First-Class Bowling in Each Season by Ces Burke
| Season | | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| 1937-38 | (New Zealand) | 488 | 4 | 272 | 9 | 3-55 | 30.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939-40 | (New Zealand) | 652 | 10 | 240 | 9 | 3-39 | 26.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940-41 | (New Zealand) | 469 | 12 | 147 | 8 | 5-71 | 18.37 | 1 | 0 |
| 1943-44 | (New Zealand) | 360 | 4 | 154 | 8 | 5-52 | 19.25 | 1 | 0 |
| 1944-45 | (New Zealand) | 1359 | 65 | 445 | 22 | 6-71 | 20.22 | 2 | 1 |
| 1945-46 | (New Zealand) | 1163 | 57 | 446 | 18 | 4-17 | 24.77 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946-47 | (New Zealand) | 800 | 33 | 292 | 10 | 4-81 | 29.20 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947-48 | (New Zealand) | 1090 | 34 | 457 | 18 | 4-59 | 25.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948-49 | (New Zealand) | 846 | 33 | 320 | 8 | 3-44 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | (England) | 3591 | 144 | 1611 | 54 | 6-23 | 29.83 | 1 | 0 |
| 1949-50 | (New Zealand) | 469 | 23 | 222 | 4 | 3-79 | 55.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950-51 | (New Zealand) | 144 | 4 | 67 | 2 | 2-67 | 33.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951-52 | (New Zealand) | 383 | 17 | 147 | 10 | 5-33 | 14.70 | 1 | 0 |
| 1953-54 | (New Zealand) | 936 | 38 | 379 | 20 | 6-47 | 18.95 | 1 | 0 |