Highest totals in 1956 in FC+LA+T20s
Highest totals
Team | Score | Overs | RR | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Result | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 694/6 | 197.0 | 3.52 | 2 | v Leics | Leicester | draw | 5 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 594/8d | 166.0 | 3.57 | 2 | v | Indore | won | 22 Dec 1956 | First-class | |
| 574/8d | 158.0x8 | 2.72 | 2 | v NSW | Sydney | draw | 29 Dec 1956 | First-class | |
| 547/8d | 158.0 | 3.46 | 1 | v Notts | Nottingham | draw | 12 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 537/3d | 177.0 | 3.03 | 1 | v New Zealand | Chennai | won | 6 Jan 1956 | Test # 420 | |
| 530/9d | 121.6x8 | 3.26 | 2 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | won | 8 Dec 1956 | First-class | |
| 525 | 116.0x8 | 3.39 | 1 | v West Aust | Melbourne | won | 10 Feb 1956 | First-class | |
| 525 | 177.2 | 2.96 | 1 | v Gujarat | Brabourne | draw | 8 Dec 1956 | First-class | |
| 523/7d | 180.0 | 2.90 | 2 | v India | Brabourne | draw | 26 Oct 1956 | Test # 432 | |
| 507/9d | 132.0 | 3.84 | 1 | v Andhra | Chennai | draw | 13 Jan 1956 | First-class | |
| 481/5d | 155.0 | 3.10 | 1 | v Maharashtra | Solapur | draw | 4 Feb 1956 | First-class | |
| 467/8d | 138.0 | 3.38 | 3 | v Cambridge U | Taunton | draw | 23 Jun 1956 | First-class | |
| 459 | 158.3 | 2.89 | 1 | v Australia | Manchester | won | 26 Jul 1956 | Test # 428 | |
| 458 | 138.3x8 | 2.48 | 2 | v Victoria | Melbourne | won | 8 Dec 1956 | First-class | |
| 457/9d | 168.0 | 2.72 | 2 | v Madras | Chennai | won | 10 Mar 1956 | First-class | |
| 454 | 123.4x8 | 2.75 | 1 | v South Aust | Adelaide | won | 14 Dec 1956 | First-class | |
| 439 | 109.5x8 | 3.00 | 2 | v South Aust | Adelaide | won | 23 Nov 1956 | First-class | |
| 438 | 134.5 | 3.24 | 2 | v Worcs | Worcester | draw | 2 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 433 | 132.3x8 | 2.45 | 1 | v Queensland | Adelaide | draw | 22 Dec 1956 | First-class | |
| 431 | 131.4 | 3.27 | 1 | v Hyderabad | Salem | draw | 14 Dec 1956 | First-class | |
| 429 | 112.1 | 3.82 | 1 | v Patiala | Delhi | won | 17 Jan 1956 | First-class | |
| 418/9d | 114.0 | 3.66 | 2 | v Somerset | Taunton | draw | 23 Jun 1956 | First-class | |
| 415 | 98.2x8 | 3.16 | 2 | v Victoria | Sydney | draw | 28 Jan 1956 | First-class | |
| 414/7d | 116.0 | 3.56 | 1 | v Cambridge U | Cambridge | won | 19 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 413 | 128.1 | 3.22 | 1 | v M.C.C. | Lord's | draw | 26 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 412 | 142.4 | 2.88 | 1 | v Services | Delhi | draw | 18 Feb 1956 | First-class | |
| 412 | 171.0 | 2.40 | 2 | v Bombay | Solapur | draw | 4 Feb 1956 | First-class | |
| 409 | 87.5x8 | 3.50 | 1 | v West Aust | Adelaide | draw | 3 Feb 1956 | First-class | |
| 406 | 124.4x8 | 2.44 | 2 | v South Aust | Adelaide | draw | 2 Nov 1956 | First-class | |
| 404 | 135.5 | 2.97 | 1 | v New Zealand | Wellington | won | 3 Mar 1956 | Test # 423 | |
| 400/9d | 90.3x8 | 3.31 | 2 | v South Aust | Adelaide | draw | 20 Jan 1956 | First-class | |
| 389 | 135.6x8 | 2.14 | 1 | v West Aust | Brisbane | draw | 16 Nov 1956 | First-class | |
| 388 | 112.0 | 3.46 | 2 | v Rajputana | Udaipur | won | 15 Jan 1956 | First-class | |
