I wrote an article on this tour which appeared in issue 13 of Soccer
History, the article covers the background to the tour and also
includes dates, venues, line-ups, etc for all the matches. Details of
how to obtain a copy are on my website www.soccer-history.co.uk
The game on 24 May took place at the King George V Stadium in Lagos
details as follows:
Saturday 24 May
At King George V Stadium, Lagos
Nigeria (0) 0
FA XI (2) 5 (Anakwe, og, Mortimore, Neil, Littlejohn, Heckman)
Nigeria: S Ibiam (Onitsha); Ogbolu (Lagos), E Anakwe (Lagos), Imada
(Lagos), D Okoroji (Port Harcourt), D Anyiam (Enugu); Daniel
(Ibadan), A Onyeanwuna (Port Harcourt), T Balogun (Ibadan), H Ejoh
(Calabar), P Noquapor (Lagos)
FA XI: MJ Pinner; JR Hills, KGA Hair; JE Wheeler, TE Jones, DW
Saunders; W Robinson, G Hannah, CF Mortimore, RE Heckman, PT Neil
Referee: Fr D Slattery (Nigerian FA)
On the Nigerian side, Balogun is the player who had appeared for QPR
in 1956-57.
Ian Nannestad, Soccer History Magazine