Arthur Vintcent Crossley Bisset (15 January 1879 – 8 March 1955) was a South African cricketer who played

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for

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from 1903 to 1922.

Life and family

Bisset was born in

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, one of the sons of Wynberg mayor James Bisset and a grandson of Cape Town mayor Hercules Jarvis. He attended

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. W. A. Bettesworth
"Chats on the Cricket Field"
''Cricket'', 1 August 1901, pp. 305–6. One of his brothers,

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, played rugby union for South Africa. Another brother,

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, captained the South African Test cricket team and was

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in 1928. Arthur Bisset married Dorothy Edith Mallett in Wynberg in March 1935. They had three daughters.

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

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, scoring 94 in the first innings. 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

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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bisset, Arthur 1879 births 1955 deaths Alumni of Diocesan College, Cape Town South African cricketers Western Province cricketers Cricketers from Cape Town South African people of Scottish descent South African people of English descent