| 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 |
| SH Brown (Cant) | 998 | 50 | 281 | 31 | 8-46 | 9.06 | 3 | 0 |
| GL Page (Auck) | 800 | 45 | 288 | 26 | 7-32 | 11.07 | 1 | 1 |
| J Lord (Well) | 967 | 35 | 318 | 25 | 5-21 | 12.72 | 2 | 0 |
| EA Badham (NS) | 516 | 41 | 165 | 22 | 7-25 | 8.25 | 1 | 0 |
| SA Harris (Cant) | 319 | 15 | 207 | 13 | 5-41 | 15.92 | 1 | 0 |
| PF Carrick (Cant) | 240 | 15 | 131 | 11 | 8-43 | 11.90 | 1 | 0 |
| EJ Burnside (Well) | 540 | 25 | 219 | 11 | 4-60 | 19.90 | 0 | 0 |
| KL Brown (Well) | 540 | 24 | 196 | 10 | 2-25 | 19.60 | 0 | 0 |
| SRM Morris (Auck) | 474 | 17 | 264 | 10 | 3-24 | 26.40 | 0 | 0 |
| DMM Robinson (Ot) | 165 | 15 | 59 | 9 | 4-19 | 6.55 | 0 | 0 |
| LM Fraser (Auck) | 564 | 38 | 201 | 9 | 5-34 | 22.33 | 1 | 0 |
| VS Sexton (Well) | 490 | 18 | 213 | 9 | 3-48 | 23.66 | 0 | 0 |
| JR Dunning (NS) | 352 | 15 | 117 | 8 | 3-30 | 14.62 | 0 | 0 |
| SJ Rattray (Cant) | 230 | 5 | 139 | 8 | 2-12 | 17.37 | 0 | 0 |
| SM Gilchrist (Ot) | 204 | 11 | 140 | 8 | 3-60 | 23.33 | 0 | 0 |
| CE Marett (Auck) | 465 | 23 | 220 | 8 | 4-19 | 27.50 | 0 | 0 |
| KV Plummer (NS) | 215 | 12 | 83 | 7 | 3-26 | 11.85 | 0 | 0 |
| BL Bevege (Well) | 420 | 21 | 137 | 7 | 3-32 | 19.57 | 0 | 0 |
| MM Coughlan (Ot) | 138 | 7 | 94 | 6 | 4-28 | 15.66 | 0 | 0 |
| DA Atterton (Well) | 204 | 7 | 76 | 5 | 2-12 | 15.20 | 0 | 0 |
| JL Hall (Ot) | 198 | 6 | 134 | 5 | 2-23 | 26.80 | 0 | 0 |
| L Johnston (NS) | 228 | 10 | 97 | 4 | 3-53 | 24.25 | 0 | 0 |
| EPN Allan (NS) | 582 | 49 | 162 | 4 | 2-? | 81.00 | 0 | 0 |
| DM Cobb (Auck) | 204 | 9 | 144 | 3 | 2-39 | 48.00 | 0 | 0 |
| J Hawkins (Ot) | 48 | 2 | 58 | 2 | 2-28 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 |
| PA Baker (Auck) | 138 | 7 | 70 | 2 | 1-29 | 35.00 | 0 | 0 |
| GT Tipa (Ot) | 192 | 0 | 115 | 2 | 1-16 | 57.50 | 0 | 0 |
| SL Todd (Auck) | 41 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 1-3 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 |
| KA Marsh (Cant) | 66 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 1-16 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 |
| KS Currie (NS) | 60 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 1-21 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| LR Lindsay (Well) | 114 | 3 | 56 | 1 | 1-39 | 56.00 | 0 | 0 |
| DA Hockley (Cant) | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| L Patterson (NS) | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| MM Luxmoore (Cant) | 24 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| EL Miller (NS) | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| A Szigetvary (NS) | 60 | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| LJ Murdoch (Cant) | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| H Smyth (NS) | 42 | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| CE Henshilwood (Well) | 30 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| AH Miller (Ot) | 42 | 0 | 34 | 0 |