| Opponent | Matches | Inns | Not Out | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | St |
| Australia | 4 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Australians | 17 | 20 | 3 | 213 | 56 | 12.52 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Cambridge University | 18 | 27 | 1 | 225 | 40 | 8.65 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Cape Colony | 2 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| CI Thornton's England XI | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 7.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| CI Thornton's XI | 3 | 5 | 1 | 111 | 54 | 27.75 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Derbyshire | 29 | 34 | 6 | 737 | 104 | 26.32 | 1 | 2 | 21 | |
| Eastern Province | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| England XI | 2 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 18 | 9.66 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Essex | 34 | 45 | 7 | 830 | 69 | 21.84 | 0 | 6 | 28 | |
| Gentlemen | 10 | 13 | 3 | 195 | 51 | 19.50 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Gloucestershire | 27 | 37 | 6 | 522 | 69 | 16.83 | 0 | 3 | 15 | |
| Hampshire | 27 | 33 | 3 | 553 | 75* | 18.43 | 0 | 3 | 19 | |
| Indians | 1 | 1 | 0 | 111 | 111 | 111.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kent | 31 | 43 | 8 | 541 | 70 | 15.45 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| Lancashire | 33 | 50 | 12 | 646 | 84 | 17.00 | 0 | 3 | 20 | |
| Leicestershire | 31 | 33 | 5 | 615 | 60 | 21.96 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club | 28 | 45 | 8 | 643 | 56 | 17.37 | 0 | 1 | 18 | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club Australian Touring Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Middlesex | 31 | 44 | 8 | 538 | 50 | 14.94 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Natal | 2 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 33* | 17.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Northamptonshire | 8 | 11 | 4 | 133 | 26* | 19.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Nottinghamshire | 31 | 38 | 3 | 611 | 159 | 17.45 | 1 | 1 | 24 | |
| Oxford University | 2 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 23 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Somerset | 34 | 43 | 10 | 955 | 96 | 28.93 | 0 | 6 | 26 | |
| South | 6 | 8 | 1 | 69 | 21 | 9.85 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| South Africa | 7 | 13 | 2 | 73 | 25 | 6.63 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| South Africa Army | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| South Africans | 6 | 6 | 1 | 130 | 62* | 26.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Surrey | 32 | 48 | 9 | 553 | 85 | 14.17 | 0 | 3 | 13 | |
| Sussex | 29 | 37 | 2 | 519 | 85 | 14.82 | 0 | 2 | 13 | |
| The Rest | 5 | 7 | 2 | 105 | 78 | 21.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Transvaal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Warwickshire | 33 | 39 | 6 | 921 | 138 | 27.90 | 1 | 4 | 19 | |
| Western Province | 2 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 61 | 32.50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Worcestershire | 29 | 41 | 6 | 838 | 87* | 23.94 | 0 | 4 | 7 |