1955–56 Ranji Trophy

1955–56 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsBombay (8th title)
Participants22
Most runsPolly Umrigar (Bombay) (595)[1]
Most wicketsPremangsu Chatterjee (Bengal) (26)[2]

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

Zonal Matches

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North Zone

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Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
17 Jan 1956 – Delhi
 
 
Delhi429 & 262/5d
 
18 Feb 1956 – Delhi
 
Patiala143 & 125
 
Delhi (T)412
 
1 Dec 1955 – Delhi
 
Services385/7
 
Services424
 
 
Eastern Punjab158 & 174
 

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

South Zone

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Round 1Round 2Round 3
 
          
 
 
 
 
10 Dec 1955 – Bangalore
 
 
Mysore338 & 248/5d
 
 
Hyderabad171 & 264/6
 
 
4 Feb 1956 – Bangalore
 
 
Mysore249 & 186/6d
 
 
Madras281 & 145/7
 
 
13 Jan 1956 – Madras
 
 
Madras507/9d
 
31 Dec 1955 – Trivandrum
 
Andhra275 & 160/8
 
Travancore-Cochin135 & 142
 
 
Andhra462/9d
 

West Zone

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Round 1Round 2Round 3
 
          
 
 
 
 
14 Jan 1956 – Rajkot
 
 
Saurashtra240 & 192/7d
 
 
Gujarat266 & 123/2
 
 
18 Feb 1956 – Ahmedabad
 
 
Gujarat232 & 100/6
 
 
Bombay337
 
 
4 Feb 1956 – Sholapur
 
 
Maharashtra412
 
11 Dec 1955 – Bombay
 
Bombay481/5d
 
Bombay307/6
 
 
Baroda306
 

Central Zone

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Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
16 Dec 1955 – Indore
 
 
Madhya Bharat251
 
4 Feb 1956 – Nagpur
 
Madhya Pradesh327 & 103/3
 
Madhya Pradesh215 & 152
 
15 Jan 1956 – Udaipur
 
Uttar Pradesh95 & 213
 
Rajputana337 & 267/7d
 
 
Uttar Pradesh388 & 103/0
 

East Zone

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Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
13 Jan 1956 – Jamshedpur
 
 
Bihar60 & 135
 
11 Feb 1956 – Calcutta
 
Bengal157 & 39/1
 
Bengal373
 
13 Jan 1956 – Gauhati
 
Orissa143 & 174
 
Assam115 & 213/7
 
 
Orissa333
 

Inter-Zonal Knockout matches

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
3 Mar 1956 – Calcutta
 
 
Bengal289 & 23/0
 
 
Madhya Pradesh155 & 155
 
 
30 Mar 1956 – Calcutta
 
 
Bengal255 & 179
 
 
Bombay307 & 129/2
 
 
11 Mar 1956 – Madras
 
 
Madras124 & 89
 
3 Mar 1956 – Delhi
 
Bombay457
 
Delhi273
 
 
Bombay274/4
 

Final

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30 March – 2 April 1956
Scorecard
Bengal (H)
v
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

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References

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