1955–56 Ranji Trophy

1955–56 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Bombay (8th title)
Participants	22
Most runs	Polly Umrigar (Bombay) (595)^[1]
Most wickets	Premangsu Chatterjee (Bengal) (26)^[2]
← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 Ranji Trophy was the 22nd season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Bengal in the final.

Zonal Matches

North Zone

	Round 1				Round 2

	17 Jan 1956 – Delhi

	Delhi	429 & 262/5d
					18 Feb 1956 – Delhi
	Patiala	143 & 125
					Delhi (T)	412
	1 Dec 1955 – Delhi
					Services	385/7
	Services	424

	Eastern Punjab	158 & 174

(T) – Advanced to next round by spin of coin.

South Zone

	Round 1				Round 2				Round 3




					10 Dec 1955 – Bangalore

					Mysore	338 & 248/5d

					Hyderabad	171 & 264/6

									4 Feb 1956 – Bangalore

									Mysore	249 & 186/6d

									Madras	281 & 145/7

					13 Jan 1956 – Madras

					Madras	507/9d
	31 Dec 1955 – Trivandrum
					Andhra	275 & 160/8
	Travancore-Cochin	135 & 142

	Andhra	462/9d

West Zone

	Round 1				Round 2				Round 3




					14 Jan 1956 – Rajkot

					Saurashtra	240 & 192/7d

					Gujarat	266 & 123/2

									18 Feb 1956 – Ahmedabad

									Gujarat	232 & 100/6

									Bombay	337

					4 Feb 1956 – Sholapur

					Maharashtra	412
	11 Dec 1955 – Bombay
					Bombay	481/5d
	Bombay	307/6

	Baroda	306

Central Zone

	Round 1				Round 2

	16 Dec 1955 – Indore

	Madhya Bharat	251
					4 Feb 1956 – Nagpur
	Madhya Pradesh	327 & 103/3
					Madhya Pradesh	215 & 152
	15 Jan 1956 – Udaipur
					Uttar Pradesh	95 & 213
	Rajputana	337 & 267/7d

	Uttar Pradesh	388 & 103/0

East Zone

	Round 1				Round 2

	13 Jan 1956 – Jamshedpur

	Bihar	60 & 135
					11 Feb 1956 – Calcutta
	Bengal	157 & 39/1
					Bengal	373
	13 Jan 1956 – Gauhati
					Orissa	143 & 174
	Assam	115 & 213/7

	Orissa	333

Inter-Zonal Knockout matches

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final




					3 Mar 1956 – Calcutta

					Bengal	289 & 23/0

					Madhya Pradesh	155 & 155

									30 Mar 1956 – Calcutta

									Bengal	255 & 179

									Bombay	307 & 129/2

					11 Mar 1956 – Madras

					Madras	124 & 89
	3 Mar 1956 – Delhi
					Bombay	457
	Delhi	273

	Bombay	274/4

Final

30 March – 2 April 1956
Scorecard

Bengal (H)	v	Bombay
255 (146.1 overs) Probir Sen 55, R. M. Chanda 55 Manohar Hardikar 8/39		308 (119.2 overs) Polly Umrigar 112 Premangsu Chatterjee 7/101
179 (85.5 overs) Basu Thakkar 68 Baloo Gupte 5/80		129/2 (42.3 overs) Yatin Rele 49* K. K. Biswas 1/9

Bombay won by 8 wickets
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Umpires: George Ayling and Dinkar Desai

Toss not known

Scorecards and averages

CricketArchive

References

^ "Ranji Trophy, 1955/56 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
^ "Ranji Trophy, 1955/56 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.

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