First-Class Bowling in Each Season by Tom Burtt
| Season | | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| 1943-44 | (New Zealand) | 827 | 16 | 308 | 19 | 6-56 | 16.21 | 1 | 0 |
| 1944-45 | (New Zealand) | 1375 | 57 | 571 | 35 | 7-101 | 16.31 | 3 | 0 |
| 1945-46 | (New Zealand) | 1040 | 42 | 480 | 15 | 4-65 | 32.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946-47 | (New Zealand) | 785 | 23 | 321 | 11 | 4-43 | 29.18 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947-48 | (New Zealand) | 1536 | 57 | 666 | 26 | 7-121 | 25.61 | 2 | 1 |
| 1948-49 | (New Zealand) | 864 | 37 | 356 | 9 | 4-119 | 39.55 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | (England) | 6952 | 373 | 2820 | 119 | 7-102 | 23.69 | 10 | 2 |
| 1949 | (Scotland) | 434 | 42 | 109 | 9 | 6-45 | 12.11 | 1 | 0 |
| 1949-50 | (New Zealand) | 1051 | 71 | 413 | 13 | 4-93 | 31.76 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950-51 | (New Zealand) | 2180 | 151 | 673 | 44 | 7-74 | 15.29 | 6 | 2 |
| 1951-52 | (New Zealand) | 1902 | 120 | 643 | 37 | 5-54 | 17.37 | 2 | 0 |
| 1952-53 | (New Zealand) | 1698 | 102 | 545 | 15 | 3-56 | 36.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953-54 | (New Zealand) | 1723 | 100 | 686 | 34 | 8-35 | 20.17 | 3 | 0 |
| 1954-55 | (New Zealand) | 1081 | 60 | 463 | 22 | 5-43 | 21.04 | 1 | 0 |