First-Class Bowling in Each Season by Alec Downes
| Season | | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| 1887-88 | (New Zealand) | 279 | 19 | 54 | 5 | 5-34 | 10.80 | 1 | 0 |
| 1888-89 | (New Zealand) | 250 | 16 | 95 | 3 | 3-95 | 31.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889-90 | (New Zealand) | 438 | 23 | 178 | 16 | 7-22 | 11.12 | 1 | 0 |
| 1890-91 | (New Zealand) | 155 | 13 | 52 | 4 | 4-44 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1891-92 | (New Zealand) | 279 | 22 | 78 | 9 | 8-35 | 8.66 | 1 | 0 |
| 1892-93 | (New Zealand) | 95 | 6 | 44 | 2 | 2-38 | 22.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1893-94 | (New Zealand) | 1099 | 83 | 347 | 33 | 7-32 | 10.51 | 5 | 2 |
| 1894-95 | (New Zealand) | 617 | 48 | 145 | 17 | 7-31 | 8.52 | 1 | 1 |
| 1895-96 | (New Zealand) | 879 | 62 | 263 | 18 | 6-46 | 14.61 | 1 | 1 |
| 1896-97 | (New Zealand) | 639 | 56 | 113 | 17 | 7-12 | 6.64 | 2 | 1 |
| 1897-98 | (New Zealand) | 222 | 10 | 84 | 8 | 7-53 | 10.50 | 1 | 0 |
| 1898-99 | (Australia) | 447 | 20 | 230 | 6 | 4-127 | 38.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 1899-00 | (New Zealand) | 345 | 25 | 64 | 10 | 7-43 | 6.40 | 1 | 1 |
| 1900-01 | (New Zealand) | 491 | 17 | 224 | 21 | 7-36 | 10.66 | 3 | 1 |
| 1901-02 | (New Zealand) | 536 | 21 | 221 | 23 | 7-32 | 9.60 | 3 | 2 |
| 1902-03 | (New Zealand) | 796 | 24 | 421 | 14 | 5-161 | 30.07 | 1 | 0 |
| 1903-04 | (New Zealand) | 114 | 6 | 61 | 1 | 1-43 | 61.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1904-05 | (New Zealand) | 582 | 29 | 186 | 15 | 6-52 | 12.40 | 2 | 1 |
| 1905-06 | (New Zealand) | 578 | 25 | 239 | 18 | 7-57 | 13.27 | 2 | 1 |
| 1906-07 | (New Zealand) | 920 | 36 | 461 | 27 | 6-65 | 17.07 | 4 | 2 |
| 1907-08 | (New Zealand) | 261 | 6 | 121 | 6 | 5-70 | 20.16 | 1 | 0 |
| 1909-10 | (New Zealand) | 414 | 17 | 203 | 3 | 2-61 | 67.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 1910-11 | (New Zealand) | 162 | 4 | 48 | 1 | 1-23 | 48.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1911-12 | (New Zealand) | 764 | 50 | 190 | 13 | 5-48 | 14.61 | 1 | 0 |
| 1912-13 | (New Zealand) | 350 | 18 | 115 | 7 | 6-45 | 16.42 | 1 | 0 |
| 1913-14 | (New Zealand) | 648 | 26 | 326 | 14 | 5-74 | 23.28 | 1 | 0 |