First-class Bowling in England for 1887 (Ordered by Average)
| Name | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| W Rashleigh (Kent,OU) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| F Butler (Nt) | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| WWF Pullen (Gs) | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| WH Garforth (IZ) | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| H Phillips (Sx,Sth) | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| W Troup (Gs) | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| C Pigg (MCC) | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| HW Bainbridge (MCC) | 36 | 7 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| T Morley (Nt) | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| A Blackman (Sx) | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| CA Trouncer (CU) | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| G Hay (Nth) | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| C Wilson (Kent) | 28 | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| W Harris (Yor) | 24 | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| E Ratcliffe (Liv) | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| G Ratcliffe (Dy) | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| FS Ireland (Kent) | 20 | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| TA Wardall (Yor) | 52 | 7 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| MP Lucas (Sx,MCC) | 24 | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| JG Walker (Mx,IZ,MCC) | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| RG Hardstaff (Nt) | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| H Wood (Sy,Sth) | 20 | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| A Sowden (Yor) | 20 | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| KJ Key (OU,Sy,Gent,Sth) | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| JH Bloor (Gs) | 64 | 9 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| EJ McCormick (Sx) | 24 | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| W Storer (Dy) | 32 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| JA Turner (MCC) | 24 | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| AD Burrows (Nt) | 64 | 9 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| WH Robinson (La) | 24 | 1 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| JT Parnham (Nth) | 12 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| Lord Harris (Kent) | 52 | 4 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| FW Tate (Sx) | 48 | 7 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| GL Wilson (Sx) | 44 | 2 | 27 | 0 | ||||
| W Gunn (Nt,MCC,Play) | 60 | 3 | 28 | 0 | ||||
| AJ Fothergill (Sth) | 72 | 8 | 32 | 0 | ||||
| FL Cole (Gs) | 36 | 3 | 32 | 0 | ||||
| J Frank | 52 | 2 | 34 | 0 | ||||
| GE Jowett (La) | 60 | 3 | 35 | 0 | ||||
| WH Scotton (Nt,MCC) | 104 | 12 | 37 | 0 | ||||
| J Eccles (La) | 72 | 6 | 38 | 0 | ||||
| TC O'Brien (Mx,MCC,Sth) | 60 | 5 | 43 | 0 | ||||
| W Newham (Sx) | 96 | 8 | 52 | 0 | ||||
| AP Lucas (Mx,MCC) | 148 | 11 | 63 | 0 | ||||
