| Opponent | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| Australia | 372 | 21 | 139 | 4 | 2-40 | 34.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Australians | 1905 | 78 | 853 | 44 | 8-78 | 19.38 | 4 | 2 |
| Cambridge University | 3613 | 188 | 1342 | 109 | 7-23 | 12.31 | 11 | 3 |
| Cape Colony | 484 | 46 | 153 | 17 | 8-34 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 |
| CI Thornton's England XI | 105 | 3 | 60 | 2 | 2-27 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 |
| CI Thornton's XI | 252 | 11 | 104 | 5 | 3-28 | 20.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 4131 | 209 | 1611 | 128 | 6-18 | 12.58 | 11 | 2 |
| Eastern Province | 84 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 1-27 | 37.00 | 0 | 0 |
| England XI | 100 | 3 | 60 | 3 | 2-6 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Essex | 4602 | 250 | 1773 | 123 | 7-32 | 14.41 | 7 | 1 |
| Gentlemen | 1192 | 36 | 631 | 22 | 5-55 | 28.68 | 1 | 0 |
| Gloucestershire | 3389 | 170 | 1296 | 106 | 9-25 | 12.22 | 4 | 1 |
| Hampshire | 3882 | 195 | 1547 | 96 | 8-21 | 16.11 | 6 | 2 |
| Indians | 84 | 3 | 34 | 4 | 4-19 | 8.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Ireland | 150 | 5 | 69 | 3 | 2-58 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent | 4208 | 165 | 1795 | 96 | 7-65 | 18.69 | 6 | 0 |
| Lancashire | 4530 | 230 | 1841 | 108 | 7-25 | 17.04 | 9 | 0 |
| Leicestershire | 4263 | 215 | 1680 | 95 | 7-43 | 17.68 | 5 | 1 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club | 3933 | 180 | 1722 | 108 | 7-44 | 15.94 | 7 | 2 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club Australian Touring Team | 90 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 1-12 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Middlesex | 5387 | 219 | 2344 | 134 | 7-33 | 17.49 | 14 | 3 |
| Natal | 306 | 15 | 105 | 11 | 7-58 | 9.54 | 1 | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 1005 | 39 | 289 | 24 | 4-13 | 12.04 | 0 | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 4741 | 252 | 1766 | 103 | 6-21 | 17.14 | 5 | 1 |
| Oxford University | 309 | 18 | 107 | 10 | 7-35 | 10.70 | 1 | 1 |
| Somerset | 3704 | 197 | 1659 | 117 | 6-19 | 14.17 | 7 | 0 |
| South | 845 | 21 | 489 | 26 | 5-35 | 18.80 | 3 | 1 |
| South Africa | 922 | 40 | 483 | 20 | 6-11 | 24.15 | 1 | 0 |
| South Africa Army | 132 | 8 | 43 | 8 | 4-9 | 5.37 | 0 | 0 |
| South Africans | 865 | 35 | 334 | 15 | 5-33 | 22.26 | 1 | 0 |
| Surrey | 4272 | 184 | 1732 | 95 | 7-17 | 18.23 | 6 | 1 |
| Sussex | 4158 | 177 | 1841 | 79 | 7-20 | 23.30 | 3 | 0 |
| The Rest | 576 | 12 | 333 | 11 | 3-44 | 30.27 | 0 | 0 |
| Transvaal | 260 | 15 | 129 | 6 | 3-68 | 21.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 5015 | 283 | 1733 | 142 | 8-33 | 12.20 | 9 | 4 |
| Western Province | 258 | 14 | 94 | 9 | 5-29 | 10.44 | 1 | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 4686 | 208 | 1831 | 126 | 7-38 | 14.53 | 11 | 4 |