Its headquarters are at Aorangi Oval in Timaru, where South Canterbury play most of their home matches.
[3] The South Canterbury Cricket Association was formed in 1893, and a competition contested by Ashburton, Geraldine, Temuka and Timaru began in the 1893-94 season.
In the match in February 1904 at Lancaster Park, Dick Dalgleish took seven wickets in each innings and Andrew Barron hit a century to help South Canterbury to victory over Canterbury by seven wickets.
[5] South Canterbury were one of the eight teams that competed in the inaugural Hawke Cup in 1910–11.
[6][7] The senior clubs of the South Canterbury Cricket Association are Celtic, Geraldine, Pleasant Point, Star, Temuka, Timaru Boys High School, Timaru, Twizel and Waimate.