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. 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. 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. 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". 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." 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. 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. Bissett was unable "to make the trip" when South Africa toured England in 1929. 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. The following year, he played in a non-first-class match for a