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Australia cricket competition
1955–56 Sheffield Shield season Cricket format First-class Tournament format(s) Double round-robin Champions New South Wales (28th title)Participants 5 Matches 16
The 1955–56 Sheffield Shield season was the 54th season of the Sheffield Shield , the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. New South Wales won the championship for the third consecutive year.[1] [2]
Table [ ]
Team
Played
Won
1st Inns Won
1st Inns Lost
Lost
Drawn
Points
Average
New South Wales
7
2
3
1
0
1
22
62.85
Victoria
7
2
2
2
0
1
20
57.14
Queensland
7
1
2
3
1
0
14
40.00
Western Australia
4
0
1
2
1
0
5
25.00
South Australia
7
0
2
2
3
0
8
22.85
Statistics [ ] Most Runs [ ] Jim Burke 701 [3]
Most Wickets [ ] Pat Crawford 33 [4]
References [ ]
^ Wynne-Thomas, Peter (1983). The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records pages 133-137 . Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-34667-6 ^ Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 1344-1345 . John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9 ^ "Batting Most runs" . ESPN Cricinfo.^ "Bowling Most wickets" . ESPN Cricinfo.
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