| GR Baker (La) | 124 | 14 | 65 | 0 | ||||
| F Townsend (Gs) | 144 | 4 | 85 | 0 | ||||
| TE Pawley (Kent) | 46 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3-11 | 3.66 | 0 | 0 |
| H Bagshaw (Dy) | 32 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2-9 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 |
| GG Jones (Sy) | 932 | 125 | 282 | 24 | 7-20 | 11.75 | 1 | 1 |
| W Brockwell (Sy) | 110 | 11 | 50 | 4 | 4-28 | 12.50 | 0 | 0 |
| JR Painter (Gs) | 140 | 16 | 51 | 4 | 3-4 | 12.75 | 0 | 0 |
| GA Bigg (La) | 44 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1-13 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 |
| H Richardson (Nt,Liv,Nth) | 2322 | 324 | 613 | 45 | 6-58 | 13.62 | 3 | 0 |
| A Rylott (MCC) | 411 | 60 | 109 | 8 | 4-57 | 13.62 | 0 | 0 |
| JA Dixon (Nt) | 231 | 31 | 83 | 6 | 3-19 | 13.83 | 0 | 0 |
| W Attewell (Nt,MCC) | 5361 | 810 | 1238 | 89 | 6-24 | 13.91 | 6 | 1 |
| A Watson (La) | 6130 | 937 | 1482 | 100 | 7-20 | 14.82 | 9 | 3 |
| JT Rawlin (MCC,Nth) | 2152 | 280 | 675 | 45 | 7-47 | 15.00 | 3 | 1 |
| GA Lohmann (Eng,Sy,Play,Sth) | 6526 | 737 | 2404 | 154 | 8-36 | 15.61 | 16 | 6 |
| JM Read (Eng,Sy,Play,Sth) | 313 | 34 | 141 | 9 | 4-17 | 15.66 | 0 | 0 |
| J Wilson (Yor) | 169 | 10 | 112 | 7 | 3-43 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 |
| G Francis (Gs) | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1-16 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 |
| J Beaumont (Sy) | 2737 | 326 | 1072 | 64 | 6-87 | 16.75 | 5 | 2 |
| W Flowers (Nt,MCC,Nth,Play) | 3540 | 422 | 1170 | 69 | 6-24 | 16.95 | 3 | 0 |
| AD Pougher (MCC) | 2164 | 267 | 780 | 46 | 5-70 | 16.95 | 1 | 0 |
| E Peake (Gs,GEng) | 629 | 67 | 293 | 17 | 6-47 | 17.23 | 2 | 1 |
| J Crossland | 158 | 14 | 69 | 4 | 4-53 | 17.25 | 0 | 0 |
| R Peel (Yor,Nth,Play) | 4388 | 507 | 1473 | 85 | 7-72 | 17.32 | 5 | 0 |
| NK Stephen (CU) | 839 | 95 | 261 | 15 | 5-52 | 17.40 | 1 | 0 |
| J Sulley (Nt) | 260 | 30 | 106 | 6 | 4-66 | 17.66 | 0 | 0 |
| H Pigg (Sth) | 140 | 15 | 53 | 3 | 2-39 | 17.66 | 0 | 0 |
| J Briggs (Eng,La,Play) | 6369 | 831 | 2018 | 114 | 7-44 | 17.70 | 9 | 1 |
| AE Leatham (MCC,Nth) | 352 | 30 | 177 | 10 | 6-78 | 17.70 | 1 | 0 |
| E Mills (Sy) | 832 | 110 | 253 | 14 | 5-33 | 18.07 | 1 | 0 |
| EA Nepean (Mx,OU,GEng,Gent,MCC,Sth) | 1914 | 124 | 1091 | 60 | 6-16 | 18.18 | 3 | 0 |
| G Burton (Mx,Sth) | 2890 | 334 | 1004 | 55 | 8-53 | 18.25 | 4 | 2 |
| W Cropper (Dy) | 1248 | 139 | 503 | 27 | 6-50 | 18.62 | 2 | 0 |
| JM Preston (Yor,Nth) | 2130 | 232 | 974 | 52 | 7-55 | 18.73 | 2 | 1 |
| RG Barlow (Eng,La) | 2908 | 374 | 994 | 53 | 8-26 | 18.75 | 4 | 1 |
| A Shaw (Nt) | 312 | 46 | 75 | 4 | 3-45 | 18.75 | 0 | 0 |
| C Shore (Liv) | 296 | 33 | 113 | 6 | 4-45 | 18.83 | 0 | 0 |
| J Wootton (Kent,MCC) | 5493 | 603 | 1892 | 100 | 8-76 | 18.92 | 8 | 2 |
| T Emmett (Yor,Nth) | 4120 | 533 | 1403 | 73 | 6-36 | 19.21 | 2 | 0 |
| W Barnes (Nt,MCC,Nth,Play) | 4416 | 518 | 1712 | 89 | 6-23 | 19.23 | 5 | 1 |
| F Ward (La) | 151 | 15 | 58 | 3 | 3-20 | 19.33 | 0 | 0 |
| J Robertson (Mx,MCC) | 2319 | 234 | 924 | 46 | 6-41 | 20.08 | 3 | 0 |
