Bill Bisset

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| name = Bill Bisset

| image = BillBisset.jpg

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| birth_name = William Molteno Bisset

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1867|9|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kenilworth, Cape Colony

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1958|2|23|1867|9|11|df=yes}}

| death_place = Newlands, South Africa

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| ru_position = Forward

| amatteam1 = Villager Football Club

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| repteam1 = South Africa

| repyears1 = 1891

| repcaps1 = 2

| reppoints1 = 0

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| ru_province1 = Western Province

| ru_provinceyears1 = 1888–1892

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| relatives = Murray Bisset (brother)

| school = Diocesan College

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William Molteno Bisset (11 September 1867 – 23 February 1958) was a South African international rugby union player.{{Cite web|title=William Molteno Bisset|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/southafrica/rugby/player/983.html|website=ESPN scrum|access-date=2020-06-01}}

Early life and ancestry

Bisset was born in Kenilworth, Cape Town, the second son of Wynberg Mayor James Bisset and the grandson of Cape Town Mayor Hercules Jarvis. He attended Diocesan College and went on to become a solicitor.

Rugby career

He represented Western Province in the inaugural Currie Cup. He made his only two appearances for South Africa during Great Britain's 1891 tour. He was selected, as a forward, to play in the 1st and 3rd matches of the three Test series, both of which South Africa lost.{{Cite book|last=Greyvenstein|first=Chris|title=Springbok saga : from 1891 to the new beginning|publisher=Don Nelson|year=1992|isbn=1-86806-095-0|edition=4th|location=Cape Town|pages=333|oclc=105375255}}

= Test history =

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No.	Opponents	Results(SA 1st)	Position	Tries	Date	Venue
1.	{{flagicon\|UK}} British Isles	0–4	Forward		30 Jul 1891	Crusaders Ground, Port Elizabeth
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \| 2.	{{flagicon\|UK}} British Isles	0–4	Forward		5 Sep 1891	Newlands, Cape Town

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No.

Opponents

Results(SA 1st)

Position

Tries

Date

Venue

1.

{{flagicon|UK}} British Isles

0–4

Forward

30 Jul 1891

Crusaders Ground, Port Elizabeth

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| 2.

{{flagicon|UK}} British Isles

0–4

Forward

5 Sep 1891

Newlands, Cape Town

Professional career

Bisset was an attorney by profession. He was President of the Law Society (1919–20, 1924–25) and the South African Association in later life. He also came to be a director of companies in later life and he was a founding partner of the law firm Bisset Boehmke McBlain.{{cite web|url=http://www.genslin.us/bokke/ |title=Bill Bisset |publisher=Springbok Rugby Hall of Fame|access-date=2010-07-16| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100626035203/http://genslin.us/bokke/| archive-date= 26 June 2010 | url-status= live}}

Personal

Bisset married Henrietta Katherine Tait and the couple had six children – four daughters (Islay Kathleen, Gwendolyn, Helen and Betty) and two sons (William Murray and Eldred).{{cite web|url=http://www.moltenofamily.net/Family_tree/d1.htm |title=Molteno Family Tree |publisher=Moltenofamily.net |access-date=2014-06-16}} In 1902 he bought the house St James Manor in St James, Cape Town and lived there until 1912. He then settled with his family at Aboyne House in Kenilworth, Cape Town and died in 1958 at the age of 90.{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/southafrica/rugby/player/983.html |title=South Africa / Players & Officials / William Bisset |publisher=Scrum |access-date=2010-07-16}}Pretoriana: Tydskrif van die Genootskap Oud-Pretoria, Nr 64. Bisset, William Molteno. December 1970. p.6.