Papers relating to World Series Cricket compiled by Doug Insole

Reference

DJI/9

Date:

1976 - 1979

Level of description

file

Extent

5 folders

Part of

Doug Insole Collection (DJI)

Scope and Content

Papers compiled by D J Insole relating to World Series Cricket. Includes the following items:
Copy of letter from Insole to Jack Bannister thanking Bannister for giving evidence at the High Court on behalf of TCCB (Test and County Cricket Board), 9 November 1977
Copy of letter from Insole to G Boycott thanking Boycott for giving evidence at the High Court on behalf of TCCB, 4 November 1977
Chairman’s agenda for the TCCB meeting, 29 November 1977; with attached basic recommendations of the Test and County Cricket Board for the Cricket Council meeting in July 1977
Letter from Linklaters and Paines to Halsey Lightly & Hemsley Solicitors relating to the Court Case between J P Sport Party and TCCB, and copy of letter from Kerry Packer to county cricketers confirming that players signed by World Series Cricket will remain eligible to play in the English cricket season, August 1977
Letter from Halsey Lightly and Hemsley Solicitors to Insole, enclosing a copy of the witness list of those to be interviewed at the trial, 15 August 1977
Copy of speech sent to Insole made by Felix Stephens, a housemaster at Ampleforth, regarding the Packer affair, together with a letter sent to E H King with comments on the Packer affair, November 1977-January 1978
Copy of newspaper cartoon about Packer mocking the history of the Ashes, nd
Notes on a meeting re television rights with the Australian Cricket Board in Melbourne, c1977
Press Release by R J Parish on behalf of the Australian Cricket Board regarding World Series Cricket, 7 September 1977 with advertisement for World Series Cricket published in the Australia Women’s Weekly, 1977
Copy of opinion from Michael Kempster, legal counsel for the TCCB, 26 January 1978
Copy of cartoon mocking the low attendances of World Series Cricket, nd
Notes on the promotion of World Series Cricket for the 1979-1980 season produced by P M Lush of TCCB, 14 February 1979
Photocopy of newspaper article titled ‘ACB Winning Power Struggle’, 7 January 1978
Handwritten note to Insole from [unknown – possibly Dickie Bird] discussing Mike Procter, nd
Minutes of the meeting of the International Cricket Council (ICC) attended by Kerry Packer at Lord’s, 23 June 1977
Newspaper cutting from the Daily Express titled ‘The Final Test’ reporting on the victory of World Series Cricket against ICC and TCCB, 26 November 1977
Letter from David Evans of Brengreen Holdings Limited to Insole, discussing negotiations with the England players for the 1978 season, 2 August 1977
‘Proof of Evidence’ statement by Insole at the High Court, 1977
Letter from Halsey Lightly and Hemsley Solicitors to D B Carr of TCCB relating to the changing of rules to disapprove players who took part in World Series Cricket, 20 July 1977; with attached minutes of the ICC meeting in July 1977 and a report of a working party that met to consider tactics, ways and means of taking action against Packer, July 1977
Copy of letter from Jack Bannister of the Cricketers’ Association to D B Carr of TCCB regarding a questionnaire issued to counties concerning Imran Khan’s decision to move from Worcestershire to Sussex in 1977, 28 May 1977
Court Case Documents: Further and Better Particulars of Defence and Counterclaim delivered pursuant to request dated 26th August 1977. Includes attached letter from Nine Network to Peter Lush proposing a purchase of television rights for cricket in England in 1978, draft statement by TCCB following the ICC meeting with Packer in June 1977, paper by Tim Rice expressing his thoughts on Kerry Packer, paper explaining the decision by TCCB to withdraw negotiations with Channel 9 in October 1977, minutes of the meeting of the Cricket Council Emergency Executive Committee in May 1977, copy of statement by Jack Bannister to the Press Association discussing the decision by the Cricket Council to allow Imran Khan to transfer from Worcestershire to Sussex in 1977.
Minutes of a meeting of the Cricket Council, 19 July 1977
Transcript of shorthand notes taken at the Special Meeting of the International Cricket Conference, 26 July 1977
Agenda for a meeting of the TCCB Cricket Sub-Committee, 28 October 1977
Minutes of a meeting of the TCCB Cricket Sub-Committee, 10 May 1977
Test Selection Committee Chairman’s Report produced by Alec Bedser, 6 September 1977
Table of overs bowled and runs scored in County Championship matches, 1977
Report of the Chairman’s Advisory Committee following the recent Special ICC meeting, 8 July 1977
Copy of opinion produced by Michael Kempster, lawyer for TCCB, on proposed changes to the rules of TCCB, 5 July 1977
Letter from Halsey Lightly and Hemsley Solicitors to D B Carr of TCCB, 9 August 1977
Copy of letter from ICC to Kerry Packer asking him to consider a compromise with the Australian Cricket Board, 19 September 1977
Copy of press release from TCCB proposing changes to rules banning players who played in matches that were ‘disapproved’ by the ICC, 1977
Copy of letter from Austin Robertson to Alvin Kallicharan, 15 July 1977
Copy of Michael Kempster’s opinion on the common form agreement made between county clubs and players, August 1977
Draft common form agreement produced by Kempster, 30 July 1977
Notes on joint meeting between representatives of the Australian Cricket Board and TCCB, 4 April 1977
