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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