| Opponent | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| Australia | 806 | 15 | 522 | 14 | 5-90 | 37.28 | 2 | 0 |
| Australian XI | 78 | 0 | 66 | 0 | ||||
| Australians | 1535 | 39 | 827 | 18 | 4-44 | 45.94 | 0 | 0 |
| Border | 132 | 9 | 36 | 3 | 3-25 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Cambridge University | 960 | 23 | 626 | 28 | 6-91 | 22.35 | 2 | 0 |
| CI Thornton's XI | 144 | 1 | 139 | 1 | 1-139 | 139.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 1515 | 54 | 711 | 29 | 6-102 | 24.51 | 2 | 0 |
| Eastern Province | 150 | 5 | 84 | 5 | 5-83 | 16.80 | 1 | 0 |
| England | 288 | 10 | 135 | 5 | 2-32 | 27.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Essex | 6368 | 309 | 2620 | 117 | 8-29 | 22.39 | 6 | 2 |
| Glamorgan | 3388 | 132 | 1613 | 74 | 8-79 | 21.79 | 2 | 1 |
| Gloucestershire | 4849 | 165 | 2355 | 121 | 6-31 | 19.46 | 10 | 1 |
| Griqualand West | 108 | 1 | 81 | 7 | 4-56 | 11.57 | 0 | 0 |
| Hampshire | 5128 | 179 | 2430 | 111 | 7-96 | 21.89 | 6 | 0 |
| Indians | 283 | 7 | 160 | 7 | 5-58 | 22.85 | 1 | 0 |
| Jamaica | 717 | 18 | 379 | 10 | 4-146 | 37.90 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent | 5031 | 152 | 2851 | 90 | 5-22 | 31.67 | 4 | 0 |
| Lancashire | 6137 | 207 | 2995 | 97 | 7-59 | 30.87 | 6 | 2 |
| Leicestershire | 4932 | 196 | 2032 | 102 | 7-37 | 19.92 | 5 | 0 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club | 1158 | 27 | 695 | 24 | 4-70 | 28.95 | 0 | 0 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club Australian Touring Team | 134 | 7 | 65 | 5 | 3-34 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Middlesex | 7368 | 237 | 3709 | 141 | 7-10 | 26.30 | 9 | 3 |
| Natal | 132 | 4 | 75 | 7 | 5-36 | 10.71 | 1 | 0 |
| New South Wales | 270 | 3 | 223 | 6 | 4-26 | 37.16 | 0 | 0 |
| North | 611 | 21 | 273 | 21 | 6-44 | 13.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 1597 | 52 | 866 | 40 | 8-74 | 21.65 | 1 | 1 |
| Nottinghamshire | 7316 | 246 | 3801 | 144 | 8-66 | 26.39 | 6 | 1 |
| Orange Free State | 210 | 13 | 102 | 10 | 7-55 | 10.20 | 1 | 1 |
| Oxford University | 886 | 18 | 503 | 20 | 5-21 | 25.15 | 1 | 0 |
| Players | 3823 | 95 | 2309 | 49 | 4-85 | 47.12 | 0 | 0 |
| Players of the South | 156 | 3 | 114 | 3 | 3-114 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Somerset | 5197 | 237 | 2246 | 110 | 7-58 | 20.41 | 5 | 0 |
| South Africa | 1372 | 51 | 663 | 15 | 4-29 | 44.20 | 0 | 0 |
| South Africans | 1637 | 49 | 904 | 25 | 4-56 | 36.16 | 0 | 0 |
| South Australia | 328 | 7 | 184 | 12 | 7-75 | 15.33 | 2 | 1 |
| Surrey | 210 | 6 | 105 | 5 | 5-42 | 21.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Sussex | 5141 | 175 | 2514 | 110 | 7-86 | 22.85 | 5 | 1 |
| The Rest | 642 | 15 | 371 | 10 | 3-85 | 37.10 | 0 | 0 |
| Transvaal | 300 | 8 | 164 | 6 | 4-65 | 27.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Uncapped | 162 | 5 | 116 | 5 | 5-100 | 23.20 | 1 | 0 |
| Victoria | 120 | 0 | 100 | 2 | 1-49 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 5026 | 199 | 2339 | 113 | 8-24 | 20.69 | 13 | 2 |
| West Indians | 623 | 16 | 302 | 9 | 4-71 | 33.55 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Province | 403 | 14 | 176 | 10 | 4-46 | 17.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 929 | 31 | 524 | 18 | 7-89 | 29.11 | 1 | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 7128 | 270 | 3353 | 135 | 6-40 | 24.83 | 5 | 0 |