First-class Bowling in New Zealand for 1955/56 (Ordered by Average)
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| Name | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| JEF Beck (NZ,Well) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| JDC Goddard (WI) | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| LSM Miller (NZ,Well) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| RT Barber (NZ,Well) | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | | | | |
| CG Graham (Ot) | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | | | | |
| CC Depeiaza (WI) | 30 | 0 | 15 | 0 | | | | |
| PGZ Harris (Cant) | 36 | 0 | 16 | 0 | | | | |
| B Sutcliffe (NZ) | 12 | 0 | 16 | 0 | | | | |
| AJ Cook (Well) | 54 | 4 | 21 | 0 | | | | |
| CW Barclay (CD) | 30 | 1 | 21 | 0 | | | | |
| AG Small (CD) | 48 | 0 | 24 | 0 | | | | |
| RM Harris (Auck) | 90 | 3 | 46 | 0 | | | | |
| BA Bolton (Cant) | 72 | 1 | 54 | 0 | | | | |
| AM Moir (NZ) | 114 | 3 | 79 | 0 | | | | |
| JC Alabaster (NZ) | 48 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2-4 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| WV Edun (WI) | 234 | 12 | 77 | 6 | 3-28 | 12.83 | 0 | 0 |
| JB Morris (Auck) | 24 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1-7 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 |
| DD Beard (NZ,CD) | 1965 | 152 | 548 | 38 | 6-26 | 14.42 | 2 | 1 |
| WD Frame (Ot) | 463 | 19 | 235 | 16 | 5-49 | 14.68 | 2 | 1 |
| DS Atkinson (WI) | 1306 | 94 | 357 | 24 | 7-53 | 14.87 | 2 | 0 |
| EM Meuli (CD) | 39 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1-5 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 |
| ME Chapple (NZ,Cant) | 770 | 51 | 229 | 15 | 5-24 | 15.26 | 1 | 0 |
| SM Cameron (Cant) | 246 | 14 | 62 | 4 | 2-14 | 15.50 | 0 | 0 |
| S Ramadhin (WI) | 2252 | 160 | 656 | 40 | 6-23 | 16.40 | 3 | 0 |
| DT Dewdney (WI) | 968 | 50 | 355 | 20 | 5-21 | 17.75 | 1 | 0 |
| RW Blair (NZ,CD) | 1685 | 55 | 882 | 47 | 7-100 | 18.76 | 5 | 1 |
| AL Valentine (WI) | 1948 | 159 | 447 | 23 | 5-32 | 19.43 | 1 | 0 |
| HB Cave (NZ,CD) | 790 | 58 | 259 | 13 | 4-21 | 19.92 | 0 | 0 |
| FM King (WI) | 508 | 19 | 206 | 10 | 3-30 | 20.60 | 0 | 0 |
| NS Harford (CD) | 60 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 1-15 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 |
| GG Coull (Cant) | 307 | 17 | 148 | 7 | 4-58 | 21.14 | 0 | 0 |
| BD Morrison (Well) | 1446 | 77 | 518 | 24 | 7-68 | 21.58 | 1 | 1 |
| AF Lissette (NZ,Auck) | 1326 | 70 | 503 | 23 | 7-50 | 21.86 | 1 | 0 |
| IM Sinclair (NZ,Cant) | 1599 | 88 | 591 | 27 | 5-57 | 21.88 | 2 | 0 |
| OG Smith (WI) | 953 | 71 | 336 | 15 | 4-75 | 22.40 | 0 | 0 |
| AE Berry (Ot) | 228 | 7 | 112 | 5 | 3-49 | 22.40 | 0 | 0 |
| AR MacGibbon (NZ,Cant) | 666 | 21 | 300 | 13 | 4-44 | 23.07 | 0 | 0 |
| DR Tarrant (CD) | 204 | 6 | 120 | 5 | 3-20 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 |
| EF Dunn (Auck) | 1314 | 67 | 439 | 18 | 7-66 | 24.38 | 2 | 0 |
| EW Dempster (Well) | 1029 | 63 | 343 | 14 | 4-31 | 24.50 | 0 | 0 |
| FJ Cameron (Ot) | 876 | 37 | 344 | 14 | 5-66 | 24.57 | 1 | 0 |
| DV Spence (CD) | 369 | 7 | 240 | 9 | 5-38 | 26.66 | 1 | 0 |
| W Bell (Cant) | 168 | 7 | 80 | 3 | 1-16 | 26.66 | 0 | 0 |
| GN Gearry (Cant) | 1034 | 49 | 352 | 13 | 4-92 | 27.07 | 0 | 0 |
| MW Jack (Cant) | 334 | 12 | 174 | 6 | 5-57 | 29.00 | 1 | 0 |
| H Moyle (Auck) | 324 | 12 | 145 | 5 | 3-78 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JA Turnbull (Auck) | 1547 | 69 | 620 | 21 | 7-54 | 29.52 | 2 | 0 |
| LA Clark (Well) | 1199 | 80 | 387 | 13 | 5-52 | 29.76 | 1 | 0 |
| WS Haig (Ot) | 381 | 14 | 154 | 5 | 2-25 | 30.80 | 0 | 0 |
| DD Taylor (NZ,Auck) | 158 | 3 | 94 | 3 | 1-15 | 31.33 | 0 | 0 |
| HN Dellow (Cant) | 606 | 25 | 253 | 8 | 3-84 | 31.62 | 0 | 0 |
| RS Challies (Well) | 626 | 25 | 289 | 9 | 6-112 | 32.11 | 1 | 0 |
| EA Watson (Ot) | 426 | 19 | 193 | 6 | 3-68 | 32.16 | 0 | 0 |
| IB Leggat (CD) | 126 | 3 | 97 | 3 | 2-49 | 32.33 | 0 | 0 |
| GWF Overton (Ot) | 312 | 12 | 131 | 4 | 3-43 | 32.75 | 0 | 0 |
| JR Reid (NZ) | 587 | 25 | 258 | 7 | 3-68 | 36.85 | 0 | 0 |
| GS Sobers (WI) | 623 | 50 | 169 | 4 | 1-3 | 42.25 | 0 | 0 |
| PJ Hall (Ot) | 72 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 1-36 | 43.00 | 0 | 0 |
| DE Brian (CD) | 96 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 1-31 | 47.00 | 0 | 0 |
| TS Hambrook (Auck) | 835 | 41 | 274 | 5 | 2-53 | 54.80 | 0 | 0 |
| AH Preston (Well) | 873 | 47 | 350 | 6 | 1-1 | 58.33 | 0 | 0 |
| LD Smith (Ot) | 372 | 10 | 160 | 2 | 1-11 | 80.00 | 0 | 0 |
| KFH Smith (CD) | 246 | 15 | 93 | 1 | 1-34 | 93.00 | 0 | 0 |
| WJR Haskell (Well) | 180 | 7 | 93 | 1 | 1-93 | 93.00 | 0 | 0 |