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Following his retirement from politics, Bisset moved to
Southern Rhodesia, where he was appointed a senior judge in 1925 and served as Chief Justice of Southern Rhodesia from 1927 until his death. Knighted in 1928, Bisset had served as acting Governor of Southern Rhodesia in 1928 and was serving as
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Playing as a wicket-keeper batsman, Bisset scored 35 and 21* and took a catch and a stumping. Bisset also captained the Second Test of the series but, due to the vagaries of turn of the century international cricket it would be another 11 years before Bisset played his third and final Test.
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Returning to South Africa, Bisset continued to play cricket when his burgeoning legal career allowed. He was recalled for the Fifth Test between South Africa and
England at Cape Town
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in the face of fierce criticism that the tour was taking place during the war. Bisset starred on the tour, which did not include a Test, including 184 against
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512:governor again in 1931 while the Governor
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562:The Dictionary of South African Biography
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1182:South Africa Test cricket captains
1152:Cricket people awarded knighthoods
825:South Africa Test cricket captains
682:"Derbyshire v South Africans 1901"
637:"England in South Africa, 1898-99"
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384:Chief Justice of Southern Rhodesia
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481:, his highest first-class score.
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736:"Obituary â Sir Murray Bisset",
662:Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa
516:was in England, when he died in
1167:South African expatriate judges
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406:, engineer and former Mayor of
1162:Governors of Southern Rhodesia
1142:South African Knights Bachelor
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475:South African team to England
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388:Governor of Southern Rhodesia
1177:South Africa Test cricketers
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1147:Western Province cricketers
587:, 1 August 1901, pp. 305â6.
414:(MLC, MLA) former Mayor of
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1172:Chief justices of Rhodesia
1103:denote deputised captaincy
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148:Domestic team information
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768:John Robert Chancellor
97:Slow left-arm orthodox
660:Rosenthal, E. (1978)
535:, and brother-in-law
418:. He was educated at
39:Murray Bisset in 1901
785:Cecil Hunter-Rodwell
514:Cecil Hunter-Rodwell
506:Private Members Bill
297:5 wickets in innings
45:Personal information
996:; 1994/95â1999/00:
560:Beyes, C.J. (1981)
502:South African Party
382:where he served as
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527:Bisset's brothers
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378:before moving to
365:Sir Murray Bisset
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320:Best bowling
135:South Africa
116:James Bisset
89:Right-handed
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1127:1931 deaths
1122:1876 births
1062:2017â2020:
1058:de Villiers
1026:2003â2014:
210:Runs scored
193:First-class
184:Competition
106:Bill Bisset
61:Cape Colony
1116:Categories
1064:du Plessis
543:References
486:in 1909-10
479:Derbyshire
458:captained
448:Currie Cup
424:Rondebosch
394:Early life
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1052:2015/16;
1016:2001/02;
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850:Halliwell
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738:The Times
734:The Times
518:Salisbury
462:in 1957.
460:Australia
456:Ian Craig
440:Transvaal
416:Cape Town
373:captained
333:stumpings
245:Top score
113:(brother)
108:(brother)
102:Relations
75:Salisbury
950:Cheetham
938:Melville
894:Mitchell
882:Sherwell
876:Anderson
857:Richards
711:Cricinfo
686:Cricinfo
641:Cricinfo
621:CricInfo
398:Born in
356:Cricinfo
354:Source:
331:Catches/
234:100s/50s
118:(father)
1101:Italics
1087:2023â:
1083:de Kock
1073:2018/19
1054:2017/18
1022:Boucher
1018:2002/03
1012:Pollock
1005:Kirsten
994:1993/94
989:Wessels
971:Goddard
926:Cameron
900:Tancred
870:Taberer
585:Cricket
408:Wynberg
271:Wickets
199:Matches
94:Bowling
86:Batting
1089:Bavuma
1042:Prince
1040:2006:
1035:Kallis
998:Cronje
983:Bacher
959:McGlew
944:Nourse
906:Taylor
898:1912:
892:1912:
888:Snooke
864:Bisset
844:Milton
838:Dunell
716:6 June
691:3 July
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646:6 June
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444:Durban
259:bowled
1077:Elgar
1028:Smith
919:Nupen
912:Deane
779:1928
529:Edgar
500:as a
340:51/13
291:24.39
257:Balls
229:23.54
226:25.75
188:Tests
153:Years
1069:2017
1048:Amla
932:Wade
718:2020
693:2022
666:ISBN
648:2020
605:ISBN
531:and
371:who
326:2/20
216:1436
156:Team
68:Died
50:Born
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337:2/1
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