George Bissett (cricketer)

George Findlay Knox Mathieson Bissett
Personal information
Full name
George Finlay Knox Mathieson Bissett
Born(1905-11-05)5 November 1905
Kimberley, Cape Colony
Died14 November 1965(1965-11-14) (aged 60)
Botha's Hill, Natal, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 119)31 December 1927 v England
Last Test4 February 1928 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1922–1924Griqualand West
1928Western Province
1929Transvaal
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 4 21
Runs scored 38 294
Batting average 19.00 15.47
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 23 33
Balls bowled 989 3,317
Wickets 25 67
Bowling average 18.76 27.10
5 wickets in innings 2 5
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 7/29 7/29
Catches/stumpings 0/– 8/–
Source: CricketArchive, 29 February 2012

George Finlay Bissett (5 November 1905 – 14 November 1965) was a South African cricketer who played in four Test matches in the 1927–28 season.[1] He was born at Kimberley, Cape Province and died at Botha's Hill, Natal.

Early cricket career

Bissett attended St Patrick’s Christian Brothers’ College, Kimberley, and grew to be five feet ten and a half inches tall.[2] He was a right-handed lower-order batsman who could hit hard, a fine fieldsman and a right-arm fast bowler who was considered the fastest bowler in South Africa at the time.[2] He had a spasmodic first-class cricket career extending over eight years and taking in three domestic South African teams plus a tour to England, but amounting to only 21 matches in all.[3]

Bissett made his first-class debut in two matches for Griqualand West against Orange Free State in 1922–23 and in the second of them he took five first innings wickets for 38 runs in 10 overs.[4] The following year he improved on those figures by taking six for 87 in Border's first innings.[5] That led to his selection for the 1924 South African tour to England. The tour was not a success for Bissett. Played very sparingly in the early matches, he had run into some form by the end of June and took five second innings Hampshire wickets for 102 runs.[6] But less than two weeks later he injured his foot bowling against Yorkshire and was unable to play again.[7]

Test cricket

Bissett then disappeared from first-class cricket for three-and-a-half years until he was a surprise selection for the second Test in the 1927–28 home series against England. England had won the first Test easily by 10 wickets; Bissett, who was playing second division league matches in Cape Town,[8] was brought in to strengthen the bowling and was immediately successful, taking the first five wickets to fall and finished with five for 37. There were three further wickets in the second innings, though they came at greater cost.[9] The Times report of the first day of the match detailed the circumstances of Bissett's selection: "Bissett was selected on the frail qualification of having taken seven wickets for 28 runs in a senior club match last week, this being the only glimpse of form which he has shown since he was selected to tour England with Taylor's team in 1924, when he proved to be a dismal failure."[10] Despite Bissett's success, England still won the match, albeit by a narrower margin than the previous game.

The balance of power in the Test series was shifting and the next match was drawn, though Bissett failed to take any wickets.[11] It shifted even further in the fourth game and South Africa won by four wickets. Bissett was partnered with the left-arm fast-medium bowler Alf Hall and they took all 10 wickets between then in England's first innings, with Bissett returning four for 43 and Hall six for 100.[12] In the second innings, Bissett took four more wickets (for 70 runs) and Hall took three. The South African recovery was completed with a victory by eight wickets in the final Test of the series to level the rubber at two victories each, and again Bissett played a big part. He took two wickets in England's first innings when Buster Nupen was the main bowler, with five for 83. But in England's second innings, Bissett produced the best bowling of the series and of his career, taking seven for 29.[13] The Times reported that Bissett, aided by a "stiff westerly wind", made the ball rise awkwardly and "demoralized the English batsmen with some great fast bowling".[14] It went on: "At the end of the innings Bissett was carried shoulder-high by the crowd to the pavilion... It was officially announced that the ball with which Bissett accomplished his feat of taking seven English wickets for 29 runs would be suitably mounted and presented to him by the South African Cricket Association."[14] Bissett was one of four players – the others were Nupen, Bob Catterall, and Ernest Tyldesley – who were invited to plant a tree on the boundary at the Kingsmead cricket ground after the match.[14]

End of cricket career

The rest of Bissett's career as a cricketer was anticlimax. Before the English team left South Africa, Bissett played a single first-class match for Western Province against them, and failed to take any wickets.[15]

Bissett was unable "to make the trip" when South Africa toured England in 1929.[16] He in fact played in only one further first-class match, a solitary appearance for Transvaal in the 1929–30 season in which he took two wickets in the first Natal innings, but did not bowl at all in the 97.3 overs of the second innings.[17] The following year, he played in a non-first-class match for a Northern Rhodesia side against the 1930–31 England touring team, taking two wickets.[18]

Later life

Bissett became a teacher at Highbury Preparatory School in Durban, where he coached many of the school's sports teams.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "George Bissett". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Irving Rosenwater, "George Finlay Bissett", The Cricketer, December 1965, p. 27.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by George Bissett". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Scorecard: Griqualand West v Orange Free State". www.cricketarchive.com. 2 February 1923. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Scorecard: Border v Griqualand West". www.cricketarchive.com. 26 December 1923. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  6. ^ "Scorecard: Hampshire v South Africans". www.cricketarchive.com. 21 June 1924. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Scorecard: Yorkshire v South Africans". www.cricketarchive.com. 2 July 1924. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  8. ^ Frindall, Bill (2000). The Wisden Book Of Test Cricket: Volume 1 1877–1970. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 171. ISBN 0747272735.
  9. ^ "Scorecard: South Africa v England". www.cricketarchive.com. 31 December 1927. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  10. ^ "Cricket: The Second Test Match". The Times. No. 44779. London. 2 January 1928. p. 5.
  11. ^ "Scorecard: South Africa v England". www.cricketarchive.com. 21 January 1928. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  12. ^ "Scorecard: South Africa v England". www.cricketarchive.com. 28 January 1928. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  13. ^ "Scorecard: South Africa v England". www.cricketarchive.com. 4 February 1928. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  14. ^ a b c "Cricket: The Last Day's Play: Bissett's Fast Bowling". The Times. No. 44812. London. 9 February 1928. p. 6.
  15. ^ "Scorecard: Western Province v MCC". www.cricketarchive.com. 18 February 1928. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  16. ^ "Cricket: Prospects of the Season: The South Africans". The Times. No. 45163. London. 28 March 1929. p. 5.
  17. ^ "Scorecard: Natal v Transvaal". www.cricketarchive.com. 14 December 1929. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  18. ^ "Scorecard: Northern Rhodesia v MCC". www.cricketarchive.com. 11 December 1930. Retrieved 29 February 2012.

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