First-Class Bowling in Each Season by Murray Chapple
| Season | | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| 1949-50 | (New Zealand) | 294 | 15 | 106 | 4 | 1-9 | 26.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950-51 | (New Zealand) | 120 | 3 | 65 | 2 | 2-29 | 32.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951-52 | (New Zealand) | 774 | 31 | 294 | 9 | 3-53 | 32.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952-53 | (New Zealand) | 366 | 14 | 171 | 1 | 1-14 | 171.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953-54 | (Australia) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 1953-54 | (South Africa) | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | |
| 1954-55 | (New Zealand) | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | | | | |
| 1955-56 | (New Zealand) | 770 | 51 | 229 | 15 | 5-24 | 15.26 | 1 | 0 |
| 1956-57 | (New Zealand) | 1160 | 86 | 342 | 11 | 2-14 | 31.09 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957-58 | (New Zealand) | 630 | 48 | 166 | 2 | 1-9 | 83.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958-59 | (New Zealand) | 838 | 64 | 197 | 16 | 4-36 | 12.31 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959-60 | (New Zealand) | 498 | 31 | 166 | 7 | 5-47 | 23.71 | 1 | 0 |
| 1960-61 | (New Zealand) | 559 | 30 | 196 | 10 | 5-56 | 19.60 | 1 | 0 |
| 1961-62 | (New Zealand) | 78 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1-26 | 32.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961-62 | (South Africa) | 891 | 41 | 401 | 13 | 3-34 | 30.84 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961-62 | (Australia) | 171 | 5 | 65 | 2 | 1-7 | 32.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962-63 | (New Zealand) | 345 | 15 | 151 | 5 | 2-10 | 30.20 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963-64 | (New Zealand) | 1155 | 89 | 283 | 14 | 4-75 | 20.21 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964-65 | (New Zealand) | 1512 | 116 | 405 | 20 | 5-34 | 20.25 | 1 | 0 |
| 1965-66 | (New Zealand) | 889 | 52 | 286 | 10 | 2-26 | 28.60 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971-72 | (West Indies) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |