First-class Bowling in South Africa for 1938/39 (Ordered by Average)
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| Name | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| F McDonald (EP) | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | | | | |
| E Paynter (Eng,MCC) | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | | | | |
| KG Viljoen (SAf,Tvl) | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | | | | |
| A Melville (SAf,Tvl) | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | | | | |
| RP Richter (Bor) | 32 | 0 | 11 | 0 | | | | |
| BH Valentine (Eng,MCC) | 24 | 1 | 12 | 0 | | | | |
| NWD Yardley (Eng,MCC) | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0 | | | | |
| M Napier (Rhod) | 32 | 0 | 20 | 0 | | | | |
| MG Francis (OFS) | 24 | 0 | 33 | 0 | | | | |
| AH Gyngell (GW) | 32 | 0 | 38 | 0 | | | | |
| PNF Mansell (Rhod) | 64 | 1 | 57 | 0 | | | | |
| TM Davidson (Rhod) | 72 | 0 | 63 | 0 | | | | |
| LTD Tuckett (OFS) | 152 | 3 | 66 | 0 | | | | |
| DA Sparks (OFS) | 112 | 1 | 70 | 0 | | | | |
| BC Lynch (EP) | 104 | 0 | 71 | 0 | | | | |
| IDE Anderson (Nat) | 112 | 0 | 73 | 0 | | | | |
| FJ Wickham | 160 | 2 | 79 | 0 | | | | |
| AP Murray (Nat) | 176 | 2 | 84 | 0 | | | | |
| A Dunn (GW) | 136 | 0 | 96 | 0 | | | | |
| GN Ferreira (EP) | 120 | 0 | 97 | 0 | | | | |
| JE Waddington (GW) | 128 | 1 | 118 | 0 | | | | |
| A Waddington (GW) | 192 | 0 | 154 | 0 | | | | |
| DF Dowling (Bor) | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1-3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| BM Roscoe (WP) | 96 | 1 | 57 | 4 | 3-41 | 14.25 | 0 | 0 |
| SF Viljoen | 175 | 3 | 91 | 6 | 6-91 | 15.16 | 1 | 0 |
| JH Charsley (Rhod) | 352 | 9 | 141 | 8 | 6-58 | 17.62 | 1 | 0 |
| LL Wilkinson (Eng,MCC) | 1851 | 30 | 830 | 44 | 5-10 | 18.86 | 2 | 0 |
| H Verity (Eng,MCC) | 3424 | 132 | 937 | 47 | 7-22 | 19.93 | 3 | 1 |
| RD Chapman (Bor) | 112 | 0 | 83 | 4 | 4-60 | 20.75 | 0 | 0 |
| EV Franz (GW) | 160 | 1 | 105 | 5 | 5-105 | 21.00 | 1 | 0 |
| HA Sparks (OFS) | 144 | 3 | 89 | 4 | 4-89 | 22.25 | 0 | 0 |
| A Hyde (Rhod) | 48 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1-23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JGB Brinkhaus (WP) | 197 | 0 | 102 | 4 | 3-69 | 25.50 | 0 | 0 |
| TE Cook (NET) | 56 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1-26 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 |
| TWJ Goddard (Eng,MCC) | 2488 | 70 | 817 | 31 | 6-38 | 26.35 | 1 | 0 |
| K Farnes (Eng,MCC) | 3079 | 59 | 1207 | 44 | 7-38 | 27.43 | 2 | 1 |
| DVP Wright (Eng,MCC) | 2748 | 35 | 1453 | 51 | 6-55 | 28.49 | 2 | 0 |
