First-class Bowling in Australia for 1977/78 (Ordered by Average)
| Name | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| TW Docking (Tas) | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| RT Vidler (NSW) | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| RI Charlesworth (WA) | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| P Melville (Vic) | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| AV Mankad (Ind) | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| SM Gavaskar (Ind) | 24 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| CPS Chauhan (Ind) | 32 | 2 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| KJ Hagdorn (WA) | 48 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| JJ Benton (SAus) | 40 | 1 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| DA Smith (Tas) | 56 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| WL Stillman (SAus) | 40 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||||
| AD Gaekwad (Ind) | 40 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||||
| PA Hibbert (Aus,Vic) | 267 | 5 | 126 | 10 | 4-28 | 12.60 | 0 | 0 |
| IJ Brayshaw (WA) | 1792 | 64 | 631 | 35 | 6-29 | 18.02 | 3 | 1 |
| BS Bedi (Ind) | 2591 | 56 | 1012 | 54 | 5-19 | 18.74 | 7 | 2 |
| RJ Inverarity (WA) | 795 | 31 | 235 | 12 | 3-1 | 19.58 | 0 | 0 |
| JR Douglas (Vic) | 899 | 15 | 340 | 16 | 7-71 | 21.25 | 1 | 1 |
| GD Porter (WA) | 532 | 12 | 172 | 8 | 2-17 | 21.50 | 0 | 0 |
| JR Thomson (Aus,Qld) | 2506 | 33 | 1246 | 57 | 5-70 | 21.85 | 3 | 0 |
| TM Alderman (WA) | 1311 | 22 | 613 | 28 | 4-28 | 21.89 | 0 | 0 |
| DW Hourn (NSW) | 2398 | 52 | 1077 | 49 | 7-71 | 21.97 | 4 | 1 |
| DC Schuller (Qld) | 797 | 10 | 378 | 17 | 4-66 | 22.23 | 0 | 0 |
| BS Chandrasekhar (Ind) | 2837 | 48 | 1221 | 49 | 6-52 | 24.91 | 4 | 1 |
| B Yardley (Aus,WA) | 1168 | 33 | 428 | 17 | 7-44 | 25.17 | 1 | 0 |
| G Dymock (Qld) | 2582 | 42 | 1073 | 42 | 6-79 | 25.54 | 1 | 0 |
| KD Ghavri (Ind) | 1380 | 22 | 692 | 27 | 7-49 | 25.62 | 1 | 1 |
| Madan Lal (Ind) | 1143 | 21 | 487 | 18 | 5-72 | 27.05 | 1 | 0 |
| RM Hogg (SAus) | 1778 | 22 | 975 | 36 | 6-80 | 27.08 | 3 | 1 |
| WM Clark (Aus,WA) | 2691 | 48 | 1198 | 44 | 4-46 | 27.22 | 0 | 0 |
| AG Hurst (Aus,Vic) | 2481 | 44 | 1117 | 41 | 8-84 | 27.24 | 2 | 1 |
| PA Nicholls (WA) | 320 | 12 | 110 | 4 | 2-56 | 27.50 | 0 | 0 |
| IW Callen (Aus,Vic) | 2212 | 33 | 1077 | 39 | 6-49 | 27.61 | 3 | 1 |
| RJ Sherriff (Tas) | 396 | 4 | 174 | 6 | 2-13 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 |
| TJ Laughlin (Vic) | 1354 | 35 | 582 | 20 | 4-65 | 29.10 | 0 | 0 |
