 A team representing the Southern Nigeria Protectorate toured in April 1907.Similar matches were played again in 1911, 1912, and 1913, with the host alternating each year.Although the sport had been introduced by British settlers, representative teams were multiracial from an early stage – the 1912 Gold Coast–Southern Nigeria fixture, the only pre-war match for which a scorecard is available, featured names like Otoo, Sagoe, Agbokpo, and Akufo (for Gold Coast), and Layode and Oseni (for Southern Nigeria).