Captain: GR Langdale

Home Grounds used:
Reading School Ground, Erleigh Road, Reading; Huntley and Palmer Ground, Reading; St Bartholomew's Grammar School Ground, Newbury; Church Road, Reading

Away Grounds visited:
Roskear, Camborne; The Recreation Ground, Torquay; London Road, High Wycombe; Roman Way Sports Ground, Oxford; Recreation Ground, Blandford

Minor Counties Championship playing record:
P 10     W 3     D 5     L 2

Click on these links for the season's Minor Counties Championship scorecards and results
or Minor Counties Championship batting averages or Minor Counties Championship bowling averages

20 players appeared in Minor Counties Championship matches for Berkshire in 1956:
CEW Brooks; ADB Brow; KC Came; CMS Crombie; RA Finch; AW Flatman; AA Hillary; KMD Hooper; T Ingram; RM James; GR Langdale; JWH May; JA Mence; MN Morgan; JM Pavey; JE Scott; AJ Sly; JGC Surridge; AC Walton; DE Young.

5 players made their debut for Berkshire in these matches in 1956:
KC Came; RA Finch; KMD Hooper; JM Pavey; JE Scott.