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First-Class Batting and Fielding Against Each Opponent by Brian Close
| Opponent | Matches | Inns | Not Out | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | St |
| Amir of Bahawalpur's XI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 92 | 92.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Australia | 2 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 33 | 10.50 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Australians | 10 | 17 | 2 | 559 | 59 | 37.26 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Bengal Chief Minister's XI | 1 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 52 | 26.00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cambridge University | 13 | 17 | 2 | 740 | 114 | 49.33 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
| Canadians | 1 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 45 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Combined Services | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 25 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Combined Services | 1 | 1 | 0 | 164 | 164 | 164.00 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Combined Transvaal XI | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Commonwealth XI | 1 | 2 | 1 | 116 | 102 | 116.00 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Derbyshire | 33 | 52 | 7 | 1533 | 120 | 34.06 | 2 | 9 | 36 | |
| East Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 32 | 32.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eastern Province | 2 | 3 | 1 | 78 | 35* | 39.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| England Under-25s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29* | | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Essex | 36 | 60 | 12 | 1852 | 142* | 38.58 | 2 | 10 | 48 | |
| Gentlemen | 6 | 10 | 1 | 440 | 112 | 48.88 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| Glamorgan | 36 | 56 | 4 | 1547 | 120 | 29.75 | 4 | 7 | 38 | |
| Gloucestershire | 45 | 73 | 10 | 1759 | 138* | 27.92 | 3 | 7 | 59 | |
| Hampshire | 33 | 57 | 5 | 1447 | 102 | 27.82 | 1 | 9 | 28 | |
| India | 4 | 5 | 1 | 129 | 47 | 32.25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Indians | 7 | 9 | 5 | 352 | 103* | 88.00 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Karachi | 1 | 2 | 0 | 114 | 66 | 57.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kent | 32 | 46 | 7 | 1243 | 77 | 31.87 | 0 | 8 | 33 | |
| Lancashire | 45 | 65 | 12 | 1696 | 128 | 32.00 | 2 | 12 | 43 | |
| Leicestershire | 28 | 40 | 7 | 1531 | 114* | 46.39 | 2 | 11 | 30 | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club | 34 | 55 | 9 | 1343 | 88* | 29.19 | 0 | 6 | 25 | |
| Middlesex | 39 | 58 | 2 | 1332 | 153 | 23.78 | 1 | 7 | 39 | |
| Natal | 2 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| New South Wales | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Zealanders | 8 | 12 | 0 | 437 | 146 | 36.41 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| North-West Frontier Province and Bahawalpur | 1 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 82 | 82.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Northamptonshire | 33 | 55 | 5 | 1673 | 161 | 33.46 | 3 | 7 | 37 | |
| Nottinghamshire | 39 | 53 | 9 | 1796 | 184 | 40.81 | 3 | 8 | 41 | |
| Over 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 19 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oxford University | 13 | 15 | 4 | 476 | 144 | 43.27 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| Pakistan | 7 | 13 | 0 | 335 | 71 | 25.76 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| Pakistan Governor-General's XI | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 9.50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Pakistan Universities | 1 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 52* | 65.00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Pakistanis | 6 | 8 | 3 | 254 | 123* | 50.80 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Punjab | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Queensland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rest of the World XI | 3 | 6 | 2 | 88 | 32 | 22.00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Rhodesia | 3 | 5 | 0 | 161 | 102 | 32.20 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Scotland | 2 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 20 | 16.33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sir FMM Worrell's XI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Somerset | 33 | 49 | 6 | 1493 | 143 | 34.72 | 4 | 5 | 23 | |
| South | 4 | 7 | 2 | 98 | 36 | 19.60 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| South Africa | 1 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 32 | 23.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| South African Board President's XI | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| South African Invitation XI | 4 | 7 | 1 | 208 | 78 | 34.66 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| South Africans | 6 | 11 | 2 | 448 | 135* | 49.77 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| South Australia | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 7.33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sri Lankans | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15* | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Surrey | 39 | 69 | 10 | 1869 | 198 | 31.67 | 5 | 5 | 40 | |
| Sussex | 36 | 53 | 9 | 1381 | 103 | 31.38 | 1 | 6 | 34 | |
| Tasmania Combined XI | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5* | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| The Rest | 2 | 3 | 0 | 199 | 86 | 66.33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Transvaal | 4 | 7 | 3 | 134 | 36* | 33.50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Victoria | 2 | 3 | 1 | 52 | 30 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Warwickshire | 42 | 64 | 7 | 1788 | 140* | 31.36 | 2 | 10 | 62 | |
| West Indians | 10 | 18 | 3 | 588 | 108* | 39.20 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| West Indies | 11 | 20 | 1 | 574 | 70 | 30.21 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |
| Western Australia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 108 | 108* | | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Western Province | 2 | 3 | 1 | 52 | 29 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Worcestershire | 37 | 58 | 7 | 1549 | 93 | 30.37 | 0 | 11 | 42 | |
| Yorkshire | 6 | 11 | 2 | 394 | 102 | 43.77 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Young England | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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