Captain:

Home Grounds used:
Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Away Grounds visited:
Carisbrook, Dunedin; McLean Park, Napier

First-Class playing record:
P 5     W 4     D 1     L 0

Click on these links for the season's First-Class scorecards and results
or First-Class batting averages or First-Class bowling averages

17 players appeared in First-Class matches for Canterbury in 1955/56:
W Bell; BA Bolton; SM Cameron; ME Chapple; GG Coull; JW D'Arcy; HN Dellow; RT Dowker; GN Gearry; SC Guillen; PGZ Harris; BA Haworth; MW Jack; JG Leggat; AR MacGibbon; IM Sinclair; GT Wright.

4 players made their debut for Canterbury in these matches in 1955/56:
BA Bolton; JW D'Arcy; MW Jack; GT Wright.