| 386 | 136.5 | 2.82 | 1 | v New Zealand | Christchurch | won | 18 Feb 1956 | Test # 422 | |
| 385/7 | 206.0 | 1.86 | 2 | v Delhi | Delhi | draw | 18 Feb 1956 | First-class | |
| 373 | 123.2 | 3.02 | 1 | v Orissa | Eden Gardens | won | 11 Feb 1956 | First-class | |
| 366 | 146.5 | 2.49 | 3 | v Bombay | Brabourne | draw | 8 Dec 1956 | First-class | |
| 365/3d | 138.0 | 2.64 | 3 | v Cambridge U | Cambridge | draw | 12 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 365 | 122.2x8 | 2.23 | 2 | v Queensland | Brisbane | draw | 16 Nov 1956 | First-class | |
| 360/2d | 94.2 | 3.81 | 1 | v Oxford Uni | Oxford | won | 5 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 359/7d | 135.1 | 2.65 | 2 | v Oxford Uni | Oxford | draw | 23 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 353 | 112.5 | 3.12 | 2 | v New Zealand | Dunedin | won | 3 Feb 1956 | Test # 421 | |
| 350/7d | 91.3 | 3.82 | 3 | v Bihar | Jamshedpur | draw | 22 Dec 1956 | First-class | |
| 349/5d | 108.1 | 3.22 | 1 | v Cambridge U | Worcester | draw | 20 Jun 1956 | First-class | |
| 347 | 133.3 | 2.59 | 2 | v Australians | The Oval | won | 16 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 346 | 121.1 | 2.85 | 2 | v Worcs | Worcester | draw | 20 Jun 1956 | First-class | |
| 345 | 91.0x8 | 2.84 | 2 | v Queensland | Brisbane | draw | 26 Oct 1956 | First-class | |
| 345 | 151.3 | 2.27 | 2 | v Australians | Nottingham | draw | 12 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 340/5d | 107.5 | 3.15 | 1 | v Middlesex | Cambridge | lost | 30 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 340 | 89.5x8 | 2.84 | 1 | v NSW | Sydney | draw | 28 Jan 1956 | First-class | |
| 340 | 141.7x8 | 1.79 | 2 | v South Aust | Adelaide | draw | 3 Feb 1956 | First-class | |
| 337 | 77.5 | 4.32 | 1 | v UP | Udaipur | lost | 15 Jan 1956 | First-class | |
| 337 | 102.1 | 3.29 | 2 | v Gujarat | Ahmedabad | won | 18 Feb 1956 | First-class | |
| 336/8d | 98.4 | 3.40 | 1 | v Warwickshire | Birmingham | won | 27 Jun 1956 | First-class | |
| 336/6d | 101.1 | 3.32 | 2 | v Oxford Uni | Oxford | draw | 9 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 336/8d | 126.0 | 2.66 | 1 | v Gloucs | Bristol | won | 23 Jun 1956 | First-class | |
| 335/8 | 87.3x8 | 2.87 | 3 | v Queensland | Sydney | draw | 29 Dec 1956 | First-class | |
| 334/9d | 115.3 | 2.89 | 2 | v Cambridge U | Hove | won | 30 Jun 1956 | First-class | |
| 333 | 120.3 | 2.76 | 1 | v Assam | Guwahati | draw | 13 Jan 1956 | First-class | |
| 332 | 110.0 | 3.01 | 2 | v Saurashtra | Khadakvasla | won | 24 Nov 1956 | First-class | |
| 330 | 79.0 | 4.17 | 3 | v Oxford Uni | Oxford | won | 16 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 329/6d | 77.0 | 4.27 | 3 | v Hyderabad | Salem | draw | 14 Dec 1956 | First-class | |
| 325 | 83.7x8 | 2.90 | 1 | v NSW | Brisbane | draw | 26 Oct 1956 | First-class | |
| 325 | 167.4 | 1.93 | 1 | v Australia | Leeds | won | 12 Jul 1956 | Test # 427 | |
| 322/3d | 101.0x8 | 2.39 | 3 | v West Aust | Adelaide | draw | 2 Nov 1956 | First-class | |
| 319/4d | 122.0 | 2.61 | 2 | v Cambridge U | Cambridge | lost | 16 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 319 | 134.3 | 2.37 | 2 | v India | Chennai | won | 19 Oct 1956 | Test # 431 | |
| 318 | 67.3x8 | 3.53 | 3 | v West Aust | Sydney | won | 23 Nov 1956 | First-class | |
