World Matchplay 1956
World Matchplay 1956 var en snookerturnering som av de flesta blivit ansedd som det "riktiga" världsmästerskapet i snooker, efter att förbundets officiella VM-turnering lagts ned 1952. World Matchplay organiserades i samarbete med spelarna själva, och samlade de allra bästa spelarna, dock ej Joe Davis.
Intresset för snooker var på väg nedåt, och endast fyra spelare deltog i årets turnering. För andra året möttes engelsmännen Fred Davis och John Pulman i finalen, och liksom föregående år var det Davis som vann. Han tog därmed sin femte och sista titel i World Matchplay, vilket kan adderas till hans tre tidigare VM-titlar.
Finalen hölls i Blackpool, England, Storbritannien.
Resultat
| Semifinaler: Bäst av 61 frames | Final: Bäst av 73 frames | |||||||||
 Fred Davis | 35 | |||||||||
| Rex Williams | 26 | |||||||||
| Fred Davis | 38 | |||||||||
| John Pulman | 35 | |||||||||
| John Pulman | 36 | |||||||||
 Jackie Rea | 25 | |||||||||
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