In 1997, members of the Weinheimer Senioren Convents ( WSC " Corps ") came to the United States to discuss the possibility of forming an international fraternity cooperation with Tau Kappa Epsilon International Fraternity, the largest collegiate social fraternity in North America.

For coastal communications, after World War I, the station operated under the callsign WSC.

For coastal communications, after World War I, the station operated under the callsign WSC.

An exceptional all round player who bowled medium pace and, at his retirement, held the world record for the most catches in Test cricket, Chappell's career straddled two eras as the game moved toward a greater level of professionalism after the WSC schism.

Shortly after, he signed a contract with World Series Cricket ( WSC ) and then toured England.

As a result of this performance, he was one of only three players to retain their places for the next Test against England at Perth in November 1979 after the WSC players returned.

The proposed extra match fell through after a pay standoff led behind the scenes by Ian Chappell, later to spearhead the breakaway World Series Cricket ( WSC ), which offered players substantial remuneration.

Yallop kept his place in the team after losing the captaincy, playing all 6 tests in the tour of India in late 1979, the last tests before the WSC reunification.

The 1977 ruling of the ICC that the matches were not first-class has remained, so none of the WSC players ' records include the runs and wickets of the WSC era.

He captained Australia briefly during the tumultuous era of World Series Cricket ( WSC ) in the late 1970s.

The financial and political problems of the recent Australian tour led them to begin negotiations with Packer for a WSC series in the Caribbean during the spring of 1979.

Initially, Pakistan took a hard line and refused to select their Packer players, but changed to a more pragmatic approach when WSC signed additional Pakistanis during the off season.

Chappell formally signed a WSC contract the following month, during the Centenary Test, a one-off match against England commemorating one hundred years of Test cricket.

After four losses in five matches, the Australians turned matters around, thanks to a magnificent 246 * by Greg Chappell, the highest innings played during the existence of WSC.

However, he struggled on-field during the first season of WSC and in the winter of 1978 made further adjustments to his action.

The one-day series involved a best-of-five final between Australia and the West Indies and Wessels scored an unbeaten 136 during the first match which was the only century in the WSC International Cup, during one of the finest one-day innings of his career.

Brearley retired from Test cricket in 1979 and was succeeded by Ian Botham, who started the 1981 series as England captain, by which time the WSC split had ended.

WSC also gained access to Brisbane's Test ground, The Gabba, and were offered use of the Adelaide Oval, which was rejected.

The targeted audience of women and children flocked to WSC, which seemed to have updated cricket to the late twentieth century.

Chappell was happy for brother Ian to captain the WSC Australian team, which allowed him to concentrate on his batting.

In May 1979, the ACB announced an agreement with WSC, which allowed the WSC players to return to international cricket at the start of the 1979-80 Australian season.

Somers is also home to The Somers Yacht Club which houses the WSC Marine Rescue Facility, who contribute greatly to the safety of Western Port Bay through the use of crash boats sent out to help capsized skippers and crew, or those in other forms of trouble.

Packer applied to use the SCG for WSC in 1977 but the SCG Trust, which administered the ground, refused.

The livery would return again in 1995, when a rotary powered Kudzu, which was competing in IMSA ’ s WSC ( World Sport Car ), a category with different regulations than the FIA.

During the winter, Thomson expressed a desire to join his teammates playing WSC, which paid for a court challenge to his contract.

An early Riley & Scott Mk III which competed in IMSA's WSC class.

The WSC Board of Trustees and Faculty pledge their commitment to those full historic statements which have been the doctrinal bond of fellowship for churches of Reformed persuasion for more than three centuries: The Westminster Confession of Faith, the Westminster Larger Catechism, the Westminster Shorter Catechism, Heidelberg Catechism, Belgic Confession of Faith, and the Canons of Dort.

The car was built to compete in the IMSA's new WSC class, which replaced the previous GTP cars.

a copy of which is now archived at the main WSC web site.

This was particularly surprising since the WSC uses the SOWPODS wordlist, which includes many words not present in the traditional American wordlist, TWL 98.

This was the first time that a player won the WSC while representing a country for which English is not the first language.

WSC affected all Test playing nations but it weakened Australia especially as the bulk of its players had signed up with Packer ; the Australian Cricket Board ( ACB ) would not select WSC-contracted players and an almost completely new Test team had to be formed.

Largely assisted by the return of Boycott, Brearley's men won the 1977 series 3 – 0 and then completed an overwhelming 5 – 1 series win against an Australian side missing its WSC players in 1978 – 79.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation | ABC news report of the first WSC match.

World Series Cricket ( WSC ) was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 and organised by Kerry Packer for his Australian television network, Nine Network.

Two main factors caused the formation of WSC — the widespread view that players were not paid sufficient amounts to make a living from cricket, and that Packer wished to secure the exclusive broadcasting rights to Australian cricket, then held by the Australian Broadcasting Commission ( ABC ).

The war swung dramatically in Packer's favour on 28 November 1978 when the first day-night match on a traditional cricket ground was played at the SCG between the WSC Australian and West Indian teams.

The WSC Australian players ( on tour in the West Indies at the time ) had no input into the negotiations.

For the 1979 – 80 season, Greg Chappell was restored as Australian captain and the team contained an even mixture of WSC and non-WSC players.

Many of WSC's players fitted back into the official Australian side, though a handful of players from outside WSC remained at the highest level, most notably Allan Border.

Gregory Stephen Chappell MBE ( born 7 August 1948 in Unley, South Australia ) is a former cricketer who captained Australia between 1975 and 1977 and then joined the breakaway World Series Cricket ( WSC ) organisation, before returning to the Australian captaincy in 1979, a position he held until his retirement 1984.

When WSC players rejoined official cricket for 1979-80, there was plenty of debate over the Australian captaincy.

His future in the Australian team following the rapprochement between WSC and official cricket seemed assured.

In 1977, the breakaway professional competition World Series Cricket ( WSC ) signed many players who were then banned from first-class and Test cricket, thus leaving many vacancies in the Australian team.

World Series Cricket ( WSC ) divided the Australian team into two camps ; those that had signed lucrative contracts with Kerry Packer's rebel group and those, like Hughes, who had remained with the establishment Australian Cricket Board ( ACB ).

Nevertheless, the New Zealand team, and Cairns in particular, received unprecedented adulation when they returned home for a three-match series against England, who had lost the Ashes 2-1 and had failed to make the WSC Finals in their recently completed Australian tour.

Packer saw in Wessels a reliable opening batsman-something that the Australian WSC side was in serious need of.