First-Class Bowling in Each Season by Les Townsend
| Season | | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| 1922 | (England) | 90 | 2 | 49 | 3 | 2-24 | 16.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | (England) | 342 | 15 | 161 | 3 | 2-43 | 53.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | (England) | 1886 | 88 | 723 | 26 | 3-20 | 27.80 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | (England) | 2075 | 102 | 778 | 28 | 4-57 | 27.78 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | (England) | 2296 | 100 | 893 | 39 | 6-32 | 22.89 | 2 | 0 |
| 1927 | (England) | 4479 | 274 | 1357 | 70 | 5-29 | 19.38 | 3 | 0 |
| 1928 | (England) | 7017 | 362 | 2451 | 104 | 8-48 | 23.56 | 4 | 2 |
| 1929 | (England) | 6918 | 384 | 2013 | 100 | 5-59 | 20.13 | 1 | 0 |
| 1929-30 | (West Indies) | 951 | 51 | 406 | 10 | 2-25 | 40.60 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | (England) | 4751 | 250 | 1517 | 63 | 7-57 | 24.07 | 2 | 0 |
| 1931 | (England) | 3138 | 145 | 1117 | 72 | 8-45 | 15.51 | 5 | 3 |
| 1932 | (England) | 6596 | 320 | 2159 | 117 | 7-37 | 18.45 | 7 | 3 |
| 1933 | (England) | 5630 | 294 | 1871 | 100 | 8-26 | 18.71 | 5 | 2 |
| 1933-34 | (Sri Lanka) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 1933-34 | (India) | 1455 | 72 | 608 | 43 | 7-16 | 14.13 | 4 | 2 |
| 1934 | (England) | 4502 | 190 | 1787 | 80 | 7-47 | 22.33 | 4 | 2 |
| 1934-35 | (New Zealand) | 1038 | 52 | 334 | 24 | 7-25 | 13.91 | 4 | 1 |
| 1935 | (England) | 3971 | 225 | 1410 | 62 | 5-21 | 22.74 | 2 | 0 |
| 1935-36 | (New Zealand) | 1085 | 57 | 367 | 16 | 5-33 | 22.93 | 1 | 0 |
| 1936 | (England) | 3462 | 170 | 1260 | 63 | 7-46 | 20.00 | 2 | 1 |
| 1937 | (England) | 2122 | 93 | 890 | 37 | 5-44 | 24.05 | 3 | 0 |
| 1938 | (England) | 1319 | 52 | 588 | 20 | 7-57 | 29.40 | 1 | 0 |
| 1939 | (England) | 580 | 11 | 245 | 8 | 5-45 | 30.62 | 1 | 0 |