| M | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avge | 100 | 50 | |
| PL Mommsen | 34 | 26 | 9 | 620 | 68* | 36.47 | - | 2 |
| RD Berrington | 136 | 125 | 24 | 3258 | 100 | 32.25 | 1 | 18 |
| HG Munsey | 94 | 91 | 7 | 2709 | 132 | 32.25 | 2 | 16 |
| B McMullen | 27 | 26 | 3 | 709 | 96 | 30.82 | - | 7 |
| MW Machan | 28 | 27 | 5 | 675 | 90* | 30.68 | - | 5 |
| CS MacLeod | 88 | 83 | 11 | 1995 | 104* | 27.70 | 1 | 12 |
| RML Taylor | 28 | 18 | 9 | 247 | 41* | 27.44 | - | - |
| MA Jones | 15 | 15 | 1 | 366 | 86 | 26.14 | - | 2 |
| KJ Coetzer | 100 | 95 | 9 | 2059 | 89 | 23.94 | - | 9 |
| MH Cross | 100 | 84 | 16 | 1570 | 66* | 23.08 | - | 5 |
| GM Hamilton | 18 | 15 | 1 | 279 | 58 | 19.92 | - | 1 |
| CD Wallace | 28 | 22 | 11 | 213 | 27 | 19.36 | - | - |
| CN Greaves | 35 | 26 | 11 | 290 | 45 | 19.33 | - | - |
| NS Poonia | 10 | 10 | 2 | 151 | 38* | 18.87 | - | - |
| OJ Hairs | 30 | 30 | 3 | 504 | 127* | 18.66 | 1 | 2 |
| JH Stander | 21 | 20 | 5 | 256 | 58 | 17.06 | - | 1 |
| MA Leask | 89 | 72 | 10 | 979 | 58 | 15.79 | - | 1 |
| DF Watts | 22 | 21 | 1 | 308 | 73 | 15.40 | - | 1 |
| JH Davey | 39 | 19 | 9 | 150 | 24 | 15.00 | - | - |
| RM Haq | 39 | 16 | 9 | 102 | 27* | 14.57 | - | - |
| RR Watson | 16 | 16 | 1 | 211 | 54 | 14.06 | - | 1 |
| SM Sharif | 99 | 39 | 21 | 253 | 26* | 14.05 | - | - |
| NFI McCallum | 15 | 12 | 0 | 168 | 50 | 14.00 | - | 1 |
| MRJ Watt | 88 | 42 | 13 | 322 | 31* | 11.10 | - | - |
| GD Drummond | 22 | 13 | 3 | 73 | 35 | 7.30 | - | - |
| G Goudie | 23 | 12 | 1 | 62 | 26 | 5.63 | - | - |
| AC Evans | 42 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1.25 | - | - |
The list shows the top 27 averages