Arthur Bisset

Arthur Vintcent Crossley Bisset (15 January 1879 – 8 March 1955) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket for Western Province from 1903 to 1922.[1]

Arthur Bisset

Personal information
Full name	Arthur Vintcent Crossley Bisset
Born	15 January 1879 Kenilworth, Cape Town, Cape Colony
Died	8 March 1955 (aged 76) Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg-spin
Relations	Bill Bisset (brother) Murray Bisset (brother) James Bisset (father)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1902-03 to 1921-22	Western Province
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 25 Runs scored 697 Batting average 15.48 100s/50s 0/1 Top score 94 Balls bowled 549 Wickets 7 Bowling average 37.85 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 2/33 Catches/stumpings 13/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 June 2020

Life and family

Bisset was born in Kenilworth, Cape Town, one of the sons of Wynberg mayor James Bisset and a grandson of Cape Town mayor Hercules Jarvis. He attended Diocesan College in Rondebosch.[2] One of his brothers, Bill, played rugby union for South Africa. Another brother, Murray, captained the South African Test cricket team and was Governor of Southern Rhodesia in 1928.

Arthur Bisset married Dorothy Edith Mallett in Wynberg in March 1935.[3] They had three daughters.[4]

Cricket career

Arthur Bisset was one of several inexperienced players selected for the privately-organised South African tour of England in 1901. He made his first-class debut in the first match, against Hampshire, scoring 94 in the first innings.[5] It was the only time he reached 50 in his career.[1] He had a moderate tour, scoring 405 first-class runs at an average of 19.28, but he also scored 151 in a minor match against Durham.[6]

He continued playing occasionally for Western Province until the 1921-22 season. Later in his career he was a useful leg-spin bowler.[7]

References

1. "Arthur Bisset". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
2. W. A. Bettesworth, "Chats on the Cricket Field", Cricket, 1 August 1901, pp. 305–6.
3. "Transcribed Marriage Entries for BISSET". 1820 Settlers. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
4. "Bonita Bisset". My Heritage. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
5. "Hampshire v South Africans 1901". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
6. "The South African Team", Cricket, 22 August 1901, p. 368.
7. "First-class Bowling in Each Season by Arthur Bisset". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2020.

External links

• Arthur Bisset at ESPNcricinfo