First-Class Bowling Against Each Opponent Bill Merritt
| Opponent | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| Auckland | 2069 | 42 | 1060 | 36 | 8-105 | 29.44 | 2 | 1 |
| Australia | 171 | 0 | 121 | 1 | 1-121 | 121.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Australians | 286 | 0 | 216 | 5 | 5-105 | 43.20 | 1 | 0 |
| Cambridge University | 540 | 8 | 310 | 18 | 7-69 | 17.22 | 2 | 1 |
| Civil Service | 162 | 5 | 96 | 2 | 2-89 | 48.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 826 | 14 | 428 | 23 | 6-63 | 18.60 | 1 | 1 |
| East | 113 | 5 | 32 | 4 | 3-26 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 |
| England | 936 | 10 | 617 | 12 | 4-104 | 51.41 | 0 | 0 |
| England XI | 108 | 3 | 98 | 2 | 2-96 | 49.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Essex | 1329 | 40 | 631 | 28 | 8-41 | 22.53 | 1 | 1 |
| Gentlemen of England | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| Glamorgan | 893 | 20 | 507 | 23 | 6-91 | 22.04 | 1 | 0 |
| Gloucestershire | 322 | 5 | 183 | 16 | 7-63 | 11.43 | 1 | 0 |
| Hampshire | 997 | 16 | 506 | 27 | 6-44 | 18.74 | 3 | 0 |
| HDG Leveson-Gower's XI | 422 | 7 | 249 | 6 | 4-95 | 41.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Indians | 204 | 2 | 152 | 3 | 3-109 | 50.66 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent | 892 | 13 | 620 | 16 | 6-185 | 38.75 | 1 | 0 |
| Lancashire | 636 | 10 | 356 | 15 | 7-83 | 23.73 | 1 | 1 |
| Leicestershire | 628 | 11 | 317 | 14 | 6-56 | 22.64 | 1 | 0 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club | 1003 | 25 | 616 | 22 | 7-28 | 28.00 | 2 | 0 |
| Middlesex | 772 | 10 | 476 | 17 | 5-77 | 28.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Minor Counties | 294 | 11 | 112 | 4 | 4-72 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 |
| New South Wales | 186 | 0 | 218 | 5 | 5-218 | 43.60 | 1 | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 475 | 14 | 242 | 11 | 5-63 | 22.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 126 | 3 | 45 | 0 | | | | |
| Otago | 2242 | 61 | 1004 | 56 | 7-125 | 17.92 | 6 | 2 |
| Oxford University | 288 | 7 | 153 | 2 | 2-82 | 76.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Royal Navy | 88 | 0 | 65 | 3 | 3-55 | 21.66 | 0 | 0 |
| Scotland | 96 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 3-36 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Somerset | 974 | 21 | 572 | 26 | 5-42 | 22.00 | 3 | 0 |
| Surrey | 561 | 11 | 382 | 15 | 5-79 | 25.46 | 2 | 0 |
| Sussex | 779 | 17 | 500 | 16 | 6-92 | 31.25 | 1 | 0 |
| The Rest | 368 | 7 | 153 | 10 | 4-44 | 15.30 | 0 | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 720 | 10 | 425 | 11 | 4-26 | 38.63 | 0 | 0 |
| Wellington | 2089 | 48 | 1133 | 49 | 7-159 | 23.12 | 5 | 1 |
| West | 102 | 3 | 38 | 6 | 6-38 | 6.33 | 1 | 0 |
| West Indians | 160 | 1 | 118 | 3 | 3-118 | 39.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 894 | 31 | 470 | 16 | 4-52 | 29.37 | 0 | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 616 | 4 | 413 | 11 | 4-79 | 37.54 | 0 | 0 |