Notes on a meeting between TCCB and the Australian Cricket Board, 11 March 1977
Notes on a meeting with New Zealand representatives re next tours between England and New Zealand, nd
Copy of a letter from David Evans of Brengreen Holdings Limited to A H Dibbs, Deputy Chairman of National Westminster Bank Limited, requesting that money be made available to the Test and County Cricket Board to pay players who otherwise would be tempted by joining World Series Cricket, 8 August 1977
Paper issued by the West Indies Cricket Board of Control outlining the events leading up to their decision to ban players contracted to World Series Cricket, April 1978
Agenda for the TCCB Chairman’s Advisory Committee discussing the ‘Greig, Knott, Underwood, Snow case’, May 1977
Transcribed notes of the TCCB meeting, 15 July 1977
Correspondence between Insole, TCCB and Channel 9 relating to Channel 9’s request to acquire the television rights for the Australian tour of England in 1977, February 1977
Chairman’s Advisory Meeting, 19 May 1977: transcript of shorthand notes
Letter from Halsey, Lightly and Hemsley Solicitors to TCCB discussing restraint of trade, with attached notes on a telephone call with Len Maddocks, 17 June 1977
TCCB Further Instructions to Counsel to Advise, 9 December 1977
Draft copy of a single season agreement between a player and a county cricket club, 1976
TCCB Opinion produced by Michael Kempster relating to players’ county contracts, 30 July 1977
Statement of Claim by TCCB in the High Court of Justice, 3 August 1977
List of documents used in the High Court of Justice, August 1977
Statement of Claim by Plaintiffs (A W Greig, J A Snow, M J Procter) used in the High Court of Justice, 3 August 1977
Draft copy of a two season agreement between a player and a county cricket club, 1976
Draft copy of a long term agreement between a player and a county cricket club, c1976
Notes compiled by D B Carr on cricketers’ contracts, nd
Memorandum by ICC titled ‘events in the West Indies’, c1978
TCCB Meeting, 5 August 1977: Transcript of shorthand notes
Special TCCB Meeting, 31 May 1977: Transcript of B Langley’s shorthand notes
Ring binder of documents relating to television rights of World Series Cricket, 1976-1977
Ring binder of documents relating to the background of World Series Cricket; including minutes of the TCCB sub-committees, press statements issued by TCCB and ICC, documents relating to the registration of Imran Khan to play for Sussex in 1977; minutes of TCCB and ICC meetings to discuss the Packer affair in the Summer of 1977.
Ring binder of documents relating to transcripts and press interviews regarding World Series Cricket; Includes photocopies of interviews with Jim Burke, Kerry Packer, A W Greig, Jack Bailey, press conferences with Kerry Packer, announcements that Channel 9 would broadcast World Series Cricket, correspondence from the Australian Cricket Board, and newspaper cuttings relating to World Series Cricket, 1977.
Ring binder of photocopies of documents outlining the background to the establishment of World Series Cricket, beginning with the transfer of Saccade Party Limited to J.P. Sport Party Limited and including correspondence with leading figures including Kerry Packer, comments on the idea from leading players, question of inviting England to become one of the participating nations in World Series Cricket, list of players who had signed up and fees paid to the players, copies of press releases by Kerry Packer and minutes of meetings to discuss the organisation of matches, 1976-1977
Documents relating to the meeting of the TCCB Contracts Working Party, including letters to Working Party members including Insole that the next meeting would take place in January 1977 [1978], advice from Michael Kempster on the increase of players’ contracts, copy of the press statement issued by ICC relating to players who participated in World Series Cricket becoming ‘disapproved’, minutes of the ICC meeting to discuss the Packer affair on 14 June 1977, photocopies of commercial agreements made by J P Sport Party Limited.
Notes on a meeting of ICC representatives and Mr Packer and his associates, 23 June 1977 (compiler unknown)
Ring binder, photocopy of Joint Opinion on Grounds of Appeal made by Michael Kempster, Patrick [Milburn] and James Price against the court's decision to allow Tony Greig, Mike Procter and John Snow to join World Series Cricket in 1977, 12 December 1977.

Associations

Douglas John Insole
John David Bannister
Test and County Cricket Board
International Cricket Conference
J. P. Sport Party Limited
Lightly & Hemsley Solicitors Halsey
Saccade Party Limited
Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer
Edmund Hugh King
Felix Stephens
Harold Dennis Bird
Daily Express
Australian Cricket Board
Donald Bryce Carr
Channel 9
Michael Kempster
Imran Khan
Cricket Council
Sir Alec Victor Bedser
Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice
Peter M Lush
Austin Christopher Robertson
Alvin Isaac Kallicharran
Arthur Henry Alexander Dibbs
West Indies Board of Control
Anthony William Greig
John Augustine Snow
Michael John Procter
James Wallace Burke
Jack Arthur Bailey

Subject

World Series Cricket, Packer affair, Television, sponsorship, advertising

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Closed

Language

English

Size

5 folders

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