| M Amarnath (Ind) | 872 | 19 | 321 | 11 | 2-12 | 29.18 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Baker (Tas) | 1298 | 22 | 616 | 21 | 5-45 | 29.33 | 1 | 0 |
| AJ Benneworth (Tas) | 1167 | 28 | 470 | 16 | 5-115 | 29.37 | 1 | 0 |
| J Simmons (Tas) | 1290 | 42 | 442 | 15 | 4-11 | 29.46 | 0 | 0 |
| AL Mann (Aus,WA) | 2323 | 52 | 1155 | 39 | 5-43 | 29.61 | 1 | 0 |
| EAS Prasanna (Ind) | 2091 | 50 | 711 | 24 | 4-51 | 29.62 | 0 | 0 |
| JB Gannon (Aus,WA) | 2563 | 52 | 1131 | 38 | 4-53 | 29.76 | 0 | 0 |
| WR Broad (Qld) | 56 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1-30 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ Corstorphin (Vic) | 653 | 13 | 302 | 10 | 5-60 | 30.20 | 1 | 0 |
| PR Sleep (SAus) | 788 | 11 | 472 | 15 | 4-41 | 31.46 | 0 | 0 |
| GF Lawson (NSW) | 647 | 12 | 257 | 8 | 3-38 | 32.12 | 0 | 0 |
| GK Whyte (Qld) | 1935 | 58 | 812 | 25 | 4-62 | 32.48 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Knight (Vic) | 144 | 0 | 99 | 3 | 2-51 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 |
| GR Attenborough (SAus) | 2983 | 41 | 1431 | 42 | 7-90 | 34.07 | 2 | 1 |
| RK Blewett (SAus) | 1475 | 36 | 648 | 19 | 4-88 | 34.10 | 0 | 0 |
| ML Clews (NSW) | 1661 | 23 | 863 | 25 | 6-41 | 34.52 | 1 | 0 |
| GJ Cowmeadow (Tas) | 1008 | 10 | 555 | 16 | 4-35 | 34.68 | 0 | 0 |
| JD Higgs (Vic) | 1544 | 29 | 784 | 22 | 6-131 | 35.63 | 1 | 0 |
| DJ Colley (NSW) | 1275 | 15 | 714 | 20 | 3-26 | 35.70 | 0 | 0 |
| AT Sincock (SAus) | 1859 | 24 | 1045 | 27 | 7-40 | 38.70 | 1 | 0 |
| RB Simpson (Aus,NSW) | 1283 | 23 | 663 | 17 | 5-48 | 39.00 | 1 | 0 |
| PJ Cox (Vic) | 848 | 29 | 275 | 7 | 3-57 | 39.28 | 0 | 0 |
| PH Carlson (Qld) | 1056 | 24 | 479 | 12 | 3-47 | 39.91 | 0 | 0 |
| GG Watson (NSW) | 1497 | 25 | 688 | 17 | 3-79 | 40.47 | 0 | 0 |
| JN Maguire (Qld) | 728 | 6 | 385 | 9 | 6-62 | 42.77 | 1 | 0 |
| G Colgan (WA) | 136 | 0 | 87 | 2 | 2-68 | 43.50 | 0 | 0 |
| GJ Cosier (Aus,Qld) | 999 | 29 | 353 | 8 | 2-26 | 44.12 | 0 | 0 |
| AR Border (NSW) | 542 | 12 | 257 | 5 | 2-29 | 51.40 | 0 | 0 |
| TV Hohns (Qld) | 946 | 18 | 499 | 9 | 2-51 | 55.44 | 0 | 0 |
| S Venkataraghavan (Ind) | 1536 | 32 | 625 | 11 | 4-93 | 56.81 | 0 | 0 |
| SR Bernard (NSW) | 747 | 10 | 389 | 6 | 2-62 | 64.83 | 0 | 0 |
| BM Campbell (Tas) | 399 | 8 | 197 | 3 | 1-28 | 65.66 | 0 | 0 |
| FM Francke (Qld) | 200 | 5 | 75 | 1 | 1-61 | 75.00 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Lambert (SAus) | 312 | 5 | 185 | 2 | 1-60 | 92.50 | 0 | 0 |
| BJ McArdle (Vic) | 376 | 4 | 190 | 2 | 2-57 | 95.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JM Wiener (Vic) | 776 | 17 | 359 | 3 | 1-24 | 119.66 | 0 | 0 |
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