William Molteno "Bill" Bisset (11 September 1867 – 23 February 1958) was a South Africa

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n international rugby union

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 player. He was born in Kenilworth

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, Cape Town

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, where he attended Diocesan College

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 and represented Western Province

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 in the inaugural Currie Cup

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. He made his only two appearances for South Africa

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 during Great Britain's 1891 tour

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. He was selected, as a forward, to play in the 1st and 3rd matches of the three Test

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 series, both of which South Africa lost. An attorney by profession, Bissett became president of the Cape Law Society and the South African Association in later life. He died in 1958, in Newlands

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, at the age of 90.