| HH Watt (NET) | 128 | 1 | 59 | 2 | 2-59 | 29.50 | 0 | 0 |
| JP McNally (GW) | 192 | 1 | 154 | 5 | 5-154 | 30.80 | 1 | 0 |
| RTD Perks (Eng,MCC) | 1957 | 29 | 788 | 25 | 5-100 | 31.52 | 1 | 0 |
| EL Dalton (SAf,Nat) | 919 | 10 | 525 | 16 | 6-116 | 32.81 | 1 | 0 |
| WJ Edrich (Eng,MCC) | 1108 | 16 | 458 | 13 | 4-10 | 35.23 | 0 | 0 |
| GE Bond (SAf,WP) | 144 | 1 | 72 | 2 | 2-56 | 36.00 | 0 | 0 |
| RKB Morkel (Bor) | 172 | 0 | 72 | 2 | 1-15 | 36.00 | 0 | 0 |
| WR Hammond (Eng,MCC) | 776 | 23 | 260 | 7 | 1-3 | 37.14 | 0 | 0 |
| ES Newson (SAf,Tvl) | 966 | 17 | 304 | 8 | 3-78 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Bell (Rhod) | 112 | 0 | 76 | 2 | 2-76 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 |
| RJ Noble (Rhod) | 56 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 1-18 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JR Ellis (Nat) | 176 | 2 | 116 | 3 | 3-93 | 38.66 | 0 | 0 |
| N Gordon (SAf,Tvl) | 2086 | 28 | 850 | 21 | 5-103 | 40.47 | 2 | 0 |
| A Armstrong (Rhod) | 128 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 1-31 | 41.00 | 0 | 0 |
| HE Dalton (Nat) | 216 | 6 | 87 | 2 | 2-62 | 43.50 | 0 | 0 |
| DS Tomlinson (Rhod) | 176 | 0 | 182 | 4 | 3-87 | 45.50 | 0 | 0 |
| R Beesly (Bor) | 168 | 1 | 92 | 2 | 2-82 | 46.00 | 0 | 0 |
| D Price (WP) | 135 | 0 | 93 | 2 | 2-80 | 46.50 | 0 | 0 |
| EQ Davies (SAf,Tvl) | 623 | 3 | 434 | 9 | 6-82 | 48.22 | 1 | 0 |
| RH Henderson (Nat) | 162 | 0 | 97 | 2 | 2-97 | 48.50 | 0 | 0 |
| ACB Langton (SAf,Tvl) | 1894 | 38 | 753 | 15 | 5-58 | 50.20 | 1 | 0 |
| AH Coy (EP) | 144 | 1 | 104 | 2 | 2-104 | 52.00 | 0 | 0 |
| OC Dawson (Nat) | 312 | 4 | 105 | 2 | 1-17 | 52.50 | 0 | 0 |
| L Hutton (Eng,MCC) | 192 | 1 | 108 | 2 | 1-20 | 54.00 | 0 | 0 |
| RTS Dick (OFS) | 96 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 1-55 | 55.00 | 0 | 0 |
| WC Procter (EP) | 104 | 1 | 114 | 2 | 2-114 | 57.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JM Buchanan (EP) | 128 | 0 | 117 | 2 | 2-117 | 58.50 | 0 | 0 |
| WP Lance (NET) | 152 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 1-59 | 59.00 | 0 | 0 |
| RL Harvey (Nat) | 152 | 2 | 74 | 1 | 1-47 | 74.00 | 0 | 0 |
| TW Fraser (OFS) | 80 | 0 | 78 | 1 | 1-78 | 78.00 | 0 | 0 |
| B Mitchell (SAf,Tvl) | 1240 | 13 | 615 | 7 | 3-75 | 87.85 | 0 | 0 |
| RJ Evans (Bor) | 152 | 0 | 128 | 1 | 1-103 | 128.00 | 0 | 0 |
| RSK Rose (Nat) | 291 | 6 | 134 | 1 | 1-111 | 134.00 | 0 | 0 |
| LS Brown (NET) | 296 | 2 | 188 | 1 | 1-108 | 188.00 | 0 | 0 |
| XC Balaskas (SAf,NET) | 376 | 1 | 236 | 1 | 1-121 | 236.00 | 0 | 0 |