First-Class Bowling in Each Season by Harry Cave
| Season | | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| 1945-46 | (New Zealand) | 546 | 20 | 211 | 6 | 3-30 | 35.16 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946-47 | (New Zealand) | 1080 | 48 | 367 | 18 | 6-44 | 20.38 | 1 | 0 |
| 1948-49 | (New Zealand) | 1172 | 48 | 443 | 16 | 4-66 | 27.68 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | (Scotland) | 84 | 5 | 21 | 0 | | | | |
| 1949 | (England) | 3858 | 128 | 1788 | 42 | 4-28 | 42.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949-50 | (New Zealand) | 132 | 2 | 82 | 3 | 3-82 | 27.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950-51 | (New Zealand) | 802 | 35 | 272 | 12 | 3-20 | 22.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951-52 | (New Zealand) | 1309 | 49 | 466 | 19 | 5-42 | 24.52 | 2 | 0 |
| 1952-53 | (New Zealand) | 1331 | 70 | 420 | 23 | 7-31 | 18.26 | 2 | 1 |
| 1953-54 | (New Zealand) | 1482 | 97 | 408 | 28 | 6-42 | 14.57 | 1 | 0 |
| 1954-55 | (New Zealand) | 1308 | 70 | 402 | 21 | 4-44 | 19.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955-56 | (Pakistan) | 930 | 43 | 332 | 12 | 3-40 | 27.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955-56 | (India) | 2328 | 168 | 668 | 25 | 5-52 | 26.72 | 1 | 0 |
| 1955-56 | (New Zealand) | 790 | 58 | 259 | 13 | 4-21 | 19.92 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956-57 | (New Zealand) | 2151 | 138 | 685 | 41 | 7-33 | 16.70 | 3 | 0 |
| 1957-58 | (New Zealand) | 1912 | 149 | 448 | 23 | 4-58 | 19.47 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | (Scotland) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 1958 | (England) | 3245 | 186 | 1101 | 50 | 6-59 | 22.02 | 3 | 0 |
| 1958-59 | (New Zealand) | 1049 | 69 | 291 | 10 | 3-17 | 29.10 | 0 | 0 |