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Home Grounds used:
Thorneyholme Road, Accrington

Away Grounds visited:
Blackburn Road, Oswaldtwistle; Bentgate, Haslingden; The Horsfield, Colne; The Worswick Memorial Ground, Rawtenstall; Dill Hall Lane, Enfield; Blackburn Road, Rishton; Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn; Centre Vale, Todmorden; Acre Bottom, Ramsbottom; Turf Moor, Burnley; Seedhill, Nelson; Lanehead, Bacup; Liverpool Road, Lowerhouse

First XI playing record:
P 27     W 8     D 8     L 11

Click on this link for the season's First XI scorecards and results

23 players appeared in First XI matches for Accrington in 1956:
B Barnes; D Beaghan; J Bradshaw; L Carter; J Collier; RF Cuddihy; T Cunliffe; JL Dewhurst; R Dewhurst; SD Dhanawade; T Duckett; H Harwood; W Haworth; JN Hope; D Mark; J Marsland; B Osbaldeston; E Robinson; D Rushton; F Rushton; JB Tomlinson; A Waterworth; J Whittle.