| Runs conceded are not known for all matches For each bowler, the average is computed taking into account only the runs and wickets in matches where his runs conceded are known |
| Name | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| DH McIlwraith (Melb) | 36 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1-2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| HA Moerlin (Rich) | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1-5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| J Phillips (Melb) | 291 | 22 | 69 | 12 | 8-34 | 5.75 | 1 | 0 |
| A Anderson (Ess) | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1-6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
| H Atkinson (Univ) | 30 | 1 | 47 | 7 | 4-27 | 6.71 | 0 | 0 |
| T Testro (PM) | 1491 | 119 | 298 | 45 | 6-27 | 6.77 | 3 | 1 |
| F Gawne (Univ) | 90 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 4-30 | 7.50 | 0 | 0 |
| T Flynn (EM) | 159 | 12 | 38 | 5 | 3-23 | 7.60 | 0 | 0 |
| GJ Williams (NM) | 90 | 5 | 38 | 5 | 2-13 | 7.60 | 0 | 0 |
| D Hutchison (Carl) | 0 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 6-41 | 7.85 | 1 | 0 |
| S Smith (Rich) | 177 | 7 | 33 | 4 | 3-22 | 8.25 | 0 | 0 |
| C Letcher (EM) | 954 | 64 | 219 | 26 | 6-31 | 8.42 | 1 | 1 |
| HF Boyle (EM) | 334 | 14 | 99 | 11 | 6-49 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 |
| G Lord (SM) | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1-9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 |
| FH Richards (Carl) | 638 | 21 | 413 | 52 | 8-43 | 9.17 | 5 | 1 |
| G Mills (Ess) | 375 | 12 | 238 | 27 | 6-48 | 9.52 | 1 | 0 |
| EE Bean (NM) | 581 | 32 | 224 | 24 | 6-10 | 10.18 | 2 | 0 |
| Colliver (Carl) | 63 | 4 | 62 | 6 | 5-40 | 10.33 | 1 | 0 |
| CE McLeod (PM) | 553 | 27 | 176 | 17 | 5-19 | 10.35 | 2 | 0 |
| AE McLennan (Ess) | 260 | 7 | 169 | 21 | 5-16 | 10.56 | 1 | 0 |
| J Harry (EM) | 66 | 7 | 32 | 3 | 3-32 | 10.66 | 0 | 0 |
| H Trumble (Melb) | 1643 | 97 | 491 | 45 | 9-39 | 10.91 | 5 | 2 |
| PM Lewis (EM) | 445 | 16 | 164 | 15 | 6-56 | 10.93 | 2 | 1 |
| RP Dickson (Melb) | 194 | 15 | 44 | 4 | 2-13 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 |
| FJ Laver (EM) | 1424 | 81 | 453 | 41 | 7-43 | 11.04 | 3 | 1 |
| APM Shee (Melb) | 701 | 39 | 221 | 20 | 8-39 | 11.05 | 1 | 0 |
| JB O'Hara (PM) | 204 | 8 | 90 | 8 | 2-4 | 11.25 | 0 | 0 |
| CS Graham (Univ) | 90 | 4 | 45 | 4 | 3-7 | 11.25 | 0 | 0 |
| AHN Fox (Fitz) | 48 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 3-34 | 11.33 | 0 | 0 |
| HV Francis (Univ) | 441 | 22 | 149 | 13 | 5-45 | 11.46 | 1 | 0 |
| RW McLeod (PM) | 1500 | 67 | 587 | 51 | 8-28 | 11.50 | 4 | 2 |
| J Bridson (Fitz) | 438 | 19 | 212 | 18 | 4-21 | 11.77 | 0 | 0 |
| GH Biddolph (SM) | 186 | 6 | 61 | 5 | 2-17 | 12.20 | 0 | 0 |
| J Carlton (NM) | 582 | 13 | 435 | 36 | 6-19 | 12.42 | 2 | 0 |
| JTH Lempriere (Melb) | 136 | 10 | 38 | 3 | 3-23 | 12.66 | 0 | 0 |
| T Ormerod (Ess) | 222 | 3 | 203 | 17 | 4-25 | 12.68 | 0 | 0 |
| W Johnson (NM) | 432 | 8 | 385 | 31 | 5-38 | 12.83 | 2 | 0 |
| GH Coomber (Fitz) | 246 | 9 | 119 | 9 | 5-30 | 13.22 | 1 | 0 |
| W Bruce (Melb) | 1251 | 70 | 397 | 30 | 4-13 | 13.23 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Figgis (Melb) | 324 | 20 | 93 | 7 | 3-14 | 13.28 | 0 | 0 |
| W Over (Rich) | 1650 | 72 | 552 | 41 | 6-42 | 13.46 | 3 | 2 |
| D McLean (Univ) | 1036 | 25 | 531 | 41 | 7-17 | 13.61 | 3 | 0 |
| AE Grubb (Will) | 60 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 2-9 | 13.66 | 0 | 0 |