| 317/7d | 105.0 | 3.01 | 1 | v Leics | Cambridge | won | 16 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 310 | 116.1 | 2.66 | 2 | v Madras | Salem | draw | 14 Dec 1956 | First-class | |
| 309/9d | 105.0 | 2.94 | 1 | v Notts | Oxford | draw | 23 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 308/9d | 91.2 | 3.37 | 3 | v F Foresters | Oxford | won | 19 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 308 | 119.2 | 2.58 | 2 | v Bengal | Eden Gardens | won | 30 Mar 1956 | First-class | |
| 303/7d | 95.0 | 3.18 | 1 | v Oxford Uni | Lord's | draw | 7 Jul 1956 | First-class | |
| 303 | 108.0 | 2.80 | 4 | v Hampshire | Oxford | lost | 16 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 303 | 122.2 | 2.47 | 2 | v M.C.C. | Lord's | won | 13 Jun 1956 | First-class | |
| 302/9d | 100.0 | 3.02 | 1 | v Kent | Cambridge | draw | 12 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 301/4d | 92.0x8 | 2.45 | 3 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | draw | 15 Dec 1956 | First-class | |
| 301 | 92.6x8 | 2.43 | 1 | v NSW | W.A.C.A | lost | 8 Dec 1956 | First-class | |
| 300/1d | 95.0 | 3.15 | 2 | v Cambridge U | Guildford | draw | 27 Jun 1956 | First-class | |
| 300 | 71.4x8 | 3.14 | 3 | v NSW | Sydney | draw | 28 Jan 1956 | First-class | |
| 299 | 104.4 | 2.85 | 2 | v Oxford Uni | Oxford | won | 28 Apr 1956 | First-class | |
| 298 | 122.2 | 2.43 | 1 | v Australians | Leicester | draw | 5 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 294 | 89.0 | 3.30 | 1 | v Oxford Uni | Worcester | won | 30 Jun 1956 | First-class | |
| 294/8d | 91.3 | 3.21 | 3 | v Middlesex | Oxford | draw | 2 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 294/3 | 80.0x8 | 2.75 | 3 | v South Aust | Adelaide | draw | 22 Dec 1956 | First-class | |
| 294/8d | 119.3 | 2.46 | 1 | v Surrey | Guildford | draw | 27 Jun 1956 | First-class | |
| 290 | 86.2x8 | 2.52 | 1 | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | draw | 15 Dec 1956 | First-class | |
| 290 | 117.4 | 2.46 | 2 | v Cambridge U | Cambridge | draw | 5 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 289 | 98.3 | 2.93 | 4 | v Oxford Uni | Oxford | lost | 19 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 289 | 100.0 | 2.89 | 2 | v M. Pradesh | Eden Gardens | won | 3 Mar 1956 | First-class | |
| 289 | 134.3 | 2.14 | 2 | v Cambridge U | Cambridge | won | 30 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 285 | 146.1 | 1.94 | 1 | v England | Lord's | won | 21 Jun 1956 | Test # 426 | |
| 284/8d | 107.0 | 2.65 | 2 | v Cambridge U | Cambridge | won | 28 Apr 1956 | First-class | |
| 281 | 96.4 | 2.90 | 2 | v Mysore | Bangalore | draw | 4 Feb 1956 | First-class | |
| 281 | 77.0x8 | 2.73 | 2 | v Victoria | Melbourne | tied | 22 Dec 1956 | First-class | |
| 281 | 108.2 | 2.59 | 3 | v Australians | Cambridge | lost | 19 May 1956 | First-class | |
| 278 | 90.4x8 | 2.30 | 1 | v Victoria | Adelaide | draw | 20 Jan 1956 | First-class | |
| 276/4d | 73.0x8 | 2.83 | 3 | v South Aust | Melbourne | won | 29 Dec 1956 | First-class | |
| 275/6d | 95.0 | 2.89 | 2 | v Oxford Uni | Lord's | won | 4 Jul 1956 | First-class |
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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]