1955–56 Ranji Trophy

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

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

Zonal Matches

North Zone

 
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

 
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

 
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

 
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

 
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

 
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

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

References

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