ULTRA RARE 1977-79 World Series Cricket WSC Kit Bag Kerry Packer Era For Sale

1977–1979 | Kerry Packer Era | An Extraordinary Survivor

Offered here is an exceptionally rare surviving World Series Cricket (WSC) cricket equipment bag from the historic 1977–1979 period — a tangible artifact from the revolution that changed cricket forever.

The beautifully period cream-and-brown construction prominently displays the unmistakable WSC CRICKET EQUIPMENT insignia featuring the red cricket ball and black stumps.

Created by Kerry Packer, World Series Cricket existed for only a remarkably brief period between 1977 and 1979.

Yet its influence permanently transformed international cricket.

WSC brought together an extraordinary concentration of the world\'s greatest cricketers, including:

Ian Chappell • Greg Chappell • Clive Lloyd • Viv Richards • Gordon Greenidge • Barry Richards • Imran Khan • Dennis Lillee • Michael Holding • Tony Greig • Andy Roberts • Joel Garner • Alan Knott • David Hookes • Mike Procter

and others.

It helped revolutionize player remuneration, television presentation, floodlit cricket and the commercial development of the modern game.

Then, in 1979, World Series Cricket ended.

The era was over almost as quickly as it had begun.

Period WSC luggage is historically documented: the Marylebone Cricket Club Museum at Lord\'s preserves a World Series Cricket holdall belonging to England wicketkeeper Alan Knott, catalogued to 1977.

The present bag is a different WSC design.

No claim is being made that this particular bag belonged to Alan Knott, Kerry Packer or any other named WSC player.

Its significance is as a surviving piece of equipment carrying the distinctive identity of the extraordinarily brief WSC era.

World Series Cricket existed for approximately two years.

That alone creates an inherently narrow period from which original WSC equipment can originate.

Kit bags present an additional survival problem.

They were functional objects, subjected to constant use and generally discarded once worn out. Unlike signed bats, photographs and programs, there was little reason at the time to preserve them as memorabilia.

Almost half a century later, the combination of WSC\'s extremely short lifespan and the disposable nature of working cricket luggage makes a surviving bag particularly evocative.

This example has recently been carefully cleaned/refurbished and now presents in exceptional, near-new display condition for an approximately 47–49-year-old piece of sporting equipment.

The cream exterior, rich brown trim and handles, metal feet and red-and-black WSC insignia combine to create a spectacular period display object.

Appropriate vintage patina and evidence of age remain.

This is one individual surviving example from a sporting competition that ceased to exist in 1979.

There is no modern equivalent, no continuing production and no source from which another can simply be ordered.

Once this example enters another collection, it is impossible to predict when another comparable WSC cricket bag — particularly one presenting in this condition — will become available.

For a serious collector of World Series Cricket, Australian cricket, Kerry Packer-era memorabilia or the history of the modern game, that scarcity is the heart of the opportunity.

Meaningful directly comparable examples are extraordinarily difficult to establish.

The asking price reflects the combination of WSC historical significance, the extremely limited 1977–1979 period, exceptional surviving/refurbished condition and extraordinary difficulty of replacement.

Serious offers from collectors, museums and institutions are welcome.

One vintage World Series Cricket WSC kit bag as photographed.

Any cricket bat appearing in photographs is shown solely for scale and period context.

CRICKET BAT NOT INCLUDED.