We shall be joined by the very large number of his personal friends and. by. all local sportsmen, especially footballers, in expressing extreme regret at the passing of Mr, W. T. Bisset. He had endured severe illness for a long time, showing great courage whilst suffer ing extreme pain.
Mr, Bisset was born of Scottish parentage, but in Neweastle-on-'Tyne, on December 6, 51 years ago. He served his apprenticeship with the world-famous engineering and shipbuilding firm of Wigham, Richardson & Ca., in the city where he was born, and about 1902 he came to Shanghai as on a steamer built in their yards for Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Ca. He stayed in Shanghai and after a tine obtained a_position with Messrs. Farnham, Boyd & Ca,, in Pootung. He remained with that firm several. years, afterwards. joining the New Engineering & Shipbuilding Works, on whose staff he was for twelve' years, latterly as works superintendent, and he was popular and. capable there as he was in the world of sport.
Even the young footballers of to-day were well-acquainted with Mr, Bisset and had as much respect for him as had the men of his own time, He captained the Engineers and also played for the Shanghai Football Club, In his "eho was associated with such hiants of the Toeal Soccer world as Sir' Edward Pearce, Mr. Willie Campbell, Mr. A.W. Burkill, Mfr. ALE. Stewart, and others, and he continued playing with the En-trineers long after most of. them ha been compelled to retire to the sidelines. Mr. Bisset, however, could not get out of the game altogether and for some fifteen years has been one of the most able of local referees, controlling gam {in the same sporting spirit in which played them. He also served for several periods on the committee of the Shanghai Football Association.
As indicated above, one of his pet hobbies was the Marine En-Zineers Charity Football Fund. This was started by the late Mr, Scott, and those more closely connected with it freely admit that for many years it was kept alive mainly by the efforts of Messrs ohn Prentice, W. S. Campbell and W. T. Binet, now unfortunately all dead, Mr. Bisset never was off the committee of the fund.
Mr. Bisset was one of those men who seemed to have the gift for playing all. games well and, even had it not been for his football, sportsmen still would have known him asa more than ordinarily sueceeafal "player of lawn tennis, Hitiards, and many other games. He wax at one tite on the com mittee of the Shanghai St, Andrew's Society. late Mr, Bisset is survived wife, but there are The Funeral The funeral took place at Bubbling Well Cemetery on November 27. in the presence of a large number of friends, including representatives of the various docks and the Shanghai Football Association. The service was conducted by the Rev. T. Darlington and the chief mourner was the widow. Pall-bearers included Messrs, T. Sands, A. W. Brankston, J. Park, J. Gray, G. G. Patterson and W. Scott.
In spite of the fact that a special request had been made that no flowers should be sent, a large rum-ber of these were placed on the grave. Among these were those from the New Engineering & Shipbuilding Works, St. Andrew's Society, the Shanghai Engineers Club, members of the Yangtszepoo Bowling officers and friends on the 3M. V. Greystoke Castle, committee anid members of the Shanghai Junior Golf Club, Queenie, John and Haley Lloyd, "Sandas", Ku Hsiang Kee Ca, Han Mow & Ca. Carrie and Jean, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lloyd, Mrs. Win. Scott, Mr. W. N. Scott, W, J. Wilson and 8, Walker, Mr. and Mrs. J. Harrop, 'Mr: and' Mrs. Win. Cater, Capt. George Mulock, Mr, and Mrs. James Macbeth, No. 1 copper-smith shop, No. 1 blacksmith shop contractor, No.1 machine shop fitter, Ah Yung, No, 1 and No. 2 Time offices, No. 1 moulder
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