| R Tandy (Ess) | 276 | 13 | 301 | 23 | 7-44 | 13.68 | 2 | 1 |
| JD Edwards (Melb) | 246 | 11 | 83 | 6 | 5-38 | 13.83 | 1 | 0 |
| GO Turner (Rich) | 297 | 14 | 153 | 11 | 5-31 | 13.90 | 2 | 1 |
| WH Williams (Will) | 368 | 12 | 168 | 19 | 5-41 | 14.00 | 1 | 0 |
| J Trinnick (Fitz) | 84 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1-10 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 |
| J Knox (Carl) | 328 | 8 | 157 | 11 | 4-20 | 14.27 | 0 | 0 |
| G Smart (Fitz) | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 3-25 | 14.33 | 0 | 0 |
| RT Smith (StK) | 859 | 26 | 389 | 33 | 7-42 | 14.40 | 3 | 1 |
| J Marshall (SM) | 213 | 8 | 87 | 7 | 6-87 | 14.50 | 1 | 0 |
| EA Barrett (SM) | 178 | 7 | 88 | 6 | 2-11 | 14.66 | 0 | 0 |
| W Armstrong (PM) | 16 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1-9 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 |
| W Haysom (Fitz) | 306 | 5 | 151 | 10 | 5-60 | 15.10 | 1 | 0 |
| W Calverley (StK) | 35 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 2-31 | 15.50 | 0 | 0 |
| AP Haddrick (Rich) | 961 | 51 | 316 | 23 | 4-24 | 15.80 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ Alsop (Univ) | 102 | 1 | 48 | 3 | 3-22 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 |
| J Boyd (Fitz) | 162 | 9 | 129 | 8 | 2-8 | 16.12 | 0 | 0 |
| LJ Keogh (StK) | 1083 | 46 | 456 | 30 | 5-22 | 16.28 | 2 | 1 |
| S Morris (SM) | 1000 | 41 | 379 | 23 | 6-83 | 16.47 | 1 | 0 |
| BCE Kemp (SM) | 939 | 37 | 365 | 23 | 8-66 | 16.59 | 2 | 0 |
| J Drysdale (EM) | 295 | 9 | 122 | 7 | 3-69 | 17.42 | 0 | 0 |
| JC McKirdy (Fitz) | 703 | 43 | 314 | 18 | 4-38 | 17.44 | 0 | 0 |
| GHS Trott (SM) | 593 | 14 | 317 | 18 | 7-32 | 17.61 | 1 | 0 |
| E Turner (Rich) | 408 | 19 | 214 | 12 | 5-50 | 17.83 | 1 | 0 |
| CH Ross (Melb) | 234 | 10 | 92 | 5 | 2-28 | 18.40 | 0 | 0 |
| H Chrystal (NM) | 264 | 10 | 185 | 14 | 6-40 | 18.50 | 1 | 0 |
| WH Mycroft (Will) | 509 | 25 | 222 | 12 | 5-28 | 18.50 | 1 | 0 |
| JT Hayes (Fitz) | 234 | 15 | 169 | 9 | 3-26 | 18.77 | 0 | 0 |
| WJC Brown (Ess) | 156 | 6 | 77 | 4 | 2-35 | 19.25 | 0 | 0 |
| P Jones (Ess) | 144 | 5 | 117 | 6 | 3-16 | 19.50 | 0 | 0 |
| AS Carter (Rich) | 192 | 5 | 78 | 4 | 2-26 | 19.50 | 0 | 0 |
| C Grubb (Will) | 198 | 1 | 98 | 5 | 2-21 | 19.60 | 0 | 0 |
| JT Howlett (NM) | 132 | 10 | 40 | 2 | 1-9 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 |
| W Browne (Univ) | 906 | 35 | 508 | 30 | 6-69 | 20.32 | 2 | 0 |
| TR Bloomfield (Ess) | 168 | 1 | 186 | 10 | 4-28 | 20.66 | 0 | 0 |
| J Smith (NM) | 90 | 5 | 63 | 3 | 2-27 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 |
| C Copplestone (Will) | 138 | 2 | 108 | 7 | 3-50 | 21.60 | 0 | 0 |
| GR Browning (Carl) | 142 | 1 | 87 | 7 | 3-40 | 21.75 | 0 | 0 |
| JE Barrett (SM) | 312 | 11 | 133 | 6 | 3-19 | 22.16 | 0 | 0 |
| H Ritchie (StK) | 173 | 3 | 111 | 5 | 3-7 | 22.20 | 0 | 0 |
| PJ Deely (Carl) | 95 | 3 | 45 | 4 | 2-40 | 22.50 | 0 | 0 |
| WG Ingleton (Rich) | 180 | 5 | 68 | 3 | 2-19 | 22.66 | 0 | 0 |
| J Taylor (PM) | 90 | 4 | 46 | 2 | 1-4 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 |
| G Whittaker (Carl) | 78 | 1 | 94 | 11 | 3-28 | 23.50 | 0 | 0 |
| W Rose (Carl) | 214 | 2 | 124 | 6 | 2-13 | 24.80 | 0 | 0 |
| J McCarthy (PM) | 45 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1-6 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 |
| E Brookes (Univ) | 192 | 5 | 126 | 6 | 2-46 | 25.20 | 0 | 0 |
| HC Donahoo (StK) | 216 | 6 | 129 | 5 | 3-94 | 25.80 | 0 | 0 |
| RS Houston (NM) | 131 | 1 | 78 | 6 | 3-? | 26.00 | 0 | 0 |
