Our History
The Canterbury Rugby Referees Association (CRRA) has a rich history that stretches back over a century. This page honours the Lifetime Members and shows all the Touring Teams that remind us of all those who went before and built the foundations on which we now stand.​​​
Full list of CRRA Life Members​​
1912 Francis T Evans
1913 William G Garrard
1915 Herbert E Hiddleston
1922 Herbert C Harrison
1927 John F Peake
1928 L Hardie
1945 William B Fuller, Harry Macintosh, William Duggan, A R Henderson
1953 Ernest A Empson
1957 Clyde R McCallum
1958 Arthur Smale
1959 Raymond J G Collins
1962 Augustus G Berry, Cyril G Crawford, Robert Kennedy, E Joseph F Parks, Stanley C Murray
1964 R C Hamilton, Harold Johnston
1965 Harry T Coulter, A E G Rodgers
1967 Frank B Thompson, William H Oliver
1969 William H Fright, Douglas B Javis, Benjamin J Drake, Stanley W Whiteford, Leonard S Kirk
1970 Victor C Empson, Lawrence A Mahoney
1973 Bruce Forbes
1975 Leonard T Booth
1977 Keith Noonan, Raymond Empson
1979 L A Lassen
1980 Vernon A Biggans, Hugh Gray
1983 Dawson J Cunningham, Russell H Bull, Ronald Johnson, Cecil D Topp, G A Thomas
1985 Warren Eaglesome
1986 Bernard F Andrews, Frederick Goodman, Alan K Mather 1987 Robert G Condliffe, Anthony F G Gurnsey, Don Hassall, J Alister Johnson, Euan Henderson
1989 P A Busch
1991 John Doody
1992 Stewart C Miller 1994 Alan R Taylor, Thomas F Doocey, John D Murdoch, Kenneth Colombus, Joseph G Cadigan, Noel Aldous, Burt E Powell
1997 Peter Williams, Neil Bowring
2003 John Adams 2006 Ken Simpson
2007 Murray Dulieu
2010 Glynn Braithwaite, Ray Henderson, Lindsay Maw
2011 Norman Dunn
2013 Rod Rudkin
2015 Bud Lawrence, Mike Moore, Tony Yurjevic
2016 Rob Tasker, Andrew McMillan
2018 Dave Pulley, Lyndon McKendry, David Ogilvie, Neil Wilkinson
2023 Allan Stead, Richard Blackmore, Gavin McGiffert
2024 Kane McBride, Len Kelcher, Scott Herbert, Steve Chapman
2025 Paul Ashdowne
International Touring Teams
1888 Rev John Hoatson | British | Canterbury [1,2,3] | British | South Island
1894 Francis T Evans | NSW | South Canterbury | NSW | Canterbury | NSW | West Coast
1896 Francis T Evans | Queensland | Canterbury [1] William G Gerrard | Queensland | Canterbury [2]
1901 Robert W Barry | NSW | Canterbury Francis T Evans | NSW | New Zealand
1904 Francis T Evans | Britain | Canterbury/South Canterbury/West Coast | Britain | New Zealand
1905 Francis T Evans | Australia | Canterbury | Australia | South Canterbury
1908 Sydney A Orchard | Anglo-Welsh | West Coast/Buller
1921 J Williams | South Africa | West Coast/Buller John H Grover | South Africa | South Canterbury John F Peake | South Africa | NZ Maori
1923 Lesley W Guiney | NSW | South Canterbury John F Peake | NSW | New Zealand
1930 William B Fuller | Britain | Wellington Samuel Hollander | Britain | Otago | Britain | New Zealand [1,2,3]
1931 Raymond J G Collins | Australia | Wellington Samuel Hollander | Australia | New Zealand
1936 Dr David McK Dickson | Australia | Wairarapa Bush
1937 Dr David McK Dickson | South Africa | Manawatu Ernest A Empson | South Africa | Hawkes Bay
1946 W J Brown | Australia | Seddon Shield Districts Leslie Walsh | Australia | Wellington
1949 Leslie Walsh | Australia | New Zealand [2]
1950 William H Fright | British Isles | South Canterbury
1952 William H Fright | Australia | Southland
1955 William H Fright | Australia | Hawkes Bay
1956 Stanley W Whiteford | South Africa | Bay of Plenty/Counties/Thames Valley William H Fright | South Africa | Southland | South Africa | New Zealand [3,4] | South Africa | NZ Maori
1959 Leonard S Kirk | British Isles | Auckland Raymond W Phizacklea | British Isles | Southland
1961 Raymond W Phizacklea | France | New Zealand Maori
1962 R Owen McDowell | Australia | Counties A Victor Langford | Australia | Buller/West Coast
1965 Leonard S Kirk | South Africa | Manawatu/Horowhenua | South Africa | North Auckland Alan R Taylor | South Africa | Southland | South Africa | New Zealand [3] | South Africa | Bay of Plenty/Counties/Thames Valley
1966 Alan R Taylor | British Isles | Otago | British Isles | Auckland
1968 Alan R Taylor | France | Otago | France | North Auckland
1971 Anthony F Gurnsey | British Isles | Southland
1972 Alan R Taylor | Australia | King Country | Australia | New Zealand [3]
1974 Thomas F Doocey | Fiji | Hawkes Bay
1975 Thomas F Doocey | Scotland | Hawkes Bay | Tonga | NZ Maori Alan R Taylor | Romania | Manawatu
1976 Alan R Taylor | Ireland | South Canterbury Thomas F Doocey | Ireland | Auckland | Ireland | New Zealand
1977 Alan R Taylor | British Isles | Wairarapa Bush Thomas F Doocey | British Isles | Manawatu/Horowhenua
1978 Thomas F Doocey | Australia | Wanganui
1979 Alan R Taylor | France | Waikato Thomas F Doocey | France | Wellington | Argentina | Manawatu | Argentina | New Zealand [2]
1980 Thomas F Doocey | Fiji | Southland
1981 Thomas F Doocey | Scotland | King Country Thomas F Doocey | South Africa | Waikato (abandoned game) | South Africa | Auckland
1982 Thomas F Doocey | Australia | Hawkes Bay | Australia | North Auckland
1983 Thomas F Doocey | British Isles | Wellington | British Isles | Hawkes Bay | Tonga | North Otago
1984 Thomas F Doocey | France | Counties
1986 Graeme J Anderson | Australia | South Canterbury Thomas F Doocey | Australia | Southland
1988 Thomas F Doocey | Wales | Hawkes Bay
1989 Terry R Marshall | Argentina | Hanan Shield Districts
1990 Terry R Marshall | Australia | Bay of Plenty
1991 Michael L Fitzgibbon | Fiji | Canterbury Terry R Marshall | Romania | Horowhenua
1992 Michael L Fitzgibbon | World XV | Hanan Shield Districts | Soviet Union | Otago
1993 Terry R Marshall | British Isles | Waikato Michael L Fitzgibbon | British Isles | Southland
Note: Match not recognised as 1st Class Fixture owing to no replacements.