# 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.

## Zonal Matches
### North Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| 17 Jan 1956 – Delhi | 17 Jan 1956 – Delhi |
| Delhi | 429 & 262/5d |
| Delhi | 429 & 262/5d | 18 Feb 1956 – Delhi | 18 Feb 1956 – Delhi |
| Patiala | 143 & 125 | 18 Feb 1956 – Delhi | 18 Feb 1956 – Delhi |
| Patiala | 143 & 125 | Delhi (T) | 412 |
| 1 Dec 1955 – Delhi | 1 Dec 1955 – Delhi | | Delhi (T) | 412 |
| 1 Dec 1955 – Delhi | 1 Dec 1955 – Delhi | Services | 385/7 |
| Services | 424 | Services | 385/7 |
| Eastern Punjab | 158 & 174 | | |
(T) – Advanced to next round by spin of coin.

### South Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | | Round 3 | Round 3 |
| | | 10 Dec 1955 – Bangalore | 10 Dec 1955 – Bangalore | | |
| | | Mysore | 338 & 248/5d | |
| | | Hyderabad | 171 & 264/6 | |
| | | | | | 4 Feb 1956 – Bangalore | 4 Feb 1956 – Bangalore |
| | | | | | Mysore | 249 & 186/6d |
| | | | | | Madras | 281 & 145/7 |
| | | 13 Jan 1956 – Madras | 13 Jan 1956 – Madras | | | |
| | | Madras | 507/9d | | | |
| 31 Dec 1955 – Trivandrum | 31 Dec 1955 – Trivandrum | | Madras | 507/9d | | |
| 31 Dec 1955 – Trivandrum | 31 Dec 1955 – Trivandrum | Andhra | 275 & 160/8 | |
| Travancore-Cochin | 135 & 142 | Andhra | 275 & 160/8 | |
| Andhra | 462/9d | | | |

### West Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | | Round 3 | Round 3 |
| | | 14 Jan 1956 – Rajkot | 14 Jan 1956 – Rajkot | | |
| | | Saurashtra | 240 & 192/7d | |
| | | Gujarat | 266 & 123/2 | |
| | | | | | 18 Feb 1956 – Ahmedabad | 18 Feb 1956 – Ahmedabad |
| | | | | | Gujarat | 232 & 100/6 |
| | | | | | Bombay | 337 |
| | | 4 Feb 1956 – Sholapur | 4 Feb 1956 – Sholapur | | | |
| | | Maharashtra | 412 | | | |
| 11 Dec 1955 – Bombay | 11 Dec 1955 – Bombay | | Maharashtra | 412 | | |
| 11 Dec 1955 – Bombay | 11 Dec 1955 – Bombay | Bombay | 481/5d | |
| Bombay | 307/6 | Bombay | 481/5d | |
| Baroda | 306 | | | |

### Central Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| 16 Dec 1955 – Indore | 16 Dec 1955 – Indore |
| Madhya Bharat | 251 |
| Madhya Bharat | 251 | 4 Feb 1956 – Nagpur | 4 Feb 1956 – Nagpur |
| Madhya Pradesh | 327 & 103/3 | 4 Feb 1956 – Nagpur | 4 Feb 1956 – Nagpur |
| Madhya Pradesh | 327 & 103/3 | Madhya Pradesh | 215 & 152 |
| 15 Jan 1956 – Udaipur | 15 Jan 1956 – Udaipur | | Madhya Pradesh | 215 & 152 |
| 15 Jan 1956 – Udaipur | 15 Jan 1956 – Udaipur | Uttar Pradesh | 95 & 213 |
| Rajputana | 337 & 267/7d | Uttar Pradesh | 95 & 213 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 388 & 103/0 | | |

### East Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| 13 Jan 1956 – Jamshedpur | 13 Jan 1956 – Jamshedpur |
| Bihar | 60 & 135 |
| Bihar | 60 & 135 | 11 Feb 1956 – Calcutta | 11 Feb 1956 – Calcutta |
| Bengal | 157 & 39/1 | 11 Feb 1956 – Calcutta | 11 Feb 1956 – Calcutta |
| Bengal | 157 & 39/1 | Bengal | 373 |
| 13 Jan 1956 – Gauhati | 13 Jan 1956 – Gauhati | | Bengal | 373 |
| 13 Jan 1956 – Gauhati | 13 Jan 1956 – Gauhati | Orissa | 143 & 174 |
| Assam | 115 & 213/7 | Orissa | 143 & 174 |
| Orissa | 333 | | |

## Inter-Zonal Knockout matches

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| | | 3 Mar 1956 – Calcutta | 3 Mar 1956 – Calcutta | | |
| | | Bengal | 289 & 23/0 | |
| | | Madhya Pradesh | 155 & 155 | |
| | | | | | 30 Mar 1956 – Calcutta | 30 Mar 1956 – Calcutta |
| | | | | | Bengal | 255 & 179 |
| | | | | | Bombay | 307 & 129/2 |
| | | 11 Mar 1956 – Madras | 11 Mar 1956 – Madras | | | |
| | | Madras | 124 & 89 | | | |
| 3 Mar 1956 – Delhi | 3 Mar 1956 – Delhi | | Madras | 124 & 89 | | |
| 3 Mar 1956 – Delhi | 3 Mar 1956 – Delhi | Bombay | 457 | |
| Delhi | 273 | Bombay | 457 | |
| Bombay | 274/4 | | | |

### Final

* 30 March – 2 April 1956 Scorecard
* Bombay won by 8 wickets Eden Gardens, Calcutta Umpires: George Ayling and Dinkar Desai
* Toss not known

## Scorecards and averages

* CricketArchive