| TP Hannah (Will) | 240 | 8 | 132 | 5 | 3-53 | 26.40 | 0 | 0 |
| J Dyson (Will) | 372 | 12 | 159 | 10 | 4-46 | 26.50 | 0 | 0 |
| C Henry (Univ) | 240 | 2 | 114 | 5 | 2-26 | 28.50 | 0 | 0 |
| ANA Bowman (SM) | 324 | 17 | 114 | 4 | 1-7 | 28.50 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Quirk (Univ) | 156 | 6 | 59 | 2 | 1-6 | 29.50 | 0 | 0 |
| G Beacham (Fitz) | 221 | 4 | 185 | 7 | 3-77 | 30.83 | 0 | 0 |
| T Tatchell (Rich) | 160 | 2 | 63 | 3 | 1-? | 31.50 | 0 | 0 |
| WA Greenwood (Ess) | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 1-35 | 35.00 | 0 | 0 |
| EJ Keogh (StK) | 482 | 4 | 360 | 10 | 6-54 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 |
| PG McShane (StK) | 670 | 17 | 324 | 9 | 6-31 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 |
| CG Wilson (StK) | 138 | 5 | 77 | 2 | 2-36 | 38.50 | 0 | 0 |
| R Mitchell (Fitz) | 132 | 3 | 163 | 4 | 3-37 | 40.75 | 0 | 0 |
| TC Juckes (Will) | 102 | 2 | 82 | 4 | 2-24 | 41.00 | 0 | 0 |
| J Worrall (EM) | 450 | 31 | 123 | 3 | 1-13 | 41.00 | 0 | 0 |
| HE Edwards (Rich) | 108 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 1-23 | 48.00 | 0 | 0 |
| ER Warren (Will) | 108 | 1 | 101 | 4 | 2-64 | 50.50 | 0 | 0 |
| GH Sparkes (NM) | 52 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 1-27 | 51.00 | 0 | 0 |
| HS Siddeley (StK) | 78 | 1 | 65 | 1 | 1-47 | 65.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Hogan (Carl) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-? | ? | 0 | 0 |
| F Bragge (Carl) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-? | ? | 0 | 0 |
| H Cooke (Will) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-? | ? | 0 | 0 |
| T Leydin (Carl) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-? | ? | 0 | 0 |
| WF Wright (Ess) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-? | ? | 0 | 0 |
| Grubb (Will) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| F Kilborn (Carl) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| M Goldsmith (Univ) | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| SF Mann (Univ) | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| FD Hatch (StK) | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| J Gordon (Univ) | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| B Ham (Univ) | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| JA Howlett (NM) | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| HED Kelly (StK) | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| FH Walters (Melb) | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| AG Roberts (Univ) | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Mayne (Will) | 30 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| J Ecclestone (StK) | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| J Shand (Rich) | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| AM Wade (StK) | 34 | 2 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| J Crockett (Ess) | 30 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| G Lederman (Fitz) | 24 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||||
| C Mainon (Melb) | 60 | 1 | 28 | 0 | ||||
| H McLean (Univ) | 60 | 1 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| H Irwin (Melb) | 60 | 2 | 31 | 0 | ||||
| AG Rains (SM) | 48 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||||
| J McGuirk (Fitz) | 102 | 4 | 34 | 0 | ||||
| WA Tarrant (SM) | 48 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||||
| AW Mullett (Rich) | 108 | 0 | 46 | 0 |