[3] He made his first-class debut for New South Wales in the last match of the 1958–59 Sheffield Shield season against Western Australia, replacing the injured Gordon Rorke.
He dismissed Conrad Hunte with his second delivery, also took the wicket of Frank Worrell, and Australia won, but Meckiff returned for the Third Test.
Misson played in the Fourth Test after Alan Davidson was injured, taking three wickets and falling as the third victim in a hat-trick taken by Lance Gibbs.
[10] Misson was a fitness fanatic, but injuries to a calf and achilles tendon during the 1961 tour affected his form, and he never played Test cricket again.
[2] Misson married Carole Reuben, an English athlete who competed at the Maccabiah Games for England and then for Australia after her marriage.