| CA Smith (Sx) | 2171 | 241 | 850 | 42 | 6-52 | 20.23 | 3 | 0 |
| T Bowley (Sy,Sth) | 3831 | 474 | 1363 | 67 | 5-28 | 20.34 | 1 | 0 |
| FJ Shacklock (Nt) | 1862 | 202 | 761 | 37 | 8-32 | 20.56 | 1 | 0 |
| EH Buckland (Mx,OU,Gent) | 1600 | 170 | 597 | 29 | 5-25 | 20.58 | 1 | 0 |
| R Abel (Sy,Sth) | 1363 | 155 | 516 | 25 | 6-15 | 20.64 | 1 | 0 |
| GA Davidson (Dy) | 1559 | 138 | 759 | 36 | 6-43 | 21.08 | 3 | 0 |
| WW Read (Eng,Sy,Gent,Sth) | 387 | 20 | 233 | 11 | 2-18 | 21.18 | 0 | 0 |
| W Chatterton (Dy,MCC) | 1171 | 129 | 404 | 19 | 4-32 | 21.26 | 0 | 0 |
| GG Walker (Dy) | 673 | 67 | 319 | 15 | 5-49 | 21.26 | 2 | 0 |
| AE Stoddart (Eng,Mx,GEng,Gent,MCC,Sth) | 492 | 40 | 256 | 12 | 6-33 | 21.33 | 1 | 0 |
| HV Page (Gs,GEng) | 1219 | 140 | 472 | 22 | 4-31 | 21.45 | 0 | 0 |
| WG Grace (Gs,GEng,Gent,MCC,Sth) | 5098 | 526 | 2082 | 97 | 7-53 | 21.46 | 7 | 1 |
| AJ Webbe (Mx,IZ,MCC) | 1553 | 204 | 519 | 24 | 5-23 | 21.62 | 1 | 0 |
| AB Hide (Sx) | 3270 | 410 | 1073 | 48 | 5-52 | 22.35 | 3 | 1 |
| GG Hearne (Kent,MCC) | 824 | 99 | 270 | 12 | 3-11 | 22.50 | 0 | 0 |
| FGJ Ford (CU,Mx) | 1722 | 153 | 789 | 35 | 6-57 | 22.54 | 1 | 0 |
| S Wade (Yor,Nth) | 2258 | 207 | 1046 | 45 | 6-18 | 23.24 | 2 | 1 |
| WA Tester (Sx) | 1804 | 215 | 635 | 27 | 4-73 | 23.51 | 0 | 0 |
| WEW Collins (GEng,Sth) | 356 | 36 | 165 | 7 | 5-76 | 23.57 | 1 | 0 |
| G Ulyett (Eng,Yor,Nth,Play) | 2231 | 228 | 1027 | 42 | 5-56 | 24.45 | 1 | 0 |
| FH Sugg (La) | 64 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 2-20 | 24.50 | 0 | 0 |
| RJ Mee (Nt) | 604 | 70 | 221 | 9 | 3-41 | 24.55 | 0 | 0 |
| WE Roller (Sy,Gent) | 787 | 84 | 295 | 12 | 5-35 | 24.58 | 1 | 0 |
| FJ Dunkley (Mx) | 1192 | 135 | 497 | 20 | 6-75 | 24.85 | 2 | 0 |
| F Martin (Kent) | 3038 | 382 | 946 | 38 | 5-46 | 24.89 | 1 | 0 |
| FE Lacey (IZ,MCC) | 124 | 6 | 75 | 3 | 3-75 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 |
| AM Sutthery (CU,Gent,Sth) | 1268 | 127 | 515 | 20 | 5-51 | 25.75 | 1 | 0 |
| FG Roberts (Gs) | 1939 | 213 | 750 | 29 | 7-70 | 25.86 | 2 | 1 |
| FH Gresson (OU,Sx) | 508 | 57 | 261 | 10 | 3-3 | 26.10 | 0 | 0 |
| GW Ricketts (OU,Sy) | 152 | 12 | 79 | 3 | 2-21 | 26.33 | 0 | 0 |
| A Hearne (Kent) | 2599 | 312 | 874 | 33 | 6-37 | 26.48 | 1 | 0 |
| GB Barrington (Dy) | 48 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 1-27 | 27.00 | 0 | 0 |
| HW Forster (OU,Gent,IZ,MCC) | 2094 | 205 | 919 | 34 | 5-76 | 27.02 | 2 | 0 |
| EM Grace (Gs) | 638 | 40 | 406 | 15 | 7-120 | 27.06 | 1 | 0 |
| L Wilson (Kent) | 183 | 17 | 83 | 3 | 1-3 | 27.66 | 0 | 0 |
| W Bates (Eng,Yor,Nth,Play) | 3376 | 319 | 1364 | 49 | 6-66 | 27.83 | 2 | 0 |
| F Marchant (CU,Kent,Gent) | 334 | 25 | 196 | 7 | 2-13 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 |
| HB Daft (Nt,Nth) | 86 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 1-0 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 |
| H Hale (CU,Gs) | 1458 | 125 | 686 | 24 | 6-110 | 28.58 | 2 | 0 |
| WA Humphreys (Sx) | 1101 | 73 | 719 | 25 | 6-95 | 28.76 | 1 | 0 |
| JB Hide (Sx,Sth) | 2961 | 369 | 974 | 33 | 4-69 | 29.51 | 0 | 0 |
