| M | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avge | 100 | 50 | |
| B McMullen | 47 | 42 | 5 | 1572 | 151 | 42.48 | 5 | 7 |
| HG Munsey | 79 | 77 | 10 | 2777 | 191 | 41.44 | 3 | 19 |
| KJ Coetzer | 89 | 87 | 5 | 3192 | 156 | 38.92 | 5 | 21 |
| CS MacLeod | 88 | 86 | 7 | 3026 | 175 | 38.30 | 10 | 13 |
| GM Hamilton | 38 | 38 | 3 | 1231 | 119 | 35.17 | 2 | 7 |
| MW Machan | 23 | 22 | 0 | 734 | 114 | 33.36 | 1 | 3 |
| RD Berrington | 143 | 134 | 17 | 3881 | 127 | 33.17 | 7 | 21 |
| FDW McCreath | 20 | 17 | 0 | 561 | 112 | 33.00 | 1 | 3 |
| PL Mommsen | 44 | 42 | 6 | 1115 | 139* | 30.97 | 2 | 6 |
| RR Watson | 35 | 35 | 4 | 956 | 123* | 30.83 | 1 | 6 |
| CJ Tear | 20 | 19 | 3 | 489 | 80 | 30.56 | - | 4 |
| MA Jones | 19 | 17 | 0 | 506 | 87 | 29.76 | - | 3 |
| DF Watts | 36 | 35 | 1 | 974 | 101 | 28.64 | 1 | 9 |
| NFI McCallum | 43 | 42 | 6 | 1002 | 121* | 27.83 | 2 | 4 |
| MA Leask | 98 | 77 | 15 | 1624 | 107* | 26.19 | 1 | 8 |
| MH Cross | 120 | 105 | 4 | 2490 | 114 | 24.65 | 2 | 14 |
| DR Lockhart | 14 | 11 | 2 | 218 | 46 | 24.22 | - | - |
| MM Iqbal | 13 | 12 | 4 | 192 | 63 | 24.00 | - | 1 |
| HJW Gardiner | 11 | 11 | 0 | 262 | 96 | 23.81 | - | 2 |
| CJ McBride | 22 | 19 | 1 | 407 | 56 | 22.61 | - | 1 |
| DE Budge | 17 | 15 | 4 | 248 | 46* | 22.54 | - | - |
| RT Lyons | 25 | 14 | 10 | 90 | 28 | 22.50 | - | - |
| CN Greaves | 30 | 23 | 6 | 381 | 56* | 22.41 | - | 2 |
| MRJ Watt | 92 | 64 | 21 | 932 | 66 | 21.67 | - | 2 |
| JH Davey | 33 | 29 | 6 | 498 | 64 | 21.65 | - | 2 |
| CD Wallace | 32 | 28 | 1 | 574 | 58 | 21.25 | - | 4 |
| CD de Lange | 13 | 10 | 4 | 123 | 26* | 20.50 | - | - |
| SM Sharif | 97 | 63 | 30 | 654 | 40* | 19.81 | - | - |
| CJO Smith | 27 | 26 | 4 | 432 | 59 | 19.63 | - | 2 |
| GD Drummond | 30 | 20 | 7 | 240 | 35* | 18.46 | - | - |
| CM Wright | 20 | 18 | 3 | 240 | 37 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 |
The list shows the top 31 averages