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. 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. 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. 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. 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. The following year he improved on those figures by taking six for 87 in Border's first innings. 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. But less than two weeks later he injured his foot bowling against Yorkshire and was unable to play again. 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, 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. 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."