World Series Cricket Cavaliers XI

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 West Indies, then another two-week tour of Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) against Australia, with a final three-week stint against the World XI, again in Victoria and NSW. The final game saw the Cavaliers take on the West Indies in a two-day game in Tasmania.

Cavaliers overall record

Team	Pld	W	L	D	A	NR
Australia	5	1	2	1	1	0
West Indies	9	3	5	1	0	0
World XI	10	1	7	1	0	1

Cavaliers v Australia

Dates(s)	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score	Result	Venue
24 Nov 1978	Australia		Cavaliers		Match Abandoned	Recreation Reserve, Bunbury, Western Australia
17 Dec 1978	Australia	174/8	Cavaliers	93	Australia won by 81 runs	Sports Ground, Maitland, New South Wales
23 Dec 1978	Australia	183/7	Cavaliers	85	Australia won by 98 runs	Showgrounds, Traralgon, Victoria
24 Dec 1978	Cavaliers	172/6	Australia	100	Cavaliers won by 72 runs	Football Ground, Morwell, Victoria
3-4 Jan 1979	Cavaliers	195 106/5 dec.	Australia	104 162/4	Match Drawn	Oakes 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 1978	Cavaliers	224/6	West Indies	225/5	West Indies won by 5 wickets	Sir Richard Moore Sports Centre, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
1-2 Dec 1978	West Indies	214 84	Cavaliers	216/9 dec. 86/3	Cavaliers won by 7 wickets	Barlow Park, Cairns, Queensland
3-4 Dec 1978	West Indies	214 112/4	Cavaliers	131	Match Drawn	Endeavour Park, Townsville, Queensland
6 Dec 1978	Cavaliers	213	West Indies	216/3	West Indies won by 7 wickets	Ray Mitchell Oval, Mackay, Queensland
8-9 Dec 1978	Cavaliers	339/9	West Indies	290/5	West Indies won by faster run rate	Association Ground, Rockhampton, Queensland
10 Dec 1978	West Indies	194/9	Cavaliers	125	West Indies won by 69 runs	Queensland Almunia Sports Club Oval, Gladstone, Queensland
12 Dec 1978	West Indies	214/3	Cavaliers	173	West Indies won by 41 runs	Salk Oval, Currumbin, Queensland
13 Dec 1978	West Indies	173	Cavaliers	113/8	Cavaliers won by faster run rate	Gold Park, Toowoomba, Queensland
3-4 Feb 1979	Cavaliers	78 208/5 dec.	West Indies	112 140	Cavaliers won by 31 runs	Girdlestone Park, Devonport, Tasmania

WSC Cavaliers XI v WSC Rest Of The World XI

Dates(s)	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score	Result	Venue
25 Nov 1978	Cavaliers	181/8	World XI	185/7	World XI won by 3 wickets	Recreation Reserve, Bunbury, Western Australia
26 Dec 1978	Cavaliers	113	World XI	10/1	No Result	No. 1 Sports Ground, Newcastle, New South Wales
7 Jan 1979	World XI	261/6	Cavaliers	167	World XI won by 94 runs	Mildura City Oval, Mildura, Victoria
10-11 Jan 1979	Cavaliers	326/6	World XI	329/7	World XI win by 3 wickets	Queen Elizabeth II Oval, Bendigo, Victoria
13-14 Jan 1979	Cavaliers	140 97	World XI	343	World XI won by an innings and 106 runs	No. 1 Oval, Tamworth, New South Wales
17 Jan 1979	Cavaliers	132	World XI	135/4	World XI won by 6 wickets	Moran Oval, Armidale, New South Wales
20-21 Jan 1979	World XI	170	Cavaliers	219/2	Match Drawn	Wade Park, Orange, New South Wales
24 Jan 1979	World XI	167	Cavaliers	168/0	Cavaliers won by 10 wickets	Robertson Oval, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
27-28 Jan 1979	Cavaliers	323/7	World XI	324/7	World XI won by 3 wickets	Albury Sports Ground, Albury, New South Wales
29 Jan 1979	Cavaliers	158/9	World XI	160/6	World XI won by 4 wickets	Melville Oval, Hamilton, Victoria

• World Series Cricket results
• World Series Cricket player records
• WSC Australia XI
• WSC West Indies XI
• WSC Rest Of The World XI

• Cavaliers Country Tour 1978/79 - ESPN Cricinfo