First-class Bowling in New Zealand for 1956/57 (Ordered by Wickets)
| Name | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| RW Blair (NZ,Well) | 1952 | 105 | 784 | 53 | 9-72 | 14.79 | 6 | 4 |
| HB Cave (NZ,CD) | 2151 | 138 | 685 | 41 | 7-33 | 16.70 | 3 | 0 |
| R Benaud (Aus) | 1712 | 93 | 618 | 32 | 6-79 | 19.31 | 1 | 0 |
| JC Alabaster (NZ,Ot) | 2170 | 149 | 744 | 32 | 5-35 | 23.25 | 2 | 0 |
| DD Beard (CD) | 1613 | 104 | 533 | 29 | 7-56 | 18.37 | 1 | 1 |
| GO Rabone (NZ,Auck) | 1712 | 108 | 528 | 27 | 8-66 | 19.55 | 2 | 0 |
| FJ Cameron (Ot) | 1176 | 70 | 377 | 24 | 6-95 | 15.70 | 1 | 0 |
| J Drennan (Aus) | 891 | 57 | 275 | 22 | 4-7 | 12.50 | 0 | 0 |
| I Meckiff (Aus) | 739 | 47 | 217 | 20 | 5-48 | 10.85 | 1 | 0 |
| JR Reid (NZ,Ot) | 877 | 56 | 257 | 19 | 7-20 | 13.52 | 1 | 0 |
| JW Martin (Aus) | 581 | 29 | 214 | 15 | 6-46 | 14.26 | 1 | 0 |
| BD Morrison (Well) | 1005 | 70 | 314 | 15 | 5-58 | 20.93 | 1 | 0 |
| LF Kline (Aus) | 874 | 39 | 386 | 15 | 3-19 | 25.73 | 0 | 0 |
| MB Poore (Cant) | 1118 | 85 | 330 | 14 | 4-27 | 23.57 | 0 | 0 |
| RA Gaunt (Aus) | 814 | 28 | 346 | 14 | 4-54 | 24.71 | 0 | 0 |
| DR Tarrant (CD) | 811 | 36 | 350 | 13 | 4-40 | 26.92 | 0 | 0 |
| KW Hough (ND) | 1278 | 46 | 446 | 12 | 4-101 | 37.16 | 0 | 0 |
| AR MacGibbon (NZ,Cant) | 1036 | 50 | 465 | 12 | 3-76 | 38.75 | 0 | 0 |
| RE Brown (CD) | 715 | 42 | 276 | 11 | 5-29 | 25.09 | 1 | 0 |
| EF Dunn (Auck) | 938 | 53 | 337 | 11 | 4-41 | 30.63 | 0 | 0 |
| ME Chapple (NZ,Cant) | 1160 | 86 | 342 | 11 | 2-14 | 31.09 | 0 | 0 |
| LA Clark (Well) | 906 | 50 | 344 | 11 | 5-60 | 31.27 | 1 | 0 |
| DL Gallop (Cant) | 686 | 23 | 353 | 11 | 3-30 | 32.09 | 0 | 0 |
| AF Lissette (ND) | 1014 | 65 | 368 | 10 | 4-35 | 36.80 | 0 | 0 |
| JWF Kiddey (Cant) | 441 | 26 | 174 | 9 | 3-32 | 19.33 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Ferrow (ND) | 564 | 36 | 183 | 9 | 4-50 | 20.33 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Reid (Cant) | 600 | 38 | 204 | 9 | 3-26 | 22.66 | 0 | 0 |
| H Moyle (Auck) | 724 | 36 | 301 | 9 | 4-110 | 33.44 | 0 | 0 |
| JA Hayes (Auck) | 402 | 15 | 161 | 8 | 4-23 | 20.12 | 0 | 0 |
| RM Harris (Auck) | 732 | 33 | 314 | 7 | 4-105 | 44.85 | 0 | 0 |
| DC Hoskin (ND) | 788 | 26 | 320 | 7 | 2-90 | 45.71 | 0 | 0 |
| GN Gearry (Cant) | 576 | 31 | 239 | 6 | 4-57 | 39.83 | 0 | 0 |
| WS Haig (Ot) | 372 | 35 | 96 | 5 | 4-12 | 19.20 | 0 | 0 |
| B Sutcliffe (NZ,Ot) | 204 | 7 | 102 | 5 | 5-102 | 20.40 | 1 | 0 |
| NS Harford (CD) | 252 | 12 | 124 | 5 | 3-19 | 24.80 | 0 | 0 |
| DB Clarke (ND) | 219 | 3 | 125 | 5 | 4-108 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 |
| PGZ Harris (Cant) | 426 | 25 | 164 | 5 | 3-58 | 32.80 | 0 | 0 |
| EW Dempster (Well) | 1032 | 64 | 287 | 5 | 2-20 | 57.40 | 0 | 0 |
| AM Moir (Ot) | 136 | 4 | 89 | 4 | 4-89 | 22.25 | 0 | 0 |
| IM Sinclair (Cant) | 348 | 21 | 113 | 4 | 1-4 | 28.25 | 0 | 0 |
| N Puna (ND) | 246 | 9 | 125 | 4 | 3-34 | 31.25 | 0 | 0 |
| AH Preston (Well) | 379 | 17 | 166 | 4 | 2-32 | 41.50 | 0 | 0 |
| JT Sparling (Auck) | 369 | 12 | 178 | 4 | 3-57 | 44.50 | 0 | 0 |
| DD Taylor (NZ,Auck) | 450 | 16 | 220 | 4 | 2-68 | 55.00 | 0 | 0 |
| RT Dowker (Cant) | 56 | 0 | 47 | 3 | 2-25 | 15.66 | 0 | 0 |
| BC Allan (Ot) | 310 | 22 | 89 | 3 | 1-5 | 29.66 | 0 | 0 |
| JF Jones (CD) | 312 | 10 | 132 | 3 | 2-55 | 44.00 | 0 | 0 |
| TS Hambrook (Auck) | 474 | 24 | 161 | 3 | 2-26 | 53.66 | 0 | 0 |
| AG Duckmanton (Cant) | 108 | 8 | 44 | 1 | 1-25 | 44.00 | 0 | 0 |
| RN Harvey (Aus) | 144 | 9 | 44 | 1 | 1-9 | 44.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JW McDonald (Auck) | 72 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 1-49 | 49.00 | 0 | 0 |
| KFH Smith (CD) | 186 | 9 | 107 | 1 | 1-14 | 107.00 | 0 | 0 |
| BMJ Dineen (Cant) | 198 | 7 | 117 | 1 | 1-17 | 117.00 | 0 | 0 |
| DN Macleod (CD) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| SG Gedye (Auck) | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| AJ Cook (Well) | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| JEF Beck (Well) | 24 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| BA Haworth (Cant) | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| JK Everest (ND) | 22 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| TE Shaw (ND) | 36 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| WJR Haskell (Well) | 72 | 5 | 28 | 0 | ||||
| GT Buist (CD) | 60 | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||||
| KJ McNicholl (Cant) | 66 | 3 | 36 | 0 | ||||
| BB Higgins (ND) | 76 | 2 | 44 | 0 | ||||
| EM Meuli (CD) | 90 | 2 | 49 | 0 | ||||
| MF Sandri (Ot) | 72 | 0 | 55 | 0 | ||||
| EA Watson (Ot) | 210 | 14 | 72 | 0 |
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