English FA tour to Nigeria and Ghana 1958

[garyspain]

In 1958 an English FA XI played in West Africa. Does anyone know if any programmes/teamsheets were produced and if so is it possible to get copies.

In particular I'm interested if the referee was Denis Slattery. His family are interested if anyone can help. He almost certainly refereed the game in Enugu at least as was meant to have given a late penalty to England in a 1-0 win.

Any memorabilia available? any help would be much appreciated.

Games are here

P7 W6 D1 L0 F32 A8
?/5/58 Lagos Lagos XI 2-7 England
17/5/58 Ibadan Western Nigeria 1-5 England
21/5/58 Enugu Eastern Nigeria 0-1 England
24/5/58 Lagos Nigeria 0-5 England
27/5/58 Kumasi Ashanti XI 3-5 England
1/6/58 Accra International XI 0-7 England (also reported as vs Ghana)
3/6/58 Kano Northern Nigeria 2-2 England (abandoned at 70' due to strong winds and heavy rain)

players

Players:
G. Brown (Willington)
Herbert Edward Dodkins (Ilford)
Jack Dougal (Pegasus)
Grenville Hair (Leeds United)
G. Hamm (Woking)
George Hannah (Lincoln City)
Ron Heckman (Millwall)
Johnny Hills (Tottenham Hotspur)
Tommy Jones (Everton)
Roy Littlejohn (Woking)
Charlie Mortimore (Woking)
Pat Neil (Corinthian-Casuals)
Mike Pinner (Pegasus)
W. Robinson (Sutton United)
Derek Saunders (Chelsea)
Dennis Syrett (Wycombe Wanderers)
Johnny Wheeler (Liverpool) [c]

[Fishy]

Hi Gary,
On my wants list I have - Ghana Amateurs v English FA XI (in Ghana).
I don't have a date and I can't for the life of me remember where I got the info from - I wonder if it was the Accra international one on your list......

[garyspain]

probably the same game Ian.

Heckman of Millwall is listed as the scorer of the penalty in Enugu and also as one of the scorers in Lagos so you may want to also add these two games to your list. I don't have lineups nor scorers from other games.

21/5/58 Enugu Eastern Nigeria 0-1 England
24/5/58 Lagos Nigeria 0-5 England

I won't be bidding against you if any appear but would appreciate copies if you ever turn anything up.

[Fishy]

Thanks Gary.
Copies to you would be a pleasure. - now all I have to do is find them......

[holtie96]

The Ghana one does exist I am sure I have seenu ton eBay before
Good luck!