Arthur Bisset
{{short description|South African cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Arthur Bisset
| image =
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| fullname = Arthur Vintcent Crossley Bisset
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1879|1|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Kenilworth, Cape Town, Cape Colony
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1955|3|8|1879|1|15|df=yes}}
| death_place = Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa
| family = Bill Bisset (brother)
Murray Bisset (brother)
James Bisset (father)
| heightft =
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| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm leg-spin
| role =
| club1 = Western Province
| year1 = 1902-03 to 1921-22
| columns = 1
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 25
| runs1 = 697
| bat avg1 = 15.48
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1
| top score1 = 94
| deliveries1 = 549
| wickets1 = 7
| bowl avg1 = 37.85
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 2/33
| catches/stumpings1 = 13/–
| date = 4 June 2020
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/44204.html Cricinfo
}}
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.{{cite web | url-access=subscription |url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12979/12979.html | title = Arthur Bisset | publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate =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.W. A. Bettesworth, [https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1901/312/index.html "Chats on the Cricket Field"], Cricket, 1 August 1901, pp. 305–6. 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.{{cite web | url = https://www.1820settlers.com/genealogy/settlerbrowsemarrs.php?name=BISSET| title = Transcribed Marriage Entries for BISSET| publisher = 1820 Settlers| accessdate =4 June 2020}} They had three daughters.{{cite web | url = https://www.myheritage.com/names/bonita_bisset| title = Bonita Bisset| publisher = My Heritage| accessdate =4 June 2020}}
Cricket career
Arthur Bisset was one of several inexperienced players selected for the privately organised South African tour of England in 1901. His brother Murray was the captain. Arthur made his first-class debut in the first match, against Hampshire, scoring 94 in the first innings.{{cite web |url = http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1900S/1901/RSA_IN_ENG/RSA_HANTS_16-18MAY1901.html| title = Hampshire v South Africans 1901 | publisher = Cricinfo| accessdate =5 June 2020}} It was the only time he reached 50 in his career. 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.[https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1901/376/index.html "The South African Team"], Cricket, 22 August 1901, p. 368.
He continued playing occasionally for Western Province until the 1921–22 season. Later in his career he was a useful leg-spin bowler.{{cite web | url-access=subscription |url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12979/f_Bowling_by_Season.html| title = First-class Bowling in Each Season by Arthur Bisset| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate =5 June 2020}}
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=44204}}
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Category:Alumni of Diocesan College, Cape Town
Category:South African cricketers
Category:Western Province cricketers
Category:Cricketers from Cape Town