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First-Class Bowling Against Each Opponent Brian Close
| Opponent | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| Amir of Bahawalpur's XI | 60 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1-9 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Australia | 104 | 2 | 61 | 1 | 1-20 | 61.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Australians | 618 | 22 | 345 | 5 | 3-80 | 69.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Bengal Chief Minister's XI | 181 | 6 | 170 | 4 | 2-55 | 42.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Cambridge University | 1909 | 101 | 714 | 34 | 5-29 | 21.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Canadians | 154 | 8 | 68 | 5 | 3-35 | 13.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Combined Services | 109 | 3 | 55 | 2 | 2-55 | 27.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Combined Services | 234 | 14 | 95 | 4 | 2-46 | 23.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Combined Transvaal XI | 330 | 14 | 192 | 4 | 4-100 | 48.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 3242 | 161 | 1342 | 55 | 6-59 | 24.40 | 2 | 0 |
| East Pakistan | 30 | 1 | 9 | 0 | | | | |
| England Under-25s | 96 | 0 | 70 | 2 | 2-28 | 35.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Essex | 3336 | 185 | 1378 | 68 | 8-43 | 20.26 | 4 | 1 |
| Gentlemen | 610 | 29 | 298 | 14 | 5-23 | 21.28 | 1 | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 3059 | 170 | 1261 | 55 | 6-52 | 22.92 | 2 | 1 |
| Gloucestershire | 3839 | 201 | 1755 | 60 | 6-45 | 29.25 | 3 | 0 |
| Hampshire | 2918 | 152 | 1371 | 52 | 6-94 | 26.36 | 2 | 0 |
| India | 460 | 21 | 197 | 13 | 4-35 | 15.15 | 0 | 0 |
| Indians | 260 | 15 | 133 | 3 | 1-20 | 44.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Karachi | 72 | 5 | 17 | 0 | | | | |
| Kent | 3241 | 199 | 1364 | 67 | 8-41 | 20.35 | 6 | 1 |
| Lancashire | 3502 | 176 | 1473 | 63 | 6-130 | 23.38 | 3 | 0 |
| Leicestershire | 2508 | 134 | 987 | 42 | 5-24 | 23.50 | 1 | 0 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club | 2322 | 82 | 1240 | 43 | 5-64 | 28.83 | 1 | 0 |
| Middlesex | 3383 | 168 | 1458 | 47 | 5-75 | 31.02 | 1 | 0 |
| Natal | 36 | 0 | 35 | 0 | | | | |
| New South Wales | 96 | 0 | 68 | 0 | | | | |
| New Zealand | 252 | 14 | 85 | 1 | 1-39 | 85.00 | 0 | 0 |
| New Zealanders | 718 | 43 | 303 | 12 | 5-69 | 25.25 | 1 | 0 |
| North-West Frontier Province and Bahawalpur | 36 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1-25 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 2522 | 131 | 1032 | 40 | 6-38 | 25.80 | 2 | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 4188 | 216 | 1761 | 74 | 6-69 | 23.79 | 2 | 0 |
| Over 30 | 168 | 5 | 111 | 3 | 2-47 | 37.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Oxford University | 1479 | 84 | 531 | 25 | 5-40 | 21.24 | 1 | 0 |
| Pakistan | 354 | 26 | 126 | 5 | 2-40 | 25.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Pakistan Governor-General's XI | 48 | 5 | 4 | 0 | | | | |
| Pakistan Universities | 198 | 12 | 84 | 2 | 1-16 | 42.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Pakistanis | 774 | 52 | 318 | 7 | 4-54 | 45.42 | 0 | 0 |
| Queensland | 58 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1-30 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Rest of the World XI | 222 | 10 | 129 | 4 | 2-33 | 32.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhodesia | 276 | 7 | 243 | 6 | 3-59 | 40.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Scotland | 330 | 24 | 91 | 2 | 2-65 | 45.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Somerset | 3076 | 172 | 1292 | 53 | 6-87 | 24.37 | 2 | 0 |
| South | 616 | 14 | 484 | 7 | 4-160 | 69.14 | 0 | 0 |
| South African Board President's XI | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | | | | |
| South African Invitation XI | 378 | 11 | 249 | 3 | 2-122 | 83.00 | 0 | 0 |
| South Africans | 1026 | 50 | 463 | 12 | 3-58 | 38.58 | 0 | 0 |
| South Australia | 40 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1-8 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Sri Lankans | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| Surrey | 3028 | 138 | 1499 | 52 | 6-27 | 28.82 | 3 | 0 |
| Sussex | 3665 | 211 | 1497 | 50 | 5-64 | 29.94 | 2 | 0 |
| The Rest | 166 | 2 | 139 | 6 | 5-47 | 23.16 | 1 | 0 |
| Transvaal | 328 | 10 | 177 | 7 | 4-36 | 25.28 | 0 | 0 |
| Victoria | 384 | 6 | 226 | 6 | 3-103 | 37.66 | 0 | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 3491 | 196 | 1395 | 56 | 5-12 | 24.91 | 1 | 0 |
| West Indians | 582 | 18 | 390 | 15 | 3-35 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 |
| West Indies | 234 | 9 | 124 | 1 | 1-21 | 124.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Australia | 152 | 1 | 104 | 4 | 3-81 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Province | 66 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 1-57 | 57.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 4244 | 256 | 1670 | 69 | 6-47 | 24.20 | 1 | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 102 | 2 | 78 | 1 | 1-43 | 78.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Young England | 36 | 1 | 17 | 0 | | | | |
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