| MAIN MENU | COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP 1956 |
| Date | Opponents | Venue | Results | Scores |
| 05 May | MCC | Lords | Won by 8 wkts Toss unknown | Hants 351-5 (Barnard 128no, Bannister 2-48) MCC 125-9 (1 abs) (Milton 40, Gray 4-5) MCC 247-9 (1 abs) (Milton 66, Gray 4-60) Hants 24-2 (L Harrison 13, Edrich 1-4) |
| 16 May | Oxford Univ | The Parks | Won by 1 run Toss won by Hampshire | Hants 110 (Ingleby-MacKenzie 36, Phillips 3-41) OxfUniv 136 (Eagar 34, Cannings 3-32) Hants 330 (Ingleby-MacKenzie 124, Gibson 3-55) OxfUniv 303 (Eagar 80, Heath 3-40) |
| 07 Jul | Australians | Southampton | Match Drawn Toss won by Australians | Aus 277 (MacKay 60, Shackleton 3-79) Hants 139 (Horton 41, Archer 4-18) Aus 116-3 (Harvey 31no, Sainsbury 1-21) Hants 151-4 (Horton 62, Craig 1-3) |
| Ct | St | Player | Matches | Innings | NO | 50's | 100's | HS | Runs | Average | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wkts | 5fers | 10Wm | BP | RPO | Average |
| 23 | HM Barnard | 22 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 128no | 600 | 20.00 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-6 | 2.50 | -- | |
| 1 | DE Blake | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 18.00 | ||||||||||
| 12 | MD Burden | 21 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 83 | 4.61 | 339.2 | 94 | 874 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 6-23 | 2.57 | 23.62 | |
| 13 | VHD Cannings | 25 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 32no | 137 | 8.56 | 766.1 | 271 | 1561 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 6-37 | 2.03 | 18.15 | |
| 30 | EDR Eagar | 23 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 84 | 513 | 19.73 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-22 | 7.33 | -- | |
| 2 | RD Flood * | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 26 | 8.66 | ||||||||||
| 16 | JR Gray | 31 | 51 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 118no | 1572 | 33.44 | 525 | 168 | 1239 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 5-52 | 2.36 | 22.94 | |
| 43 | 14 | L Harrison | 30 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 315 | 10.50 | |||||||||
| 4 | MB Heath | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 40 | 5.00 | 346.1 | 79 | 938 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4-21 | 2.70 | 26.05 | |
| 12 | H Horton | 31 | 50 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 96 | 1396 | 31.02 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4.00 | -- | |
| 7 | ACD Ingleby-Mackenzie | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 130no | 620 | 41.33 | ||||||||||
| 26 | RE Marshall | 31 | 51 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 133 | 1310 | 26.20 | 350.3 | 116 | 740 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 6-36 | 2.11 | 20.55 | |
| 10 | RWC Pitman | 11 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 122 | 8.71 | ||||||||||
| 5 | AWH Rayment | 31 | 52 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 94 | 1000 | 20.83 | 12.3 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2-24 | 3.04 | 12.66 | |
| 33 | PJ Sainsbury | 29 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 701 | 24.17 | 755 | 317 | 1498 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 5-15 | 1.98 | 27.74 | |
| 19 | D Shackleton | 30 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 302 | 13.13 | 1223 | 448 | 2192 | 134 | 7 | 0 | 7-38 | 1.79 | 16.35 | |
| DT Tulk * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0no | 0 | -- | 13 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-48 | 3.69 | -- | ||
| Extras/run outs | 436 | 382 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| 256 | 14 | TOTALS | 341 | 483 | 80 | 41 | 7 | 9191 | 4347.4 | 1504 | 9579 | 454 | 20 | 0 |
| Score | Player | Opponents | Venue |
| 128no | HM Barnard | MCC | Lords |
| 124 | ACD Ingleby-Mackenzie | Oxford Univ | The Parks |
| Wkt | Score | Players | Opponents | Venue |
| 1st | 155 | JR Gray and RE Marshall | Warwickshire | Edgbaston |
| 117 | JR Gray and RE Marshall | Nottinghamshire | Bournemouth | |
| 2nd | 156 | H Horton and RE Marshall | Northamptonshire | Rushden |
| 126 | JR Gray and H Horton | Kent | Southampton | |
| 111 | JR Gray and H Horton | Leicestershire | Bournemouth | |
| 3rd | 151 | H Horton and AWH Rayment | Essex | Westcliff-on-Sea |
| 117 | JR Gray and AWH Rayment | Warwickshire | Portsmouth | |
| 4th | 87 | HM Barnard and AWH Rayment | Somerset | Taunton |
| 5th | 87 | H Horton and ACD Ingleby-Mackenzie | Nottinghamshire | Bournemouth |
| 6th | 198 | ACD Ingleby-Mackenzie and PJ Sainsbury | Oxford Univ | The Parks |
| 184 | HM Barnard and PJ Sainsbury | MCC | Lords | |
| 102 | EDR Eagar and PJ Sainsbury | Kent | Southampton | |
| 7th | 86 | EDR Eagar and ACD Ingleby-Mackenzie | Worcestershire | Cowes |
| 8th | 65 | ACD Ingleby-Mackenzie and D Shackleton | Worcestershire | Cowes |
| 9th | 74 | VHD Cannings and L Harrison | Leicestershire | Leicester |
| 10th | 42 | VHD Cannings and H Horton | Sussex | Portsmouth |