after his second season at nelson, constantine joined the first west indies team to tour australia in the 1930–31 season. the side felt some trepidation over how the black members of the side would be received, but the tour passed off without incident; constantine later praised the reception the team was accorded. the west indians were captained by jackie grant, a white man who had played for cambridge university but was unfamiliar with his team. constantine considered this unsatisfactory, and felt it affected the team's performances. the west indies were heavily defeated in the five-test series, losing the first four matches before winning the last. constantine achieved little in the series, scoring 72 runs at 7.20 and taking eight wickets at 50.87. in other first-class games, he was more successful and, although headley performed very well, it was constantine who proved most popular with spectators. even before the tests began, his fielding drew praise from the press and he was described in "the sydney mail" as the fastest bowler seen in australia for years. monty noble, a former australian captain, writing in the "sydney sun" described one innings of 59 runs as "sensational" and one of the best played in australia since the war. constantine scored a century in 52 minutes against tasmania, played five other innings over fifty and took three five-wicket returns. in 1950 donald bradman, who played against constantine that season, described him as the greatest fielder he had seen. in all first-class matches, constantine scored 708 runs at an average of 30.78 and took 47 wickets at 20.21; he led the team's bowling averages and came fourth in batting.