First-Class Bowling in Each Season by Bill Merritt
| Season | | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| 1926-27 | (New Zealand) | 200 | 4 | 68 | 8 | 5-48 | 8.50 | 1 | 0 |
| 1927 | (England) | 4617 | 114 | 2531 | 108 | 6-38 | 23.43 | 6 | 1 |
| 1927-28 | (Australia) | 186 | 0 | 218 | 5 | 5-218 | 43.60 | 1 | 0 |
| 1927-28 | (New Zealand) | 1596 | 25 | 877 | 33 | 5-69 | 26.57 | 3 | 0 |
| 1928-29 | (New Zealand) | 1050 | 28 | 515 | 12 | 4-148 | 42.91 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929-30 | (New Zealand) | 1490 | 22 | 883 | 25 | 5-97 | 35.32 | 2 | 0 |
| 1930-31 | (New Zealand) | 774 | 18 | 399 | 19 | 6-23 | 21.00 | 1 | 1 |
| 1931 | (England) | 4831 | 134 | 2586 | 96 | 8-41 | 26.93 | 4 | 1 |
| 1931 | (Scotland) | 96 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 3-36 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931-32 | (New Zealand) | 864 | 11 | 454 | 22 | 8-105 | 20.63 | 2 | 1 |
| 1932-33 | (New Zealand) | 895 | 30 | 415 | 20 | 6-54 | 20.75 | 2 | 0 |
| 1935-36 | (New Zealand) | 1462 | 41 | 763 | 35 | 7-125 | 21.80 | 4 | 2 |
| 1938 | (England) | 96 | 0 | 81 | 0 | | | | |
| 1939 | (England) | 4107 | 38 | 2491 | 87 | 7-69 | 28.63 | 7 | 2 |
| 1946 | (England) | 2145 | 33 | 1353 | 64 | 7-63 | 21.14 | 5 | 0 |