956	4	6	936	156.0	50	265	9	4/52	29.44	1.69	104.00	1	-	-
DE Hoare (WA)	1956-1956	4	6	595	74.3	9	299	9	4/43	33.22	3.01	66.11	1	-	-
HR Gorringe (WA)	1956-1956	3	5	872	109.0	13	446	9	3/52	49.55	3.06	96.88	-	-	-
R Appleyard (ENG/YOR)	1956-1956	3	5	438	73.0	23	141	8	4/44	17.62	1.93	54.75	1	-	-
DL Bates (SUS)	1956-1956	2	4	426	71.0	18	171	8	5/43	21.37	2.40	53.25	-	1	-
DT Dewdney (WI)	1956-1956	3	6	503	83.5	29	174	8	5/21	21.75	2.07	62.87	-	1	-
RO Jenkins (WOR)	1956-1956	3	5	307	51.1	11	194	8	5/85	24.25	3.79	38.37	-	1	-
VK Dandekar (UP)	1956-1956	2	4	304	50.4	2	209	8	4/56	26.12	4.12	38.00	1	-	-
Mohinder Singh (UP)	1956-1956	2	4	421	70.1	10	220	8	3/45	27.50	3.13	52.62	-	-	-
AE Wyatt (NSW)	1956-1957	4	7	575	71.7	11	244	8	2/14	30.50	2.54	71.87	-	-	-
C Cook (GLO)	1956-1956	1	2	228	38.0	11	64	7	4/43	9.14	1.68	32.57	1	-	-
NAT Adcock (SA)	1956-1956	1	2	264	33.0	7	69	7	4/36	9.85	1.56	37.71	1	-	-
Khan Mohammad (PAK)	1956-1956	1	2	402	67.0	22	112	7	4/43	16.00	1.67	57.42	1	-	-
SN Ghoshal (BENG)	1956-1956	3	5	312	52.0	13	136	7	3/34	19.42	2.61	44.57	-	-	-
LJ Coldwell (WOR)	1956-1956	2	4	319	53.1	17	146	7	3/33	20.85	2.74	45.57	-	-	-
DP Medh (MYS)	1956-1956	1	2	312	52.0	8	152	7	4/60	21.71	2.92	44.57	1	-	-
ND Bardhan (ODSA)	1956-1956	2	3	476	79.2	29	164	7	6/104	23.42	2.06	68.00	-	1	-

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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]