World Series Cricket Cavaliers XI

The World Series Cricket Cavaliers XI was a cricket team formed to play in World Series Cricket. Taking the International Cavaliers as its inspiration, the team was envisaged as a way of giving those players under contract to the WSC organisation, but not picked regularly for one of the three main teams (Australia XI, the West Indies XI and the World XI) regular match play and opportunities to win prize money. The team was formed in 1978, before the start of the second season of World Series Cricket, with a tour of Australia scheduled to take place at the same time as the main competition. This would see the Cavaliers play each of the other three WSC teams at a range of smaller venues around Australia between November 1978 and February 1979.

World Series Cricket Cavaliers XI
Personnel
Captain Eddie Barlow
Team information
Founded1978
Home groundVarious

Cavaliers Country Tour 1978/79

Following the end of the 1977/78 World Series Cricket season, Kerry Packer's organisation signed up a second tranche of players to participate in the series. The consequence of this was that there were invariably more players available than there were places in the three WSC teams. To compensate for those players who were not being selected regularly, a new side was formed in 1978 that would undertake a tour of Australia. The plan was for this new side, which came to be called the "Cavaliers", to take on each of the other three WSC teams in turn in a series of both one-day and two-day games. The schedule would see whichever of the three teams was not playing either a Supertest or an International Cup game taking on the Cavaliers. This ensured not only that the "fringe" players got both match practice and access to prize money on offer by playing for the Cavaliers, but also that the other teams were also able to continue playing during "downtime" periods when they were not in the main WSC schedule. It had the further effect of bringing World Series Cricket to a number of smaller venues around the country, rather than restricting it to playing in the major cities.

The Cavaliers Country Tour eventually encompassed a total of 9 two-day games and 15 one-day games. These were scheduled in four separate blocks. The first three games were all one-day, with each scheduled against one of the other WSC teams and played in Western Australia. This was followed by a two-week tour of Queensland against the WSC West Indies XI, then another two-week tour of Victoria and New South Wales against the WSC Australia XI, with a final three-week stint against the WSC World XI, again in Victoria and NSW. The final game saw the Cavaliers take on the WSC West Indies XI in a two-day game in Tasmania.

Cavaliers overall record

Team Pld W L D A NR
WSC Australia XI 512110
WSC West Indies XI 935100
WSC World XI 1017101

WSC Cavaliers XI v WSC Australia XI
Dates(s) Team 1 Score Team 2 Score Result Venue
24 Nov 1978WSC Australia XIWSC CavaliersMatch AbandonedRecreation Reserve, Bunbury, Western Australia
17 Dec 1978WSC Australia XI174/8WSC Cavaliers93WSC Australia XI won by 81 runsSports Ground, Maitland, New South Wales
23 Dec 1978WSC Australia XI183/7WSC Cavaliers85WSC Australia XI won by 98 runsShowgrounds, Traralgon, Victoria
24 Dec 1978WSC Cavaliers172/6WSC Australia XI100WSC Cavaliers won by 72 runsFootball Ground, Morwell, Victoria
3-4 Jan 1979WSC Cavaliers195
106/5 dec.		WSC Australia XI104
162/4		Match DrawnOakes Oval, Lismore, New South Wales

WSC Cavaliers XI v WSC West Indies XI
Dates(s) Team 1 Score Team 2 Score Result Venue
23 Nov 1978WSC Cavaliers224/6WSC West Indies XI225/5WSC West Indies XI won by 5 wicketsSir Richard Moore Sports Centre, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
1-2 Dec 1978WSC West Indies XI214
84		WSC Cavaliers216/9 dec.
86/3		WSC Cavaliers won by 7 wicketsBarlow Park, Cairns, Queensland
3-4 Dec 1978WSC West Indies XI214
112/4		WSC Cavaliers131Match DrawnEndeavour Park, Townsville, Queensland
6 Dec 1978WSC Cavaliers213WSC West Indies XI216/3WSC West Indies XI won by 7 wicketsRay Mitchell Oval, Mackay, Queensland
8-9 Dec 1978WSC Cavaliers339/9WSC West Indies XI290/5WSC West Indies XI won by faster run rateAssociation Ground, Rockhampton, Queensland
10 Dec 1978WSC West Indies XI194/9WSC Cavaliers125WSC West Indies XI won by 69 runsQueensland Almunia Sports Club Oval, Gladstone, Queensland
12 Dec 1978WSC West Indies XI214/3WSC Cavaliers173WSC West Indies XI won by 41 runsSalk Oval, Currumbin, Queensland
13 Dec 1978WSC West Indies XI173WSC Cavaliers113/8WSC Cavaliers won by faster run rateGold Park, Toowoomba, Queensland
3-4 Feb 1979WSC Cavaliers78
208/5 dec.		WSC West Indies XI112
140		WSC Cavaliers won by 31 runsGirdlestone Park, Devonport, Tasmania

WSC Cavaliers v WSC World XI
Dates(s) Team 1 Score Team 2 Score Result Venue
25 Nov 1978WSC Cavaliers181/8WSC World XI185/7WSC World XI won by 3 wicketsRecreation Reserve, Bunbury, Western Australia
26 Dec 1978WSC Cavaliers113WSC World XI10/1No ResultNo. 1 Sports Ground, Newcastle, New South Wales
7 Jan 1979WSC World XI261/6WSC Cavaliers167WSC World XI won by 94 runsMildura City Oval, Mildura, Victoria
10-11 Jan 1979WSC Cavaliers326/6WSC World XI329/7WSC World XI win by 3 wicketsQueen Elizabeth II Oval, Bendigo, Victoria
13-14 Jan 1979WSC Cavaliers140
97		WSC World XI343WSC World XI won by an innings and 106 runsNo. 1 Oval, Tamworth, New South Wales
17 Jan 1979WSC Cavaliers132WSC World XI135/4WSC World XI won by 6 wicketsMoran Oval, Armidale, New South Wales
20-21 Jan 1979WSC World XI170WSC Cavaliers219/2Match DrawnWade Park, Orange, New South Wales
24 Jan 1979WSC World XI167WSC Cavaliers168/0WSC Cavaliers won by 10 wicketsRobertson Oval, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
27-28 Jan 1979WSC Cavaliers323/7WSC World XI324/7WSC World XI won by 3 wicketsAlbury Sports Ground, Albury, New South Wales
29 Jan 1979WSC Cavaliers158/9WSC World XI160/6WSC World XI won by 4 wicketsMelville Oval, Hamilton, Victoria

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