| S Christopherson (Kent) | 1248 | 113 | 621 | 21 | 5-43 | 29.57 | 1 | 0 |
| AHJ Cochrane (OU) | 757 | 73 | 329 | 11 | 4-104 | 29.90 | 0 | 0 |
| JE West (Mx,Sth) | 1540 | 181 | 668 | 22 | 5-89 | 30.36 | 1 | 0 |
| HO Whitby (OU) | 979 | 106 | 457 | 15 | 5-43 | 30.46 | 2 | 0 |
| G Yates (La) | 988 | 79 | 492 | 16 | 4-112 | 30.75 | 0 | 0 |
| L Martineau (CU) | 1200 | 119 | 534 | 17 | 4-59 | 31.41 | 0 | 0 |
| JC MacKinnon (CU) | 120 | 11 | 63 | 2 | 2-39 | 31.50 | 0 | 0 |
| WJB Soppitt (Mx,Sth) | 256 | 20 | 159 | 5 | 5-159 | 31.80 | 1 | 0 |
| G Bean (Sx) | 2476 | 305 | 838 | 26 | 5-38 | 32.23 | 1 | 0 |
| ATH Newnham (Gs,Gent) | 1232 | 132 | 487 | 15 | 4-69 | 32.46 | 0 | 0 |
| L Hall (Yor,Eng,Nth) | 252 | 3 | 260 | 8 | 4-122 | 32.50 | 0 | 0 |
| AG Steel (La,Liv) | 284 | 16 | 165 | 5 | 4-61 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 |
| H Pickett (MCC) | 92 | 9 | 34 | 1 | 1-18 | 34.00 | 0 | 0 |
| E Peate (Yor) | 234 | 32 | 70 | 2 | 1-26 | 35.00 | 0 | 0 |
| WH Patterson (Kent) | 80 | 4 | 70 | 2 | 1-7 | 35.00 | 0 | 0 |
| EC Hornby (La) | 64 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 1-15 | 36.00 | 0 | 0 |
| W Hearne (Kent) | 800 | 94 | 305 | 8 | 2-35 | 38.12 | 0 | 0 |
| C Toppin (CU) | 804 | 56 | 383 | 10 | 3-92 | 38.30 | 0 | 0 |
| CD Buxton (CU) | 792 | 77 | 316 | 8 | 4-78 | 39.50 | 0 | 0 |
| R Henderson (Sy,Sth) | 359 | 42 | 119 | 3 | 2-20 | 39.66 | 0 | 0 |
| WA Woof (Gs) | 1262 | 162 | 407 | 10 | 2-29 | 40.70 | 0 | 0 |
| FM Meyrick-Jones (CU) | 141 | 8 | 82 | 2 | 1-3 | 41.00 | 0 | 0 |
| W Sugg (Dy) | 343 | 26 | 165 | 4 | 2-24 | 41.25 | 0 | 0 |
| RH Moss (OU) | 412 | 58 | 167 | 4 | 2-44 | 41.75 | 0 | 0 |
| FG Bendall (Gs) | 80 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 1-42 | 42.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Hulme (Dy) | 800 | 71 | 388 | 9 | 4-120 | 43.11 | 0 | 0 |
| JN Tonge (Kent) | 253 | 21 | 130 | 3 | 1-18 | 43.33 | 0 | 0 |
| JB Rawlinson (OU) | 84 | 9 | 45 | 1 | 1-45 | 45.00 | 0 | 0 |
| W Birch (Mx) | 236 | 24 | 95 | 2 | 2-28 | 47.50 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Thornton (Kent) | 208 | 15 | 97 | 2 | 1-22 | 48.50 | 0 | 0 |
| HT Arnall-Thompson (MCC) | 104 | 12 | 49 | 1 | 1-49 | 49.00 | 0 | 0 |
| C Wreford-Brown (Gs,OU) | 468 | 54 | 197 | 4 | 4-80 | 49.25 | 0 | 0 |
| A Appleby (La,Gent) | 248 | 23 | 101 | 2 | 2-58 | 50.50 | 0 | 0 |
| JH Brain (Gs,OU) | 72 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 1-40 | 51.00 | 0 | 0 |
| OG Radcliffe (Gs) | 420 | 45 | 210 | 4 | 1-10 | 52.50 | 0 | 0 |
| E Smith (Liv) | 108 | 11 | 55 | 1 | 1-55 | 55.00 | 0 | 0 |
| F Hearne (Kent,MCC,Sth) | 276 | 28 | 113 | 2 | 1-31 | 56.50 | 0 | 0 |
| W Quaife (Sx) | 264 | 23 | 114 | 2 | 2-45 | 57.00 | 0 | 0 |
| WH Lockwood (Nt) | 140 | 15 | 65 | 1 | 1-38 | 65.00 | 0 | 0 |
| G Brann (Sx) | 148 | 14 | 68 | 1 | 1-6 | 68.00 | 0 | 0 |
| PJ de Paravicini (Mx,IZ,MCC,Sth) | 128 | 9 | 80 | 1 | 1-8 | 80.00 | 0 | 0 |
| ACM Croome (Gs,OU) | 592 | 53 | 242 | 3 | 2-25 | 80.66 | 0 | 0 |
| H Slater (Dy) | 152 | 16 | 92 | 1 | 1-43 | 92.00 | 0 | 0 |
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