Canterbury vs Overseas Teams
July 17, 2007
Games against full international teams have sadly become a rarity in the modern calendar due to the absence of an established touring schedule.
Prior to their erasure from the fixture lists, Canterbury had established a proud record in matches against international tourists, which included the scalps of major Test playing sides South Africa, the British & Irish Lions and Australia.
v Combined British Teams
1888: Britain 14, Canterbury 6
1888: Britain 4, Canterbury 0
1888: Britain 8, Canterbury 0
1904: Britain 5, Canterbury 3
1908: Canterbury 13, Anglo-Welsh 8
1930: Canterbury 14, Britain 8
1950: Britain 16, Canterbury 5
1959: Canterbury 20, British Lions 14
1966: British Lions 8, Canterbury 6
1971: British Lions 14, Canterbury 3
1977: British Lions 14, Canterbury 13
1983: Canterbury 22, British Lions 20
1993: British Lions 28, Canterbury 10
v Argentina
1989: Canterbury 33, Argentina 16
v Australia
1931: Canterbury 8, Australia 3
1936: Canterbury 16, Australia 13
1946: Canterbury 20, Australia 11
1949: Australia 16, Canterbury 12
1955: Australia 19, Canterbury 8
1962: Canterbury 5, Australia 3
1986: Canterbury 30, Australia 10
v South Africa
1921: Canterbury 6, South Africa 4
1937: South Africa 23, Canterbury 9
1956: Canterbury 9, South Africa 6
1965: South Africa 6, Canterbury 5
1994: South Africa 21, Canterbury 11
v Fiji
1951: Canterbury 24, Fiji 22
1957: Canterbury 22, Fiji 16
1974: Canterbury 9, Fiji 4
1986: Canterbury 20, Fiji 13
1987: Canterbury 23, Fiji 19
1988: Canterbury 13, Fiji 3
1989: Fiji 23, Canterbury 19
1990: Fiji 20, Canterbury 7
1991: Canterbury 47, Fiji 24
1992: Fiji 38, Canterbury 17
2003: Fiji 48, Canterbury 31
v England
1973: Canterbury 19, England 12
v Scotland
1975: Canterbury 20, Scotland 9
1981: Scotland 23, Canterbury 12
1990: Scotland 21, Canterbury 12
v Tonga
1975: Canterbury 31, Tonga 20
1995: Canterbury 75, Tonga 5
v Ireland
1976: Canterbury 18, Ireland 4
1992: Canterbury 38, Ireland 13
v USSR
1991: Canterbury 73, USSR 15
Canterbury on Tour Overseas
Aside from frequent visits to Australia, the Canterbury representative side conducted two development tours in the latter stages of the 20th century – one to the United Kingdom in 1994 and a further expedition to Argentina two years later.
The results were as follows:
Canterbury in the United Kingdom 1994
Beat Bridgend 54-13
Beat Bedford 32-14
Beat Cornwall 67-5
Beat West Hartlepool 56-5
Beat Moseley 39-0
Beat Coventry 53-13
Beat Gloucester 70-7
Beat Bristol 27-21
Beat Swansea 44-20
Canterbury in Argentina 1996
Lost to Buenos Aires 25-36
Beat Cordoba 47-22
Beat Tucuman 36-16
Beat Salta 41-17