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In 1937, Bishop was graded as a referee. In 1939, Bishop was the referee as his old club
Balmain defeated South Sydney in the grand final. Bishop then went on the referee in two other grand finals featuring Balmain in 1946 and 1948. The following year, Bishop was the referee in the 1949 NSWRFL grand
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met South Sydney in the 1952 NSWRFL decider, Bishop was selected as the referee in what would turn out to be his last match as an official. The match was remembered for much controversy, including South Sydney claims that
Western Suburbs scored two tries off forward passes and that South Sydney had
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Wests went on to win the premiership and Bishop stood down as a referee after the game ended. In the aftermath, Souths captain reportedly never spoke to Bishop again despite both of them living in the same suburb for many years. In total, Bishop refereed 223 first grade matches from 1938 to 1952.
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Over the coming years, Bishop would be continue to be selected at representative level but premiership success would elude him with
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Australian team. Bishop was later sacked from the panel after he was accused of leaking information that
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In the same year, Bishop earned his first representative honour as he was selected to play for
Metropolis and New South Wales. In 1929, Bishop was selected to play for Australia on
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65:1 May 1972
48:1902-11-19
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569:23 March
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382:Apps
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